diff --git a/changelog/next.md b/changelog/next.md
index 3f059b1..c5d93e2 100644
--- a/changelog/next.md
+++ b/changelog/next.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ set shell id.
 - Added a way to detect if an icon is from the system icon theme or not.
 - Added vulkan support to screencopy.
 - Added generic WindowManager interface implementing ext-workspace.
+- Added ext-background-effect window blur support.
 
 ## Other Changes
 
diff --git a/src/wayland/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wayland/CMakeLists.txt
index 196f1e0..cf84713 100644
--- a/src/wayland/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wayland/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ if (HYPRLAND)
 	add_subdirectory(hyprland)
 endif()
 
+add_subdirectory(background_effect)
+list(APPEND WAYLAND_MODULES Quickshell.Wayland._BackgroundEffect)
+
 add_subdirectory(idle_inhibit)
 list(APPEND WAYLAND_MODULES Quickshell.Wayland._IdleInhibitor)
 
diff --git a/src/wayland/background_effect/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wayland/background_effect/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f45f94d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wayland/background_effect/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+qt_add_library(quickshell-wayland-background-effect STATIC
+	manager.cpp
+	surface.cpp
+	qml.cpp
+)
+
+qt_add_qml_module(quickshell-wayland-background-effect
+	URI Quickshell.Wayland._BackgroundEffect
+	VERSION 0.1
+	DEPENDENCIES QtQml
+)
+
+install_qml_module(quickshell-wayland-background-effect)
+
+wl_proto(wlp-background-effect ext-background-effect-v1 "${WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS}/staging/ext-background-effect")
+
+target_link_libraries(quickshell-wayland-background-effect PRIVATE
+	Qt::Quick Qt::WaylandClient Qt::WaylandClientPrivate wayland-client
+	wlp-background-effect
+)
+
+qs_module_pch(quickshell-wayland-background-effect)
+
+target_link_libraries(quickshell PRIVATE quickshell-wayland-background-effectplugin)
diff --git a/src/wayland/background_effect/manager.cpp b/src/wayland/background_effect/manager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cb06f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wayland/background_effect/manager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include "manager.hpp"
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#include <private/qwaylandwindow_p.h>
+#include <qtmetamacros.h>
+#include <qwayland-ext-background-effect-v1.h>
+#include <qwaylandclientextension.h>
+
+#include "surface.hpp"
+
+namespace qs::wayland::background_effect::impl {
+
+BackgroundEffectManager::BackgroundEffectManager(): QWaylandClientExtensionTemplate(1) {
+	this->initialize();
+}
+
+BackgroundEffectSurface*
+BackgroundEffectManager::createEffectSurface(QtWaylandClient::QWaylandWindow* window) {
+	return new BackgroundEffectSurface(this->get_background_effect(window->surface()));
+}
+
+bool BackgroundEffectManager::blurAvailable() const {
+	return this->isActive() && this->mBlurAvailable;
+}
+
+void BackgroundEffectManager::ext_background_effect_manager_v1_capabilities(uint32_t flags) {
+	auto available = static_cast<bool>(flags & capability_blur);
+	if (available == this->mBlurAvailable) return;
+	this->mBlurAvailable = available;
+	emit this->blurAvailableChanged();
+}
+
+BackgroundEffectManager* BackgroundEffectManager::instance() {
+	static auto* instance = new BackgroundEffectManager(); // NOLINT
+	return instance->isInitialized() ? instance : nullptr;
+}
+
+} // namespace qs::wayland::background_effect::impl
