diff --git a/data/liveinst/liveinst b/data/liveinst/liveinst
index 4ea37b44fb4..f956aee9fea 100755
--- a/data/liveinst/liveinst
+++ b/data/liveinst/liveinst
@@ -20,10 +20,23 @@
 
 BACKEND_READY_FLAG=/run/anaconda/backend_ready
 
+WAYLAND_DISPLAY_SOCKET=/tmp/anaconda-wldisplay
+
+# Detect and save the wayland socket before re-exec
+if [ -n "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" ]; then
+    if [ -e "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY_SOCKET" ]; then
+        rm -f "${WAYLAND_DISPLAY_SOCKET}"
+    fi
+    touch "${WAYLAND_DISPLAY_SOCKET}"
+    echo "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/${WAYLAND_DISPLAY}" > ${WAYLAND_DISPLAY_SOCKET}
+fi
+
 # The command needs to be run with root privileges, so if it was started
 # unprivileged, restart running as root.
 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
-    xhost +si:localuser:root
+    if [ -z "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" ]; then
+        xhost +si:localuser:root
+    fi
     pkexec "$0" "$@"
     exit $?
 fi
@@ -38,6 +51,19 @@ if [ -n "${PKEXEC_UID}" ]; then
     done
 fi
 
+# pkexec clears WAYLAND_DISPLAY from environment
+if [ -z "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" ] && [ -e "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY_SOCKET" ]; then
+    WAYLAND_DISPLAY=$(cat "${WAYLAND_DISPLAY_SOCKET}")
+    export WAYLAND_DISPLAY
+fi
+
+# use the correct home and config directories for system settings
+PKEXEC_USER=$(id -un "${PKEXEC_UID}")
+HOME=$(bash -c "cd ~${PKEXEC_USER} && pwd")
+export HOME
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+
 # Allow running another command in the place of anaconda, but in this same
 # environment.  This allows storage testing to make use of all the module
 # loading and lvm control in this file, too.
@@ -175,8 +201,10 @@ start_anaconda() {
     $ANACONDA "$@"
 }
 
-# Force the X11 backend since sudo and wayland do not mix
-export GDK_BACKEND=x11
+# If no wayland socket is set, force x11 so that it loads correctly
+if [ -z "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" ]; then
+    export GDK_BACKEND=x11
+fi
 
 if [ -x /usr/bin/udisks ]; then
     /usr/bin/udisks --inhibit -- start_anaconda "$@"
diff --git a/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/Dockerfile b/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/Dockerfile
index 98e32b9b7a0..27bc24ad800 100644
--- a/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/Dockerfile
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 COPY ["lorax-build", "/"]
 COPY ["lorax-build-webui", "/"]
 COPY ["adjust-templates-for-webui.patch", "/"]
+COPY ["adjust-templates-for-weston.patch", "/"]
 
