diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index fbdb285695..961dc6a456 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -2173,6 +2173,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/webrtc-audio-processing-big-endian.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/webrtc-for-telegram-desktop-unbundle-libsrtp.patch \
   %D%/packages/patches/websocketpp-fix-for-cmake-3.15.patch	\
+  %D%/packages/patches/wlroots-hwdata-fallback.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/wmctrl-64-fix.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/wmfire-update-for-new-gdk-versions.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-2149.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/wlroots-hwdata-fallback.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/wlroots-hwdata-fallback.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6468c7cbf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/wlroots-hwdata-fallback.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+backend/drm: add hardcoded hwdata path fallback
+
+Add hardcoded fallback "/usr/share/hwdata/pnp.ids" as a
+temporary solution to get things working in Guix until
+hwdata ships with pkg-config file.
+
+diff --git a/backend/drm/meson.build b/backend/drm/meson.build
+index 6fcb2c15..ed95360a 100644
+--- a/backend/drm/meson.build
++++ b/backend/drm/meson.build
+@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+ hwdata = dependency(
+ 	'hwdata',
+-	required: 'drm' in backends,
++	required: false,
+ 	native: true,
+-	not_found_message: 'Required for the DRM backend.',
+ )
+ 
+ libdisplay_info = dependency(
+@@ -19,15 +18,21 @@ libliftoff = dependency(
+ 	required: false,
+ )
+ 
+-if not (hwdata.found() and libdisplay_info.found() and features['session'])
++if hwdata.found()
++	hwdata_dir = hwdata.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'pkgdatadir')
++	pnp_ids = files(hwdata_dir / 'pnp.ids')
++else
++	pnp_ids = files('/usr/share/hwdata/pnp.ids')
++endif
++
++if not (libdisplay_info.found() and features['session'])
+ 	subdir_done()
+ endif
+ 
+-hwdata_dir = hwdata.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'pkgdatadir')
+ pnpids_c = custom_target(
+ 	'pnpids.c',
+ 	output: 'pnpids.c',
+-	input: files(hwdata_dir / 'pnp.ids'),
++	input: pnp_ids,
+ 	feed: true,
+ 	capture: true,
+ 	command: files('gen_pnpids.sh'),
+
diff --git a/gnu/packages/wm.scm b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
index 959928d8e2..78af2fb210 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Nicolas Graves <ngraves@ngraves.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Jaeme Sifat <jaeme@runbox.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Josselin Poiret <dev@jpoiret.xyz>
+;;; Copyright © 2024 Ahmad Draidi <a.r.draidi@redscript.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ (define-public cage
        (sha256 (base32 "11sg9x08zl2nr7a723h462knz5lf58sgvkhv1mgc9z3hhkhvbsja"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
     (native-inputs (list pkg-config scdoc))
-    (inputs (list wayland wlroots libxkbcommon))
+    (inputs (list wayland wlroots-0.16 libxkbcommon))
     (home-page "https://github.com/cage-kiosk/cage")
     (synopsis "Wayland kiosk")
     (description "This package provides a Wayland @dfn{kiosk}, which runs a
@@ -1167,7 +1168,7 @@ (define-public fnott
            tllist
            scdoc))
     (inputs
-     (list wlroots wayland fcft dbus libpng))
+     (list wlroots-0.16 wayland fcft dbus libpng))
     (home-page "https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fnott")
     (synopsis "Keyboard driven and lightweight Wayland notification daemon")
     (description "Fnott is a keyboard driven and lightweight notification daemon
@@ -1569,7 +1570,7 @@ (define-public dwl
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config))
     (inputs
-     (list wlroots))
+     (list wlroots-0.16))
     (home-page "https://github.com/djpohly/dwl")
     (synopsis "Dynamic window manager for Wayland")
     (description
@@ -1675,7 +1676,7 @@ (define-public polybar
 (define-public wlroots
   (package
     (name "wlroots")
-    (version "0.16.2")
+    (version "0.17.1")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -1684,7 +1685,9 @@ (define-public wlroots
              (commit version)))
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1m12nv6avgnz626h3giqp6gcx44w1wq6z0jy780mx8z255ic7q15"))))
+        (base32 "1hj4gq5vx8in65622yvjm8bwqkw2vpc556k9my997a0hn0ricj37"))
+         ;; This patch can be removed once hwdata in Guix supports pkg-config
+         (patches (search-patches "wlroots-hwdata-fallback.patch"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases
@@ -1705,6 +1708,7 @@ (define-public wlroots
     (propagated-inputs
      (list ;; As required by wlroots.pc.
            eudev
+           libdisplay-info
            libinput-minimal
            libxkbcommon
            mesa
@@ -1730,6 +1734,23 @@ (define-public wlroots
 modules for building a Wayland compositor.")
     (license license:expat)))  ; MIT license
 
+(define-public wlroots-0.16
+  (package
+    (inherit wlroots)
+    (name "wlroots-0.16")
+    (version "0.16.2")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots")
+             (commit version)))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "1m12nv6avgnz626h3giqp6gcx44w1wq6z0jy780mx8z255ic7q15"))))
+    (propagated-inputs (modify-inputs (package-propagated-inputs wlroots)
+                         (delete libdisplay-info)))))
+
 (define-public sway
   (package
     (name "sway")
@@ -1774,7 +1795,7 @@ (define-public sway
                   pcre2
                   swaybg
                   wayland
-                  wlroots))
+                  wlroots-0.16))
     (native-inputs
      (cons* linux-pam mesa pkg-config scdoc wayland-protocols
             (if (%current-target-system)
@@ -2966,7 +2987,7 @@ (define-public cagebreak
                 (("/etc/") (string-append #$output "/etc/"))
                 (("/usr/share/") (string-append #$output "/usr/share/"))))))))
     (native-inputs (list pkg-config scdoc))
-    (inputs (list libevdev pango wlroots))
+    (inputs (list libevdev pango wlroots-0.16))
     (home-page "https://github.com/project-repo/cagebreak")
     (synopsis "Tiling wayland compositor inspired by ratpoison")
     (description
@@ -3063,7 +3084,7 @@ (define-public hikari
            linux-pam
            pango
            wayland
-           wlroots))
+           wlroots-0.16))
     (arguments
      `(#:tests? #f                      ; no tests
        #:make-flags
diff --git a/gnu/packages/zig-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/zig-xyz.scm
index 200b5c9940..75b60fcfa9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/zig-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/zig-xyz.scm
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ (define-public river
                          scdoc
                          wayland
                          wayland-protocols
-                         wlroots))
+                         wlroots-0.16))
     (home-page "https://github.com/riverwm/river")
     (synopsis "Dynamic tiling Wayland compositor")
     (description