diff --git a/src/wayland/background_effect/manager.hpp b/src/wayland/background_effect/manager.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c2e981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wayland/background_effect/manager.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <private/qwaylandwindow_p.h>
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qtmetamacros.h>
+#include <qwayland-ext-background-effect-v1.h>
+#include <qwaylandclientextension.h>
+
+#include "surface.hpp"
+
+namespace qs::wayland::background_effect::impl {
+
+class BackgroundEffectManager
+    : public QWaylandClientExtensionTemplate<BackgroundEffectManager>
+    , public QtWayland::ext_background_effect_manager_v1 {
+	Q_OBJECT;
+
+public:
+	explicit BackgroundEffectManager();
+
+	BackgroundEffectSurface* createEffectSurface(QtWaylandClient::QWaylandWindow* window);
+
+	[[nodiscard]] bool blurAvailable() const;
+
+	static BackgroundEffectManager* instance();
+
+signals:
+	void blurAvailableChanged();
+
+protected:
+	void ext_background_effect_manager_v1_capabilities(uint32_t flags) override;
+
+private:
+	bool mBlurAvailable = false;
+};
+
+} // namespace qs::wayland::background_effect::impl
diff --git a/src/wayland/background_effect/qml.cpp b/src/wayland/background_effect/qml.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b54a847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wayland/background_effect/qml.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+#include "qml.hpp"
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <private/qhighdpiscaling_p.h>
+#include <private/qwaylandwindow_p.h>
+#include <qcoreevent.h>
+#include <qevent.h>
+#include <qlogging.h>
+#include <qnumeric.h>
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qregion.h>
+#include <qtmetamacros.h>
+#include <qvariant.h>
+#include <qwindow.h>
+
+#include "../../core/region.hpp"
+#include "../../window/proxywindow.hpp"
+#include "../../window/windowinterface.hpp"
+#include "manager.hpp"
+#include "surface.hpp"
+
+using QtWaylandClient::QWaylandWindow;
+
+namespace qs::wayland::background_effect {
+
+BackgroundEffect* BackgroundEffect::qmlAttachedProperties(QObject* object) {
+	auto* proxyWindow = qobject_cast<ProxyWindowBase*>(object);
+
+	if (!proxyWindow) {
+		if (auto* iface = qobject_cast<WindowInterface*>(object)) {
+			proxyWindow = iface->proxyWindow();
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!proxyWindow) return nullptr;
+	return new BackgroundEffect(proxyWindow);
+}
+
+BackgroundEffect::BackgroundEffect(ProxyWindowBase* window): QObject(nullptr), proxyWindow(window) {
+	QObject::connect(
+	    window,
+	    &ProxyWindowBase::windowConnected,
+	    this,
+	    &BackgroundEffect::onWindowConnected
+	);
+
+	QObject::connect(window, &ProxyWindowBase::polished, this, &BackgroundEffect::onWindowPolished);
+
+	QObject::connect(
+	    window,
+	    &ProxyWindowBase::devicePixelRatioChanged,
+	    this,
+	    &BackgroundEffect::updateBlurRegion
+	);
+
+	QObject::connect(window, &QObject::destroyed, this, &BackgroundEffect::onProxyWindowDestroyed);
+
+	if (window->backingWindow()) {
+		this->onWindowConnected();
+	}
+}
+
+PendingRegion* BackgroundEffect::blurRegion() const { return this->mBlurRegion; }
+
+void BackgroundEffect::setBlurRegion(PendingRegion* region) {
+	if (region == this->mBlurRegion) return;
+
+	if (this->mBlurRegion) {
+		QObject::disconnect(this->mBlurRegion, nullptr, this, nullptr);
+	}
+
+	this->mBlurRegion = region;
+
+	if (region) {
