diff --git a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
index 6b05e96..21c5341 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
@@ -3943,7 +3943,14 @@ frame_buf_at(int px, int py)
             return fb;
     }
 
-    /* Step 5: topmost node was a client surface — not a WM frame. */
+    /* Step 5: match a tree-less frame_buf (WINGs dialog) whose scene_buf
+     * is a direct child of a level_tree bucket. */
+    wl_list_for_each(fb, &wl_state.frame_list, link) {
+        if (!fb->tree && fb->scene_buf && &fb->scene_buf->node == n)
+            return fb;
+    }
+
+    /* Step 6: topmost node was a client surface — not a WM frame. */
     return NULL;
 }