 RUN mkdir /lorax /anaconda-rpms /images
 
diff --git a/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/adjust-templates-for-weston.patch b/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/adjust-templates-for-weston.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a0642bb9e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/adjust-templates-for-weston.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+From 3b6fcfc755ee9b2a5b4de7965ee2e3fc41045379 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Neal Gompa <ngompa@fedoraproject.org>
+Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:59:00 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup: Do not purge sound
+ packages
+
+These cause the build to fail when adding Weston to the boot.iso.
+---
+ share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl | 10 +---------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
+index aad31f77..e4148b7c 100644
+--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
++++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
+@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ remove usr/share/i18n
+ ## perl needed for powerpc-utils
+ ## perl is needed by /usr/bin/rxe_cfg from libibverbs
+ 
+-## no sound support, thanks
+-removepkg flac-libs libsndfile pipewire pulseaudio* rtkit sound-theme-freedesktop wireplumber*
+ ## we don't create new initramfs/bootloader conf inside anaconda
+ ## (that happens inside the target system after we install dracut/grubby)
+ removepkg dracut-network grubby anaconda-dracut
+@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ removepkg mtools glibc-gconv-extra
+ 
+ ## various other things we remove to save space
+ removepkg diffutils file
+-removepkg libasyncns
+ removepkg lvm2-libs
+ removepkg mobile-broadband-provider-info
+ removepkg rmt rpcbind squashfs-tools
+@@ -196,7 +193,6 @@ removefrom libidn2 /usr/share/locale/*
+ removefrom libnotify /usr/bin/*
+ removefrom libsemanage /etc/selinux/*
+ removefrom libstdc++ /usr/share/*
+-removefrom libvorbis /usr/${libdir}/libvorbisenc.*
+ removefrom libxml2 /usr/bin/*
+ removefrom linux-firmware /usr/lib/firmware/dvb*
+ removefrom linux-firmware /usr/lib/firmware/*_12mhz*
+@@ -365,11 +361,7 @@ removefrom gstreamer1-plugins-base --allbut \
+ removepkg geoclue2
+ 
+ ## And remove the packages that those extra libraries pulled in
+-removepkg cdparanoia-libs opus libtheora libvisual flac-libs gsm avahi-glib avahi-libs \
+-          ModemManager-glib
+-
+-## metacity requires libvorbis and libvorbisfile, but enc/dec are no longer needed
+-removefrom libvorbis --allbut /usr/${libdir}/libvorbisfile.* /usr/${libdir}/libvorbis.*
++removepkg cdparanoia-libs libvisual avahi-glib avahi-libs ModemManager-glib
+ 
+ ## Remove build-id links, they are used with debuginfo
+ remove /usr/lib/.build-id
+-- 
+2.43.0
+
diff --git a/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/lorax-build b/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/lorax-build
index 8deb0affb86..2bd251ea274 100755
--- a/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/lorax-build
+++ b/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/lorax-build
@@ -36,12 +36,16 @@ mkdir -p $REPO_DIR
 cp -a $INPUT_RPMS/* $REPO_DIR || echo "RPM files can't be copied!"  # We could just do the build with official repositories only
 createrepo_c $REPO_DIR
 
+cp -r /usr/share/lorax/templates.d/ /lorax/
+patch -p2 -i /adjust-templates-for-weston.patch
+
 # build boot.iso with our rpms
 . /etc/os-release
 # The download.fedoraproject.org automatic redirector often selects download-ib01.f.o. for GitHub's cloud, which is too unreliable; use a mirror
 # The --volid argument can cause different network interface naming: https://github.com/rhinstaller/kickstart-tests/issues/448
 lorax -p Fedora -v "$VERSION_ID" -r "$VERSION_ID" \
       --volid Fedora-S-dvd-x86_64-rawh \
+      --sharedir ./templates.d/99-generic/ \
       -s http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/ \
       -s file://$REPO_DIR/ \
       "$@" \
diff --git a/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/lorax-build.j2 b/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/lorax-build.j2
index b568c8468ce..d3bc7ef83c1 100755
--- a/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/lorax-build.j2
+++ b/dockerfile/anaconda-iso-creator/lorax-build.j2
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ mkdir -p $REPO_DIR
 cp -a $INPUT_RPMS/* $REPO_DIR || echo "RPM files can't be copied!"  # We could just do the build with official repositories only
 createrepo_c $REPO_DIR
 
+cp -r /usr/share/lorax/templates.d/ /lorax/
+patch -p2 -i /adjust-templates-for-weston.patch
+
 # build boot.iso with our rpms
 . /etc/os-release
 # The download.fedoraproject.org automatic redirector often selects download-ib01.f.o. for GitHub's cloud, which is too unreliable; use a mirror
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ lorax -p Fedora -v "$VERSION_ID" -r "$VERSION_ID" \
 {% else %}
       --volid Fedora-S-dvd-x86_64-f{$ distro_release $} \
 {% endif %}
+      --sharedir ./templates.d/99-generic/ \
       -s http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/{$ distro_release $}/Everything/x86_64/os/ \
 {% elif distro_name == "rhel" and distro_release == 10 %}
 MAJOR_VERSION=${VERSION_ID%%.*}