diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
index e38050e637b1..94d6acbdefea 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ in
         Enabling this fixes screen tearing when using Optimus via PRIME (see
         {option}`hardware.nvidia.prime.sync.enable`. This is not enabled
         by default because it is not officially supported by NVIDIA and would not
-        work with SLI
+        work with SLI.
+
+        Enabling this and using version 545 or newer of the proprietary NVIDIA
+        driver causes it to provide its own framebuffer device, which can cause
+        Wayland compositors to work when they otherwise wouldn't.
       '';
 
       prime.nvidiaBusId = lib.mkOption {
@@ -568,9 +572,10 @@ in
               "nvidia_drm"
             ];
 
-            # If requested enable modesetting via kernel parameter.
+            # If requested enable modesetting via kernel parameters.
             kernelParams =
               lib.optional (offloadCfg.enable || cfg.modesetting.enable) "nvidia-drm.modeset=1"
+              ++ lib.optional ((offloadCfg.enable || cfg.modesetting.enable) && lib.versionAtLeast nvidia_x11.version "545") "nvidia-drm.fbdev=1"
               ++ lib.optional cfg.powerManagement.enable "nvidia.NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1"
               ++ lib.optional cfg.open "nvidia.NVreg_OpenRmEnableUnsupportedGpus=1"
               ++ lib.optional (config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.kernelAtLeast "6.2" && !ibtSupport) "ibt=off";