diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
index dda9a4d14..2fcbb74d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
@@ -373,6 +373,9 @@ def run_command(
 
     vm: VmConfig = inspect_vm(machine=machine_obj)
 
+    if not os.environ.get("WAYLAND_DISPLAY"):
+        vm.waypipe = False
+
     portmap = dict(p.split(":") for p in args.publish)
 
     runtime_config = RuntimeConfig(