diff --git a/12to11-autostart.spec b/12to11-autostart.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1aa6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/12to11-autostart.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPLv3+
+#
+# 12to11-autostart - XDG autostart entry for 12to11
+#
+# Ships /etc/xdg/autostart/12to11.desktop so the compositor is started
+# automatically when an X11 session begins (e.g. for Waydroid).
+
+Name:           12to11-autostart
+Version:        1.0.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Autostart the 12to11 Wayland-to-X11 translator
+
+License:        GPL-3.0-only
+URL:            https://github.com/fish4terrisa-MSDSM/12to11
+Source0:        12to11.desktop
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
+
+Requires:       12to11
+
+%description
+This package installs an XDG autostart entry that launches 12to11,
+the Wayland-to-X11 protocol translator, at the start of each X11
+session. Wayland applications can then connect to its socket without
+starting the compositor by hand.
+
+The entry is marked NoDisplay, so it does not appear in application
+menus.
+
+%prep
+# Source0 is the desktop file itself; nothing to extract.
+
+%build
+# Nothing to compile.
+
+%install
+install -D -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE0} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/12to11.desktop
+desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/12to11.desktop
+
+%files
+%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/12to11.desktop
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Sep 15 2026 Anders da Silva Rytter Hansen <andersrh@users.noreply.github.com> - 1.0.0-1
+- Initial package: install an XDG autostart entry for 12to11.
diff --git a/12to11.desktop b/12to11.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bd4c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/12to11.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=12to11
+Comment=Wayland-to-X11 translator for X11 sessions
+Exec=/usr/bin/12to11
+Terminal=false
+NoDisplay=true
diff --git a/12to11.spec b/12to11.spec
index 2f6c115..3288621 100644
--- a/12to11.spec
+++ b/12to11.spec
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@
 #   xlibre COPR first:
 #     dnf copr enable @xlibre/xlibre-xserver
 #   or build/install libXpresent from source (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpresent).
+# On EL9: libXi-devel >= 1.8 is also not in the main repos (EL9 ships
+#   1.7.10, which lacks the XI 2.4 gesture event types). A newer libXi
+#   is built in this COPR project; enable it for local builds.
 #
 # Since v1.0.0 the build uses a plain Makefile; the legacy imake/xmkmf
 # build system is no longer needed.
 
 Name:           12to11
 Version:        1.0.0
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Wayland to X11 protocol translator
 
 License:        GPL-3.0-only
@@ -32,7 +35,9 @@ BuildRequires:  libXext-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXrandr-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXrender-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXfixes-devel
-BuildRequires:  libXi-devel
+# libXi >= 1.8 for the XIGesturePinchEvent/XIGestureSwipeEvent types.
+# On EL9 a newer libXi is provided by this COPR project itself.
+BuildRequires:  libXi-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRequires:  libxcb-devel
 BuildRequires:  pixman-devel
 BuildRequires:  libdrm-devel
@@ -90,6 +95,10 @@ export LDFLAGS="%{?build_ldflags}"
 %{_mandir}/man1/12to11.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 15 2026 Anders da Silva Rytter Hansen <andersrh@users.noreply.github.com> - 1.0.0-2
+- Require libXi-devel >= 1.8 for the XI 2.4 gesture event types; on EL9
+  the newer libXi is supplied by this COPR project (EL9 ships 1.7.10).
+
 * Tue Sep 15 2026 Anders da Silva Rytter Hansen <andersrh@users.noreply.github.com> - 1.0.0-1
 - Update to v1.0.0, the first stable release of the fork.
 - Switch from imake/xmkmf to the new upstream Makefile build system.