diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aff38ac01b..b8c9b9f2e3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6217,6 +6217,17 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sctk-adwaita"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6277f0217056f77f1d8f49f2950ac6c278c0d607c45f5ee99328d792ede24ec"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "smithay-client-toolkit 0.19.2",
+ "tiny-skia",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
 version = "3.7.0"
@@ -8433,6 +8444,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "raw-window-handle",
  "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
  "rustix 0.38.44",
+ "sctk-adwaita",
  "smithay-client-toolkit 0.19.2",
  "smol_str",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index a7302a940c..821969da8a 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -22,3 +22,34 @@ Builds made with craft-fonts (CRAFT_FONTS_DIR; all official releases) also embed
 https://github.com/storytold/craft-fonts/blob/main/ATTRIBUTION.md (today BIZ UDPGothic, Shippori Mincho and
 BIZ UDMincho; not the web build), under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Their licence texts
 ship with the package as OFL-<family>.txt.
+
+Linux Wayland window decorations
+-------------------------------
+sctk-adwaita 0.10.1 (https://github.com/PolyMeilex/sctk-adwaita,
+commit d5f343c45c04d4a026db57f76760819b7325db00) is used by winit on Linux
+for vector window controls. Its title-font features are disabled: no Cantarell
+font is embedded by this dependency and no font file is added to this repo.
+
+sctk-adwaita's MIT licence:
+
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2022 Bartłomiej Maryńczak
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/apps/photocraft/Cargo.toml b/apps/photocraft/Cargo.toml
index 505947e222..a0f2a75a5a 100644
--- a/apps/photocraft/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/photocraft/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ futures-lite = "=2.6.1"
 async-io = "=2.6.0"
 # Open the window through Xwayland for a pen on Wayland (`tablet.rs`, #639): eframe doesn't
 # re-export winit's `EventLoopBuilderExtX11`. Already in Cargo.lock (eframe); pinned exactly.
-winit = { version = "=0.30.13", default-features = false, features = ["x11"] }
+# Preserve XWayland support; enable font-free Adwaita controls for native Wayland.
+winit = { version = "=0.30.13", default-features = false, features = ["wayland-csd-adwaita-notitle", "x11"] }
 
 # Safe Win32 wrappers on Windows: the pointer position for file drops (`cursor.rs`,
 # GetCursorPos) and the window frame for the custom title bar (`window_frame.rs`, window styles),
diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index 6891e88a9c..fcf3339b7d 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ building locally; the downloaded app is still subject to Windows application-con
 
 ## Build and run
 
+On GNOME/Wayland, **System Title Bar** uses winit's font-free Adwaita controls; existing custom-title-bar preferences and defaults are unchanged.
+
 ```sh
 cargo run --release -p photocraft -- path/to/image.psd      # desktop app
 cargo run --release -p photocraft -- --control 7878 --control-token-file .private/control.token \
diff --git a/packaging/env.sh b/packaging/env.sh
index 0007227058..782c4721f0 100644
--- a/packaging/env.sh
+++ b/packaging/env.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ warn() {
 # Copy licence and readme files that exist into a package directory.
 copy_docs() {
   local dest="$1" f
-  for f in README.md LICENSE LICENSE-MIT LICENSE-APACHE COPYRIGHT; do
+  for f in README.md LICENSE LICENSE-MIT LICENSE-APACHE COPYRIGHT NOTICE; do
     if [ -f "$ROOT/$f" ]; then cp "$ROOT/$f" "$dest/"; fi
   done
   copy_font_licences "$dest"
diff --git a/packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.photocraft.yml b/packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.photocraft.yml
index e3ac74cffd..2189374665 100644
--- a/packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.photocraft.yml
+++ b/packaging/linux/flatpak/ai.storyteller.photocraft.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ modules:
     build-commands:
       - cargo --offline build --release --locked -p photocraft --features heif
       - install -Dm755 target/release/photocraft /app/bin/photocraft
+      - install -Dm644 NOTICE /app/share/doc/photocraft/NOTICE
       - install -Dm644 packaging/linux/ai.storyteller.photocraft.desktop /app/share/applications/ai.storyteller.photocraft.desktop
       - install -Dm644 packaging/linux/ai.storyteller.photocraft.mime.xml /app/share/mime/packages/ai.storyteller.photocraft.xml
       - mkdir -p /app/share/icons && cp -R assets/app-icon/hicolor /app/share/icons/
diff --git a/packaging/linux/package.sh b/packaging/linux/package.sh
index 615bef25bf..2091ace48a 100755
--- a/packaging/linux/package.sh
+++ b/packaging/linux/package.sh
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ if has appimage; then
   APPDIR="$WORK/PhotoCraft.AppDir"
   cp -R "$STAGE" "$APPDIR"
   mv "$APPDIR/usr/share/doc" "$WORK/doc-unused"
+  # Preserve the sctk-adwaita MIT notice in the packaged AppImage.
+  install -Dm644 "$ROOT/NOTICE" "$APPDIR/usr/share/doc/photocraft/NOTICE"
   # AppRun is a script, not a symlink: it installs the .desktop entry and icons into
   # $XDG_DATA_HOME before launching, so Wayland compositors can resolve the window's
   # app_id to our icon instead of the generic Wayland logo (#593; opt-out env in the