diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-private.h b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-private.h
index 0d5d6d260..6af75e5d8 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-private.h
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-private.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ struct _MetaXWaylandManager
   gboolean has_xrandr;
   int rr_event_base;
   int rr_error_base;
+
+  gboolean should_enable_ei_portal;
 };
 
 struct _MetaWaylandCompositor
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-xwayland-private.h b/src/wayland/meta-xwayland-private.h
index 40eb4210f..7a9cb73fd 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-xwayland-private.h
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-xwayland-private.h
@@ -57,3 +57,6 @@ gboolean meta_xwayland_start_xserver_finish (MetaXWaylandManager  *manager,
 
 gboolean meta_xwayland_manager_handle_xevent (MetaXWaylandManager *manager,
                                               XEvent              *xevent);
+
+void meta_xwayland_set_should_enable_ei_portal (MetaXWaylandManager  *manager,
+                                                gboolean              should_enable_ei_portal);
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c b/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c
index e95ca5640..47591924c 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c
@@ -1295,3 +1295,10 @@ meta_xwayland_signal (MetaXWaylandManager  *manager,
   g_subprocess_send_signal (manager->proc, signum);
   return TRUE;
 }
+
+void
+meta_xwayland_set_should_enable_ei_portal (MetaXWaylandManager  *manager,
+                                           gboolean              should_enable_ei_portal)
+{
+  manager->should_enable_ei_portal = should_enable_ei_portal;
+}