diff --git a/startdesk/start-thedesk-wayland.in b/startdesk/start-thedesk-wayland.in
index 77817f61..4ef31057 100755
--- a/startdesk/start-thedesk-wayland.in
+++ b/startdesk/start-thedesk-wayland.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+sleep 2 # Mitigate lightdm bug that causes Wayfire not to start up correctly immediately
 exec wayfire --config ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/thedesk/startdesk/wayfire-thedesk-config.conf