diff --git a/irr/include/IrrlichtDevice.h b/irr/include/IrrlichtDevice.h
index edc6ead61..0c422ea89 100644
--- a/irr/include/IrrlichtDevice.h
+++ b/irr/include/IrrlichtDevice.h
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ public:
 	or similar. */
 	virtual bool supportsTouchEvents() const { return false; }
 
+	//! Checks whether windowing uses the Wayland protocol.
+	virtual bool isUsingWayland() const { return false; }
+
 	//! Get the current color format of the window
 	/** \return Color format of the window. */
 	virtual video::ECOLOR_FORMAT getColorFormat() const = 0;
diff --git a/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.cpp b/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.cpp
index e263c2948..bcf5415c3 100644
--- a/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.cpp
+++ b/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.cpp
@@ -1248,6 +1248,15 @@ bool CIrrDeviceSDL::supportsTouchEvents() const
 	return true;
 }
 
+//! Checks whether windowing uses the Wayland protocol.
+bool CIrrDeviceSDL::isUsingWayland() const
+{
+	if (!Window)
+		return false;
+	auto *name = SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver();
+	return name && !strcmp(name, "wayland");
+}
+
 //! returns if window is active. if not, nothing need to be drawn
 bool CIrrDeviceSDL::isWindowActive() const
 {
diff --git a/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.h b/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.h
index b52422423..eb2250f2a 100644
--- a/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.h
+++ b/irr/src/CIrrDeviceSDL.h
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ public:
 	//! Checks if the Irrlicht device supports touch events.
 	bool supportsTouchEvents() const override;
 
+	//! Checks whether windowing uses the Wayland protocol.
+	bool isUsingWayland() const override;
+
 	//! Get the position of this window on screen
 	core::position2di getWindowPosition() override;
 
diff --git a/src/client/game.cpp b/src/client/game.cpp
index 500e0a26b..00808803f 100644
--- a/src/client/game.cpp
+++ b/src/client/game.cpp
@@ -754,6 +754,7 @@ private:
 	f32  m_repeat_dig_time;
 	f32  m_cache_cam_smoothing;
 
+	bool m_enable_relative_mode = false;
 	bool m_invert_mouse;
 	bool m_enable_hotbar_mouse_wheel;
 	bool m_invert_hotbar_mouse_wheel;
@@ -898,6 +899,11 @@ bool Game::startup(bool *kill,
 
 	m_first_loop_after_window_activation = true;
 
+	// In principle we could always enable relative mouse mode, but it causes weird
+	// bugs on some setups (e.g. #14932), so we enable it only when it's required.
+	// That is: on Wayland, because it does not support mouse repositioning
+	m_enable_relative_mode = device->isUsingWayland();
+
 	g_client_translations->clear();
 
 	// address can change if simple_singleplayer_mode
@@ -2349,8 +2355,10 @@ void Game::updateCameraDirection(CameraOrientation *cam, float dtime)
 	Since Minetest has its own code to synthesize mouse events from touch events,
 	this results in duplicated input. To avoid that, we don't enable relative
 	mouse mode if we're in touchscreen mode. */
-	if (cur_control)
-		cur_control->setRelativeMode(!g_touchcontrols && !isMenuActive());
+	if (cur_control) {
+		cur_control->setRelativeMode(m_enable_relative_mode &&
+			!g_touchcontrols && !isMenuActive());
+	}
 
 	if ((device->isWindowActive() && device->isWindowFocused()
 			&& !isMenuActive()) || input->isRandom()) {