+		QObject::connect(region, &QObject::destroyed, this, &BackgroundEffect::onBlurRegionDestroyed);
+		QObject::connect(region, &PendingRegion::changed, this, &BackgroundEffect::updateBlurRegion);
+	}
+
+	this->updateBlurRegion();
+	emit this->blurRegionChanged();
+}
+
+void BackgroundEffect::onBlurRegionDestroyed() {
+	this->mBlurRegion = nullptr;
+	this->updateBlurRegion();
+	emit this->blurRegionChanged();
+}
+
+void BackgroundEffect::updateBlurRegion() {
+	if (!this->surface || !this->proxyWindow) return;
+
+	this->pendingBlurRegion = true;
+	this->proxyWindow->schedulePolish();
+}
+
+void BackgroundEffect::onWindowPolished() {
+	if (!this->surface || !this->pendingBlurRegion) return;
+	if (!this->mWaylandWindow || !this->mWaylandWindow->surface()) {
+		this->pendingBlurRegion = false;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	QRegion region;
+	if (this->mBlurRegion) {
+		region =
+		    this->mBlurRegion->applyTo(QRect(0, 0, this->mWindow->width(), this->mWindow->height()));
+
+		auto scale = QHighDpiScaling::factor(this->mWindow);
+		if (!qFuzzyCompare(scale, 1.0)) {
+			region = QHighDpi::scale(region, scale);
+		}
+
+		auto margins = this->mWaylandWindow->clientSideMargins();
+		region.translate(margins.left(), margins.top());
+	}
+
+	this->surface->setBlurRegion(region);
+	this->pendingBlurRegion = false;
+}
+
+bool BackgroundEffect::eventFilter(QObject* object, QEvent* event) {
+	if (event->type() == QEvent::PlatformSurface) {
+		auto* surfaceEvent = dynamic_cast<QPlatformSurfaceEvent*>(event);
+		if (surfaceEvent->surfaceEventType() == QPlatformSurfaceEvent::SurfaceAboutToBeDestroyed) {
+			this->surface = nullptr;
+			this->pendingBlurRegion = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return this->QObject::eventFilter(object, event);
+}
+
+void BackgroundEffect::onWindowConnected() {
+	this->mWindow = this->proxyWindow->backingWindow();
+	this->mWindow->installEventFilter(this);
+
+	QObject::connect(
+	    this->mWindow,
+	    &QWindow::visibleChanged,
+	    this,
+	    &BackgroundEffect::onWindowVisibleChanged
+	);
+
+	this->onWindowVisibleChanged();
+}
+
+void BackgroundEffect::onWindowVisibleChanged() {
+	if (this->mWindow->isVisible()) {
+		if (!this->mWindow->handle()) {
+			this->mWindow->create();
+		}
+	}
+
+	auto* window = dynamic_cast<QWaylandWindow*>(this->mWindow->handle());
+	if (window == this->mWaylandWindow) return;
+
+	if (this->mWaylandWindow) {
+		QObject::disconnect(this->mWaylandWindow, nullptr, this, nullptr);
+	}
+
+	this->mWaylandWindow = window;
+	if (!window) return;
+
+	QObject::connect(
+	    this->mWaylandWindow,
+	    &QObject::destroyed,
+	    this,
+	    &BackgroundEffect::onWaylandWindowDestroyed
+	);
+
+	QObject::connect(
+	    this->mWaylandWindow,
+	    &QWaylandWindow::surfaceCreated,
+	    this,
+	    &BackgroundEffect::onWaylandSurfaceCreated
+	);
+
+	QObject::connect(
+	    this->mWaylandWindow,
+	    &QWaylandWindow::surfaceDestroyed,
+	    this,
+	    &BackgroundEffect::onWaylandSurfaceDestroyed
+	);
+
+	if (this->mWaylandWindow->surface()) {
+		this->onWaylandSurfaceCreated();
+	}
+}
+
+void BackgroundEffect::onWaylandWindowDestroyed() { this->mWaylandWindow = nullptr; }
+
+void BackgroundEffect::onWaylandSurfaceCreated() {
+	auto* manager = impl::BackgroundEffectManager::instance();
+
+	if (!manager) {
+		qWarning() << "Cannot enable background effect as ext-background-effect-v1 is not supported "
+		              "by the current compositor.";
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// Steal protocol surface from previous BackgroundEffect to avoid duplicate-attachment on reload.
