diff --git a/libweston/compositor.c b/libweston/compositor.c
index 113f5fc..0c405ac 100644
--- a/libweston/compositor.c
+++ b/libweston/compositor.c
@@ -5019,3 +5019,18 @@
 
 	return backend_init(compositor, config_base);
 }
+
+WL_EXPORT int
+weston_compositor_load_xwayland(struct weston_compositor *compositor)
+{
+	int (*module_init)(struct weston_compositor *ec,
+			   int *argc, char *argv[]);
+	int argc = 0;
+
+	module_init = weston_load_module("xwayland.so", "module_init");
+	if (!module_init)
+		return -1;
+	if (module_init(compositor, &argc, NULL) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}