diff --git a/wgpu/Cargo.toml b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
index f861fd6efc..0b4059169c 100644
--- a/wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ smallvec = "1"
 raw-window-handle = "0.3"
 parking_lot = "0.10"
 
+#Note: we may consider switching this to "dev-dependencies" if users
+# want to opt into X11 explicitly.
+[target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "ios"), not(target_os = "macos")))'.dependencies]
+gfx-backend-vulkan = { version = "0.5", features = ["x11"] }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 cgmath = "0.17"
 log = "0.4"