diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 61d1b3161..598a8da11 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ wayland_scanner = find_program(
   	native: true,
 )
 
+content_type_protocol = custom_target(
+    'content_type_v1_protocol_h',
+    input: join_paths(wayland_protocol_dir, 'staging', 'content-type', 'content-type-v1.xml'),
+    output: 'content-type-v1-protocol.h',
+    command: [wayland_scanner, 'server-header', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+    build_by_default: false,
+)
+
 xdg_shell_protocol = custom_target(
     'xdg_shell_server_h',
     input: join_paths(wayland_protocol_dir, 'stable', 'xdg-shell', 'xdg-shell.xml'),
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 9cdc929be..28d801409 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ magpie_sources = [
     'surface/view.cpp',
     'surface/xdg_view.cpp',
     'surface/xwayland_view.cpp',
+    content_type_protocol,
     xdg_shell_protocol,
     wlr_layer_shell_protocol,
     wlr_output_power_management_protocol,
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 33e52b0e8..170789043 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -454,4 +454,6 @@ Server::Server() : listeners(*this) {
 		listeners.drm_lease_request.notify = drm_lease_notify;
 		wl_signal_add(&drm_manager->events.request, &listeners.drm_lease_request);
 	}
+
+	content_type_manager = wlr_content_type_manager_v1_create(display, 1);
 }
diff --git a/src/server.hpp b/src/server.hpp
index 93bb6c069..9cc393e53 100644
--- a/src/server.hpp
+++ b/src/server.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "wlr-wrap-start.hpp"
 #include <wlr/backend/session.h>
 #include <wlr/render/allocator.h>
+#include <wlr/types/wlr_content_type_v1.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_drm_lease_v1.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_foreign_toplevel_management_v1.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_idle_inhibit_v1.h>
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ class Server {
 	wlr_idle_inhibit_manager_v1* idle_inhibit_manager;
 
 	wlr_drm_lease_v1_manager* drm_manager;
+	wlr_content_type_manager_v1* content_type_manager;
 
 	Server();