diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9bad25a0f..89aaaac95 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ information on what to include when reporting a bug.
    from a modal to the content area
  - [Wayland] Bugfix: free modules at end of terminate function to resolve
    potential segmentation fault (#2744)
+ - [Wayland] Bugfix: Confining or disabling the cursor could segfault on
+   compositors without `pointer-constraints-unstable-v1`
  - [X11] Bugfix: Running without a WM could trigger an assert (#2593,#2601,#2631)
  - [X11] Bugfix: Occasional crash when an idle display awakes (#2766) 
  - [X11] Bugfix: Prevent BadWindow when creating small windows with a content scale
diff --git a/src/wl_window.c b/src/wl_window.c
index 4220d17e0..1bb32f5f0 100644
--- a/src/wl_window.c
+++ b/src/wl_window.c
@@ -2974,10 +2974,16 @@ static void lockPointer(_GLFWwindow* window)
     if (!_glfw.wl.relativePointerManager)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE,
-                        "Wayland: The compositor does not support pointer locking");
+                        "Wayland: The compositor does not support relative pointer motion");
         return;
     }
 
+    if (!_glfw.wl.pointerConstraints)
+    {
+        _glfwInputError(GLFW_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE,
+                        "Wayland: The compositor does not support locking the pointer");
+    }
+
     window->wl.relativePointer =
         zwp_relative_pointer_manager_v1_get_relative_pointer(
             _glfw.wl.relativePointerManager,
@@ -3025,6 +3031,12 @@ static const struct zwp_confined_pointer_v1_listener confinedPointerListener =
 
 static void confinePointer(_GLFWwindow* window)
 {
+    if (!_glfw.wl.pointerConstraints)
+    {
+        _glfwInputError(GLFW_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE,
+                        "Wayland: The compositor does not support confining the pointer");
+    }
+
     window->wl.confinedPointer =
         zwp_pointer_constraints_v1_confine_pointer(
             _glfw.wl.pointerConstraints,