diff --git a/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandim.cpp b/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandim.cpp
index 6bfc47442..f8a095175 100644
--- a/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandim.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandim.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace fcitx {
 
 WaylandIMModule::WaylandIMModule(Instance *instance) : instance_(instance) {
     reloadConfig();
+    persistentVirtualKeyboard_ = *config_.persistentVirtualKeyboard;
     createdCallback_ =
         wayland()->call<IWaylandModule::addConnectionCreatedCallback>(
             [this](const std::string &name, wl_display *display,
diff --git a/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandim.h b/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandim.h
index 78218dcbc..de2884dce 100644
--- a/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandim.h
+++ b/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandim.h
@@ -36,7 +36,18 @@ FCITX_CONFIGURATION(
     Option<bool> preferKeyEvent{
         this, "PreferKeyEvent",
         _("Forward key event instead of commiting text if it is not handled"),
-        true};);
+        true};
+    OptionWithAnnotation<bool, ToolTipAnnotation> persistentVirtualKeyboard{
+        this,
+        "PersistentVirtualKeyboard",
+        _("Keep virtual keyboard object for V2 Protocol (Need restart)"),
+        false,
+        {},
+        {},
+        {_("If enabled, when using zwp_input_method_v2, do not create and "
+           "destroy zwp_virtual_keyboard_v1 on activate and deactivate. This "
+           "may workaround some bug in certain Compositor, including "
+           "Sway<=1.9, RiverWM<=0.3.0.")}};);
 
 constexpr int32_t repeatHackDelay = 3000;
 class WaylandIMServer;
@@ -67,6 +78,10 @@ class WaylandIMModule : public AddonInstance {
 
     AggregatedAppMonitor *appMonitor(const std::string &display);
 
+    bool persistentVirtualKeyboard() const {
+        return persistentVirtualKeyboard_;
+    }
+
 private:
     Instance *instance_;
     WaylandIMConfig config_;
@@ -79,6 +94,7 @@ class WaylandIMModule : public AddonInstance {
     std::unique_ptr<HandlerTableEntry<WaylandConnectionCreated>>
         createdCallback_;
     std::unique_ptr<HandlerTableEntry<WaylandConnectionClosed>> closedCallback_;
+    bool persistentVirtualKeyboard_ = false;
 };
 } // namespace fcitx
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandimserverv2.cpp b/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandimserverv2.cpp
index d7a24f5d8..ea0be8cc8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandimserverv2.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/waylandim/waylandimserverv2.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "fcitx/instance.h"
 #include "virtualinputcontext.h"
 #include "wayland-text-input-unstable-v3-client-protocol.h"
+#include "wayland_public.h"
 #include "waylandim.h"
 #include "waylandimserverbase.h"
 #include "wl_seat.h"
@@ -145,6 +146,10 @@ WaylandIMInputContextV2::WaylandIMInputContextV2(
     : VirtualInputContextGlue(inputContextManager), server_(server),
       seat_(std::move(seat)),
       ic_(server->inputMethodManagerV2()->getInputMethod(seat_.get())) {
+    if (server_->parent()->persistentVirtualKeyboard()) {
+        vk_.reset(server_->virtualKeyboardManagerV1()->createVirtualKeyboard(
+            seat_.get()));
+    }
     server->add(this, seat_.get());
     ic_->surroundingText().connect(
         [this](const char *text, uint32_t cursor, uint32_t anchor) {
@@ -185,16 +190,20 @@ WaylandIMInputContextV2::WaylandIMInputContextV2(
                 }
                 focusOutWrapper();
             }
-            vk_.reset();
-            vkReady_ = false;
+            if (!server_->parent()->persistentVirtualKeyboard()) {
+                vk_.reset();
+                vkReady_ = false;
+            }
         }
         if (pendingActivate_) {
             pendingActivate_ = false;
-            vk_.reset();
-            vkReady_ = false;
-            vk_.reset(
-                server_->virtualKeyboardManagerV1()->createVirtualKeyboard(
-                    seat_.get()));
+            if (!server_->parent()->persistentVirtualKeyboard()) {
+                vk_.reset();
+                vkReady_ = false;
+                vk_.reset(
+                    server_->virtualKeyboardManagerV1()->createVirtualKeyboard(
+                        seat_.get()));
+            }
             // There can be only one grab. Always release old grab first.
             // It is possible when switching between two client, there will be
             // two activate. In that case we will have already one grab. The
@@ -445,8 +454,10 @@ void WaylandIMInputContextV2::keymapCallback(uint32_t format, int32_t fd,
         1 << xkb_keymap_mod_get_index(server_->keymap_.get(), "Mod5");
 
     if (keymapChanged || !vkReady_) {
-        vk_->keymap(format, scopeFD.fd(), size);
-        vkReady_ = true;
+        if (vk_) {
+            vk_->keymap(format, scopeFD.fd(), size);
+            vkReady_ = true;
+        }
     }
 
     server_->parent_->wayland()->call<IWaylandModule::reloadXkbOption>();