5 files changed, 38 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/markdown/Wayland-module.md b/docs/markdown/Wayland-module.md
index 345c4e3..353bb6b 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Wayland-module.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Wayland-module.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ generated = wl_mod.scan_xml(
   client : true,
   server : true,
   public : false,
+  core_only : false,
 )
 ```
 This function accepts one or more arguments of either string or file type.
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ It takes the following keyword arguments:
   generated. The default is true.
 - `server` Optional arg that specifies if server side header file is
   generated. The default is false.
+- `core_only` Optional arg that specifies that generated headers only include
+  wayland-client-core.h instead of wayland-client.h. Since *0.64.0*
 
 **Returns**: a list of [[@custom_tgt]] in the order source, client side header,
 server side header. Generated header files have the name
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/wayland_scan_xml_core_only_arg.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/wayland_scan_xml_core_only_arg.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59f4e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/wayland_scan_xml_core_only_arg.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## Added core_only arg to wayland.scan_xml.
+
+The `scan_xml` function from the wayland module now has an optional bool
+argument `core_only`, so that headers generated by wayland-scanner now
+only include `wayland-client-core.h` instead of `wayland-client.h`.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/wayland.py b/mesonbuild/modules/wayland.py
index bcb5b95..1b2b333 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/wayland.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/wayland.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
         public: bool
         client: bool
         server: bool
+        core_only: bool
 
     class FindProtocol(TypedDict):
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class WaylandModule(ExtensionModule):
         KwargInfo('public', bool, default=False),
         KwargInfo('client', bool, default=True),
         KwargInfo('server', bool, default=False),
+        KwargInfo('core_only', bool, default=False, since='0.64.0'),
     )
     def scan_xml(self, state: ModuleState, args: T.Tuple[T.List[FileOrString]], kwargs: ScanXML) -> ModuleReturnValue:
         if self.scanner_bin is None:
@@ -98,12 +100,16 @@ class WaylandModule(ExtensionModule):
             targets.append(code)
 
             for side in sides:
+                command = [self.scanner_bin, f'{side}-header', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@']
+                if kwargs['core_only']:
+                    command.append('--include-core-only')
+
                 header = CustomTarget(
                     f'{name}-{side}-protocol',
                     state.subdir,
                     state.subproject,
                     state.environment,
-                    [self.scanner_bin, f'{side}-header', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+                    command,
                     [xml_file],
                     [f'{name}-{side}-protocol.h'],
                     backend=state.backend,
diff --git a/test cases/wayland/2 core only/core.c b/test cases/wayland/2 core only/core.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bb55e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/wayland/2 core only/core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include <xdg-shell-client-protocol.h>
+
+int main() {
+#if defined(XDG_SHELL_CLIENT_PROTOCOL_H) && !defined(WAYLAND_CLIENT_H) && !defined(WAYLAND_CLIENT_PROTOCOL_H)
+    return 0;
+#else
+    return 1;
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/test cases/wayland/2 core only/meson.build b/test cases/wayland/2 core only/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb98992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/wayland/2 core only/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+project('wayland-test-core-only', 'c')
+
+wl_protocols_dep = dependency('wayland-protocols', required : false)
+if not wl_protocols_dep.found()
+  error('MESON_SKIP_TEST: wayland-protocols not installed')
+endif
+
+wl_mod = import('unstable-wayland')
+wl_client_dep = dependency('wayland-client')
+
+xdg_shell_xml = wl_mod.find_protocol('xdg-shell')
+xdg_shell = wl_mod.scan_xml(xdg_shell_xml, core_only : true)
+exe = executable('core', 'core.c', xdg_shell, dependencies : wl_client_dep)
+test('core', exe)