diff --git a/internal/uidriver/glfw/ui.go b/internal/uidriver/glfw/ui.go
index 23eca4f57..6eb2e555b 100644
--- a/internal/uidriver/glfw/ui.go
+++ b/internal/uidriver/glfw/ui.go
@@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ func (u *UserInterface) run(width, height int, scale float64, title string, cont
 		}
 		glfw.WindowHint(glfw.Resizable, resizable)
 
+		// Set the window visible explicitly or the application freezes on Wayland (#974).
+		glfw.WindowHint(glfw.Visible, glfw.True)
+
 		// As a start, create a window with temporary size to create OpenGL context thread.
 		window, err := glfw.CreateWindow(16, 16, "", nil, nil)
 		if err != nil {