diff --git a/platform/platform-api/resources/messages/IdeBundle.properties b/platform/platform-api/resources/messages/IdeBundle.properties
index 2211b7adba48..42220380e4e9 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/resources/messages/IdeBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-api/resources/messages/IdeBundle.properties
@@ -3261,3 +3261,6 @@ folder.open.processor.name=Folder
 
 code.style.cache.dump.success=Code style cache dump successful
 code.style.cache.dump.failed=Code style cache dump failed
+
+notification.group.wayland=Wayland
+notification.wayland=Wayland native mode is enabled by default in the IDE. For more details see <a href="">this blog post</a>
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/WaylandNotification.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/WaylandNotification.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44a780521eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/WaylandNotification.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2026 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+package com.intellij.ide.ui
+
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.editorActions.TypedHandlerDelegate
+import com.intellij.ide.IdeBundle
+import com.intellij.ide.util.PropertiesComponent
+import com.intellij.idea.AppMode
+import com.intellij.notification.Notification
+import com.intellij.notification.NotificationType
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.Service
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.service
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.event.EditorMouseEvent
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.event.EditorMouseListener
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.event.EditorMouseMotionListener
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
+import com.intellij.util.ui.StartupUiUtil
+import kotlin.time.Duration
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.minutes
+import kotlin.time.TimeSource
+
+internal class WaylandUserActivityTracker : TypedHandlerDelegate(), EditorMouseListener, EditorMouseMotionListener {
+  override fun mouseClicked(event: EditorMouseEvent) {
+    userActivityHappened(event.editor.project)
+  }
+
+  override fun mouseMoved(e: EditorMouseEvent) {
+    userActivityHappened(e.editor.project)
+  }
+
+  override fun charTyped(
+    c: Char,
+    project: Project,
+    editor: Editor,
+    file: PsiFile,
+  ): Result {
+    userActivityHappened(project)
+    return Result.CONTINUE
+  }
+
+  private fun userActivityHappened(project: Project?) {
+    if (!StartupUiUtil.isWaylandToolkit()) return
+    if (AppMode.isRemoteDevHost()) return // these notification are only for the frontend or the monolith
+    // The state is extracted into a separate service because this helper class can have several instances
+    // (working in different roles: a mouse listener, a typing listener...).
+    WaylandNotificationService.getInstance().userActivityHappened(project)
+  }
+}
+
+@Service(Service.Level.APP)
+internal class WaylandNotificationService {
+  private var firstActivityTime: TimeSource.Monotonic.ValueTimeMark? = null
+  private var previousActivityTime: TimeSource.Monotonic.ValueTimeMark? = null
+  private var notificationAlreadyShown: Boolean? = null
+
+  companion object {
+    @JvmStatic fun getInstance(): WaylandNotificationService = service()
+  }
+
+  fun userActivityHappened(project: Project?) {
+    if (isNotificationAlreadyShown()) return
+
+    val currentActivityTime = TimeSource.Monotonic.markNow()
+
+    var firstActivityTime = firstActivityTime
+    if (firstActivityTime == null) {
+      firstActivityTime = currentActivityTime
+      this.firstActivityTime = firstActivityTime
+    }
+
+    val previousActivityTime = previousActivityTime
+    if (Registry.getInstance().isLoaded && previousActivityTime != null) {
+      val sinceFirstActivity = currentActivityTime - firstActivityTime
+      val sincePreviousActivity = currentActivityTime - previousActivityTime
+      if (
+        sinceFirstActivity >= delaySinceFirstActivity() &&
+        sincePreviousActivity >= delaySincePreviousActivity()
+      ) {
+        showNotification(project)
+        setNotificationAlreadyShown()
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.previousActivityTime = currentActivityTime
+  }
+
+  private fun isNotificationAlreadyShown(): Boolean {
+    var notificationAlreadyShown = notificationAlreadyShown
+    if (notificationAlreadyShown != null) return notificationAlreadyShown
+    notificationAlreadyShown = PropertiesComponent.getInstance().getBoolean(WAYLAND_NOTIFICATION_ALREADY_SHOWN, false)
+    this.notificationAlreadyShown = notificationAlreadyShown
+    return notificationAlreadyShown
+  }
+
+  private fun setNotificationAlreadyShown() {
+    this.notificationAlreadyShown = true
+    PropertiesComponent.getInstance().setValue(WAYLAND_NOTIFICATION_ALREADY_SHOWN, true)
+  }
+}
+
+private fun delaySinceFirstActivity(): Duration = Registry.intValue("wayland.notification.delay.after.first.activity", defaultValue = 20).minutes
+
+private fun delaySincePreviousActivity(): Duration = Registry.intValue("wayland.notification.delay.after.previous.activity", defaultValue = 1).minutes
+
+private fun showNotification(project: Project?) {
+  Notification(
+    "Wayland",
+    IdeBundle.message("notification.wayland", "https://jetbrains.com/TODO-blog-post"), // TODO
+    NotificationType.INFORMATION
+  ).notify(project)
+}
+
+private const val WAYLAND_NOTIFICATION_ALREADY_SHOWN = "WAYLAND_NOTIFICATION_ALREADY_SHOWN"
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
index 34c480322a89..7ac9c6817a86 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
@@ -2051,6 +2051,16 @@
 
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.configurationStore.defaults.DefaultSettingsService" open="true"
                         serviceImplementation="com.intellij.configurationStore.defaults.DefaultSettingsServiceImpl" />
+    
+    <!-- Remove all this stuff when the notification is no longer needed -->
+    <typedHandler implementation="com.intellij.ide.ui.WaylandUserActivityTracker" />
+    <editorFactoryMouseListener implementation="com.intellij.ide.ui.WaylandUserActivityTracker" />
+    <editorFactoryMouseMotionListener implementation="com.intellij.ide.ui.WaylandUserActivityTracker" />
+    <registryKey key="wayland.notification.delay.after.first.activity" defaultValue="20"
+                 description="Show the notification about the native Wayland toolkit after this many minutes have passed since the first user activity" />
+    <registryKey key="wayland.notification.delay.after.previous.activity" defaultValue="1"
+                 description="Show the notification about the native Wayland toolkit after this many minutes have passed since the previous user activity" />
+    <notificationGroup id="Wayland" displayType="BALLOON" bundle="messages.IdeBundle" key="notification.group.wayland" isLogByDefault="true"/>
   </extensions>
 
   <applicationListeners>