diff --git a/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in b/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in
index de19a63..51ce826 100644
--- a/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in
+++ b/WINGs/WINGs/WINGsP.h.in
@@ -748,6 +748,15 @@ void W_InitIM(WMScreen *scr);
 WMScreen *W_X11OpenDisplay(const char *display);
 void W_X11PlatformInit(W_Screen *scrPtr);
 
+/*
+ * W_NativeInternAtom — wraps XInternAtom for the X11 backend so that
+ * shared code (e.g. wtextfield.c selection request handler) can intern
+ * an atom by name without including <X11/Xlib.h> or directly calling
+ * XInternAtom.  Returns WM_NATIVE_NONE in pure-Wayland builds (handled
+ * by a future widgets_wl.c stub).
+ */
+WMNativeAtom W_NativeInternAtom(W_Screen *scr, const char *name);
+
 /*
  * XLFD → FcPattern parser, defined in wfont.c.  Replaces XftXlfdParse
  * so the shared font code doesn't pull libXft / libX11.  Used by
diff --git a/WINGs/widgets_x11.c b/WINGs/widgets_x11.c
index 81e3a8f..f944714 100644
--- a/WINGs/widgets_x11.c
+++ b/WINGs/widgets_x11.c
@@ -229,3 +229,16 @@ WMScreen *W_X11OpenDisplay(const char *display)
     }
     return WMCreateSimpleApplicationScreen(dpy);
 }
+
+/*
+ * W_NativeInternAtom — atom-intern wrapper used by shared code that
+ * needs an Atom value at run-time (e.g. wtextfield.c's selection
+ * request handler).  In X11 mode delegates to XInternAtom.  In Wayland
+ * mode the stub in widgets_wl.c returns WM_NATIVE_NONE so the calling
+ * code falls into a "no match" branch and selection no-ops.  Either
+ * way the shared file does not directly link against XInternAtom.
+ */
+WMNativeAtom W_NativeInternAtom(W_Screen *scr, const char *name)
+{
+    return XInternAtom(scr->display, name, False);
+}
diff --git a/WINGs/wtextfield.c b/WINGs/wtextfield.c
index 8b947a9..59d8a99 100644
--- a/WINGs/wtextfield.c
+++ b/WINGs/wtextfield.c
@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@ static WMData *requestHandler(WMView * view, WMNativeAtom selection, WMNativeAto
 {
 	TextField *tPtr = view->self;
 	int count;
-	Display *dpy = tPtr->view->screen->display;
+	WMScreen *scr = tPtr->view->screen;
 	WMNativeAtom _TARGETS;
-	WMNativeAtom TEXT = XInternAtom(dpy, "TEXT", False);
-	WMNativeAtom COMPOUND_TEXT = XInternAtom(dpy, "COMPOUND_TEXT", False);
+	WMNativeAtom TEXT = W_NativeInternAtom(scr, "TEXT");
+	WMNativeAtom COMPOUND_TEXT = W_NativeInternAtom(scr, "COMPOUND_TEXT");
 	WMData *data;
 
 	/* Parameter not used, but tell the compiler that it is ok */
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static WMData *requestHandler(WMView * view, WMNativeAtom selection, WMNativeAto
 		return data;
 	}
 
-	_TARGETS = XInternAtom(dpy, "TARGETS", False);
+	_TARGETS = W_NativeInternAtom(scr, "TARGETS");
 	if (target == _TARGETS) {
 		WMNativeAtom supported_type[4];