diff --git a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_ContextEGL.cc b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_ContextEGL.cc
index be4a6016495..c406c284ba7 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_ContextEGL.cc
+++ b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_ContextEGL.cc
@@ -472,7 +472,27 @@ GHOST_TSuccess GHOST_ContextEGL::initializeDrawingContext()
   }
 
   if (m_nativeWindow != 0) {
-    m_surface = ::eglCreateWindowSurface(m_display, m_config, m_nativeWindow, nullptr);
+    std::vector<EGLint> surface_attrib_list;
+    surface_attrib_list.reserve(3);
+#if WITH_GHOST_WAYLAND
+    /* Fix transparency issue on Wayland + Nouveau/Zink+NVK. Due to unsupported texture formats
+     * drivers can hit transparency code-paths resulting in showing the desktop in viewports.
+     *
+     * See #102994. */
+    /* EGL_EXT_present_opaque isn't added to the latest release of epoxy, but is part of the latest
+     * EGL https://github.com/KhronosGroup/EGL-Registry/blob/main/api/egl.xml */
+    if (epoxy_has_egl_extension(m_display, "EGL_EXT_present_opaque")) {
+#  ifndef EGL_PRESENT_OPAQUE_EXT
+#    define EGL_PRESENT_OPAQUE_EXT 0x31DF
+#  endif
+      surface_attrib_list.push_back(EGL_PRESENT_OPAQUE_EXT);
+      surface_attrib_list.push_back(EGL_TRUE);
+    }
+#endif
+    surface_attrib_list.push_back(EGL_NONE);
+
+    m_surface = ::eglCreateWindowSurface(
+        m_display, m_config, m_nativeWindow, surface_attrib_list.data());
     m_surface_from_native_window = true;
   }
   else {