diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/JBPopupMenu.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/JBPopupMenu.java
index 057305e81bdb..d73446e5edb3 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/JBPopupMenu.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/JBPopupMenu.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.intellij.ui.*;
 import com.intellij.ui.awt.RelativePoint;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.GraphicsUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.TimerUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.ui.WaylandUtilKt;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.update.UiNotifyConnector;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ public class JBPopupMenu extends JPopupMenu {
       }
       if (configuration == null) return Short.MAX_VALUE;
       Rectangle screenRectangle = ScreenUtil.getScreenRectangle(configuration);
+      WaylandUtilKt.addFakeScreenInsets(screenRectangle);
 
       if (invoker != null && invoker.getParent() instanceof JMenuBar) {
         var menuItemHeight = invoker.getSize().height;
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
index af3591c96f8d..4d298d99a01f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
@@ -1836,6 +1836,7 @@
                              key="settings.name" bundle="messages.MinimapBundle"/>
     <registryKey key="popup.advertiser.speed.search" defaultValue="false" description="Shows speed search advertiser in popups"/>
     <registryKey key="wayland.true.popups" defaultValue="true" description="Show popups in Wayland as true popups (allows remembering the location, but limits them to the IDE window)"/>
+    <registryKey key="wayland.screen.vInsets" defaultValue="50" description="The sum of vertical screen insets (top + bottom) assumed for Wayland (because it doesn't report the actual insets)"/>
     <actionPromoter implementation="com.intellij.ide.actions.speedSearch.SpeedSearchActionPromoter"/>
 
     <fileEditorProvider id="learnIde" implementation="com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.welcomeScreen.learnIde.editorTab.LearnIdeFileEditorProvider"/>
diff --git a/platform/util/ui/src/com/intellij/util/ui/WaylandUtil.kt b/platform/util/ui/src/com/intellij/util/ui/WaylandUtil.kt
index c5649a255fd1..80dd132cce77 100644
--- a/platform/util/ui/src/com/intellij/util/ui/WaylandUtil.kt
+++ b/platform/util/ui/src/com/intellij/util/ui/WaylandUtil.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.intellij.util.ui
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.debug
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.fileLogger
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry
 import com.intellij.ui.ComponentUtil
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
 import java.awt.Component
@@ -103,6 +104,26 @@ fun getNearestTopLevelAncestor(component: Component): Component? {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Slightly decreases the screen height on Wayland.
+ *
+ * Because Wayland doesn't report the actual screen insets,
+ * for some use cases, like trying to determine the maximum height of some menu or popup,
+ * the maximum size can be larger than the actual available screen space.
+ * This function applies a workaround for this problem by subtracting some fixed
+ * amount of space from the screen height.
+ *
+ * Does nothing if not running under the native Wayland toolkit.
+ */
+@ApiStatus.Internal
+fun addFakeScreenInsets(rectangle: Rectangle) {
+  if (!StartupUiUtil.isWaylandToolkit()) return
+  val total = JBUI.scale(Registry.intValue("wayland.screen.vInsets", defaultValue = 50, minValue = 0, maxValue = 300))
+  val top = total / 2
+  rectangle.y += top
+  rectangle.height -= total
+}
+
 private fun fitValue(location: Int, width: Int, start1: Int, end1: Int, start2: Int, end2: Int, preferLess: Boolean): Int {
   LOG.debug { "The available intervals are $start1..$end1 and $start2..$end2, the popup size is $width" }
   if (location >= start1 && location + width < end1) {