+	auto v = this->mWaylandWindow->property("qs_background_effect");
+	if (v.canConvert<BackgroundEffect*>()) {
+		auto* prev = v.value<BackgroundEffect*>();
+		if (prev != this && prev->surface) {
+			this->surface.swap(prev->surface);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!this->surface) {
+		this->surface = std::unique_ptr<impl::BackgroundEffectSurface>(
+		    manager->createEffectSurface(this->mWaylandWindow)
+		);
+	}
+
+	this->mWaylandWindow->setProperty("qs_background_effect", QVariant::fromValue(this));
+
+	this->pendingBlurRegion = this->mBlurRegion != nullptr;
+	if (this->pendingBlurRegion) {
+		this->proxyWindow->schedulePolish();
+	}
+}
+
+void BackgroundEffect::onWaylandSurfaceDestroyed() {
+	this->surface = nullptr;
+	this->pendingBlurRegion = false;
+
+	if (!this->proxyWindow) {
+		this->deleteLater();
+	}
+}
+
+void BackgroundEffect::onProxyWindowDestroyed() {
+	// Don't delete the BackgroundEffect, and therefore the impl::BackgroundEffectSurface
+	// until the wl_surface is destroyed. Deleting it when the proxy window is deleted would
+	// cause a frame without blur between the destruction of the ext_background_effect_surface_v1
+	// and wl_surface objects.
+
+	this->proxyWindow = nullptr;
+
+	if (this->surface == nullptr) {
+		this->deleteLater();
+	}
+}
+
+} // namespace qs::wayland::background_effect
diff --git a/src/wayland/background_effect/qml.hpp b/src/wayland/background_effect/qml.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd93aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wayland/background_effect/qml.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <private/qwaylandwindow_p.h>
+#include <qcoreevent.h>
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qqmlintegration.h>
+#include <qtmetamacros.h>
+#include <qwindow.h>
+
+#include "../../core/region.hpp"
+#include "../../window/proxywindow.hpp"
+#include "surface.hpp"
+
+namespace qs::wayland::background_effect {
+
+///! Background blur effect for Wayland surfaces.
+/// Applies background blur behind a @@Quickshell.QsWindow or subclass,
+/// as an attached object, using the [ext-background-effect-v1] Wayland protocol.
+///
+/// > [!NOTE] Using a background effect requires the compositor support the
+/// > [ext-background-effect-v1] protocol.
+///
+/// [ext-background-effect-v1]: https://wayland.app/protocols/ext-background-effect-v1
+///
+/// #### Example
+/// ```qml
+/// @@Quickshell.PanelWindow {
+///   id: root
+///   color: "#80000000"
+///
+///   BackgroundEffect.blurRegion: Region { item: root.contentItem }
+/// }
+/// ```
+class BackgroundEffect: public QObject {
+	Q_OBJECT;
+	// clang-format off
+	/// Region to blur behind the surface. Set to null to remove blur.
+	Q_PROPERTY(PendingRegion* blurRegion READ blurRegion WRITE setBlurRegion NOTIFY blurRegionChanged);
+	// clang-format on
+	QML_ELEMENT;
+	QML_UNCREATABLE("BackgroundEffect can only be used as an attached object.");
+	QML_ATTACHED(BackgroundEffect);
+
+public:
+	explicit BackgroundEffect(ProxyWindowBase* window);
+
+	[[nodiscard]] PendingRegion* blurRegion() const;
+	void setBlurRegion(PendingRegion* region);
+
+	static BackgroundEffect* qmlAttachedProperties(QObject* object);
+
+	bool eventFilter(QObject* object, QEvent* event) override;
+
+signals:
+	void blurRegionChanged();
+
+private slots:
+	void onWindowConnected();
+	void onWindowVisibleChanged();
+	void onWaylandWindowDestroyed();
+	void onWaylandSurfaceCreated();
+	void onWaylandSurfaceDestroyed();
+	void onProxyWindowDestroyed();
+	void onBlurRegionDestroyed();
+	void onWindowPolished();
+	void updateBlurRegion();
+
+private:
+	ProxyWindowBase* proxyWindow = nullptr;
+	QWindow* mWindow = nullptr;
+	QtWaylandClient::QWaylandWindow* mWaylandWindow = nullptr;
+
+	bool pendingBlurRegion = false;
+	PendingRegion* mBlurRegion = nullptr;
