diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9a6669..6d76064 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,10 +23,16 @@
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
+
+* `yambar --backend=wayland` always erroring out with _”yambar was
+  compiled without the Wayland backend”_.
+
+
 ### Security
 ### Contributors
 
 * [paemuri](https://codeberg.org/paemuri)
+* [ericonr](https://codeberg.org/ericonr)
 
 
 ## 1.6.2
diff --git a/bar/bar.c b/bar/bar.c
index 4829162..c7b1ea5 100644
--- a/bar/bar.c
+++ b/bar/bar.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ bar_new(const struct bar_config *config)
         break;
 
     case BAR_BACKEND_WAYLAND:
-#if defined(BAR_WAYLAND)
+#if defined(ENABLE_WAYLAND)
         backend_data = bar_backend_wayland_new();
         backend_iface = &wayland_backend_iface;
 #else