diff --git a/src/core/window-private.h b/src/core/window-private.h
index 3bd75fe47..1b4323986 100644
--- a/src/core/window-private.h
+++ b/src/core/window-private.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ typedef enum
   META_MOVE_RESIZE_WAYLAND_STATE_CHANGED = 1 << 9,
   META_MOVE_RESIZE_FORCE_UPDATE_MONITOR = 1 << 10,
   META_MOVE_RESIZE_PLACEMENT_CHANGED = 1 << 11,
+  META_MOVE_RESIZE_WAYLAND_CLIENT_RESIZE = 1 << 12,
 } MetaMoveResizeFlags;
 
 typedef enum
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-window-wayland.c b/src/wayland/meta-window-wayland.c
index 12e9567d9..0927fabdd 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-window-wayland.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-window-wayland.c
@@ -944,6 +944,9 @@ meta_window_wayland_finish_move_resize (MetaWindow              *window,
 
   flags = META_MOVE_RESIZE_WAYLAND_FINISH_MOVE_RESIZE;
 
+  if (!wl_window->pending_configurations)
+    flags |= META_MOVE_RESIZE_WAYLAND_CLIENT_RESIZE;
+
   acked_configuration = acquire_acked_configuration (wl_window, pending);
 
   /* x/y are ignored when we're doing interactive resizing */