+	std::unique_ptr<impl::BackgroundEffectSurface> surface;
+};
+
+} // namespace qs::wayland::background_effect
diff --git a/src/wayland/background_effect/surface.cpp b/src/wayland/background_effect/surface.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..648361d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wayland/background_effect/surface.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include "surface.hpp"
+
+#include <private/qwaylanddisplay_p.h>
+#include <private/qwaylandintegration_p.h>
+#include <qregion.h>
+#include <qwayland-ext-background-effect-v1.h>
+#include <wayland-client-protocol.h>
+
+namespace qs::wayland::background_effect::impl {
+
+BackgroundEffectSurface::BackgroundEffectSurface(
+    ::ext_background_effect_surface_v1* surface // NOLINT(misc-include-cleaner)
+)
+    : QtWayland::ext_background_effect_surface_v1(surface) {}
+
+BackgroundEffectSurface::~BackgroundEffectSurface() {
+	if (!this->isInitialized()) return;
+	this->destroy();
+}
+
+void BackgroundEffectSurface::setBlurRegion(const QRegion& region) {
+	if (!this->isInitialized()) return;
+
+	if (region.isEmpty()) {
+		this->set_blur_region(nullptr);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	static const auto* waylandIntegration = QtWaylandClient::QWaylandIntegration::instance();
+	auto* display = waylandIntegration->display();
+
+	auto* wlRegion = display->createRegion(region);
+	this->set_blur_region(wlRegion);
+	wl_region_destroy(wlRegion); // NOLINT(misc-include-cleaner)
+}
+
+} // namespace qs::wayland::background_effect::impl
diff --git a/src/wayland/background_effect/surface.hpp b/src/wayland/background_effect/surface.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65b0bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wayland/background_effect/surface.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <qregion.h>
+#include <qtclasshelpermacros.h>
+#include <qwayland-ext-background-effect-v1.h>
+
+namespace qs::wayland::background_effect::impl {
+
+class BackgroundEffectSurface: public QtWayland::ext_background_effect_surface_v1 {
+public:
+	explicit BackgroundEffectSurface(::ext_background_effect_surface_v1* surface);
+	~BackgroundEffectSurface() override;
+	Q_DISABLE_COPY_MOVE(BackgroundEffectSurface);
+
+	void setBlurRegion(const QRegion& region);
+};
+
+} // namespace qs::wayland::background_effect::impl
diff --git a/src/wayland/background_effect/test/manual/background_effect.qml b/src/wayland/background_effect/test/manual/background_effect.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cb4e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wayland/background_effect/test/manual/background_effect.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Layouts
+import QtQuick.Controls
+import Quickshell
+import Quickshell.Wayland
+
+FloatingWindow {
+  id: root
+  color: "transparent"
+	contentItem.palette.windowText: "white"
+
+	ColumnLayout {
+		anchors.centerIn: parent
+
+		CheckBox {
+			id: enableBox
+			checked: true
+			text: "Enable Blur"
+		}
+
+		Button {
+			text: "Hide->Show"
+			onClicked: {
+				root.visible = false
+				showTimer.start()
+			}
+		}
+
+		Timer {
+			id: showTimer
+			interval: 200
+			onTriggered: root.visible = true
+		}
+
+		Slider {
+			id: radiusSlider
+			from: 0
+			to: 1000
+			value: 100
+		}
+	}
+
+	BackgroundEffect.blurRegion: Region {
+		item: enableBox.checked ? root.contentItem : null
+		radius: radiusSlider.value == -1 ? undefined : radiusSlider.value
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/wayland/module.md b/src/wayland/module.md
index 9ad15ba..964fa76 100644
--- a/src/wayland/module.md
+++ b/src/wayland/module.md
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ headers = [
 	"idle_inhibit/inhibitor.hpp",
 	"idle_notify/monitor.hpp",
 	"shortcuts_inhibit/inhibitor.hpp",
+	"background_effect/qml.hpp",
 ]
 -----