diff --git a/src/desktop/WLSurface.hpp b/src/desktop/WLSurface.hpp
index 057a6f905..5f8da7156 100644
--- a/src/desktop/WLSurface.hpp
+++ b/src/desktop/WLSurface.hpp
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ class CWLSurface {
     float m_fAlphaModifier = 1.F;
 
     // used by the hyprland-surface protocol
-    float m_fOverallOpacity = 1.F;
+    float   m_fOverallOpacity = 1.F;
+    CRegion m_visibleRegion;
 
     struct {
         CSignal destroy;
diff --git a/src/managers/ProtocolManager.cpp b/src/managers/ProtocolManager.cpp
index f73a6d3c3..d3270fe2b 100644
--- a/src/managers/ProtocolManager.cpp
+++ b/src/managers/ProtocolManager.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ CProtocolManager::CProtocolManager() {
     PROTO::singlePixel         = makeUnique<CSinglePixelProtocol>(&wp_single_pixel_buffer_manager_v1_interface, 1, "SinglePixel");
     PROTO::securityContext     = makeUnique<CSecurityContextProtocol>(&wp_security_context_manager_v1_interface, 1, "SecurityContext");
     PROTO::ctm                 = makeUnique<CHyprlandCTMControlProtocol>(&hyprland_ctm_control_manager_v1_interface, 1, "CTMControl");
-    PROTO::hyprlandSurface     = makeUnique<CHyprlandSurfaceProtocol>(&hyprland_surface_manager_v1_interface, 1, "HyprlandSurface");
+    PROTO::hyprlandSurface     = makeUnique<CHyprlandSurfaceProtocol>(&hyprland_surface_manager_v1_interface, 2, "HyprlandSurface");
 
     if (*PENABLEXXCM) {
         PROTO::colorManagement     = makeUnique<CColorManagementProtocol>(&xx_color_manager_v4_interface, 1, "ColorManagement");
diff --git a/src/protocols/HyprlandSurface.cpp b/src/protocols/HyprlandSurface.cpp
index ca133b782..e3716f106 100644
--- a/src/protocols/HyprlandSurface.cpp
+++ b/src/protocols/HyprlandSurface.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "../render/Renderer.hpp"
 #include "core/Compositor.hpp"
 #include "hyprland-surface-v1.hpp"
+#include <hyprutils/math/Region.hpp>
+#include <wayland-server.h>
 
 CHyprlandSurface::CHyprlandSurface(SP<CHyprlandSurfaceV1> resource, SP<CWLSurfaceResource> surface) : m_pSurface(surface) {
     setResource(std::move(resource));
@@ -36,11 +38,25 @@ void CHyprlandSurface::setResource(SP<CHyprlandSurfaceV1> resource) {
         m_fOpacity = fOpacity;
     });
 
+    m_pResource->setSetVisibleRegion([this](CHyprlandSurfaceV1* resource, wl_resource* region) {
+        if (!region) {
+            if (!m_visibleRegion.empty())
+                m_bVisibleRegionChanged = true;
+
+            m_visibleRegion.clear();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        m_bVisibleRegionChanged = true;
+        m_visibleRegion         = CWLRegionResource::fromResource(region)->region;
+    });
+
     listeners.surfaceCommitted = m_pSurface->events.commit.registerListener([this](std::any data) {
         auto surface = CWLSurface::fromResource(m_pSurface.lock());
 
-        if (surface && surface->m_fOverallOpacity != m_fOpacity) {
+        if (surface && (surface->m_fOverallOpacity != m_fOpacity || m_bVisibleRegionChanged)) {
             surface->m_fOverallOpacity = m_fOpacity;
+            surface->m_visibleRegion   = m_visibleRegion;
             auto box                   = surface->getSurfaceBoxGlobal();
 
             if (box.has_value())
@@ -61,6 +77,11 @@ void CHyprlandSurface::destroy() {
     m_pResource.reset();
     m_fOpacity = 1.F;
 
+    if (!m_visibleRegion.empty())
+        m_bVisibleRegionChanged = true;
+
+    m_visibleRegion.clear();
+
     if (!m_pSurface)
         PROTO::hyprlandSurface->destroySurface(this);
 }
diff --git a/src/protocols/HyprlandSurface.hpp b/src/protocols/HyprlandSurface.hpp
index a5812b891..5c1181c47 100644
--- a/src/protocols/HyprlandSurface.hpp
+++ b/src/protocols/HyprlandSurface.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <hyprutils/math/Region.hpp>
 #include <vector>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include "WaylandProtocol.hpp"
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ class CHyprlandSurface {
   private:
     SP<CHyprlandSurfaceV1> m_pResource;
     WP<CWLSurfaceResource> m_pSurface;
-    float                  m_fOpacity = 1.0;
+    float                  m_fOpacity              = 1.0;
+    bool                   m_bVisibleRegionChanged = false;
+    CRegion                m_visibleRegion;
 
     void                   destroy();
 
diff --git a/src/render/OpenGL.cpp b/src/render/OpenGL.cpp
index ceb94c814..8ae667d22 100644
--- a/src/render/OpenGL.cpp
+++ b/src/render/OpenGL.cpp
@@ -1556,9 +1556,15 @@ void CHyprOpenGLImpl::renderTextureInternalWithDamage(SP<CTexture> tex, CBox* pB
     glEnableVertexAttribArray(shader->posAttrib);
     glEnableVertexAttribArray(shader->texAttrib);
 
-    if (m_RenderData.clipBox.width != 0 && m_RenderData.clipBox.height != 0) {
-        CRegion damageClip{m_RenderData.clipBox.x, m_RenderData.clipBox.y, m_RenderData.clipBox.width, m_RenderData.clipBox.height};
-        damageClip.intersect(damage);
+    if (!m_RenderData.clipBox.empty() || !m_RenderData.clipRegion.empty()) {
+        CRegion damageClip = m_RenderData.clipBox;
+
+        if (!m_RenderData.clipRegion.empty()) {
+            if (m_RenderData.clipBox.empty())
+                damageClip = m_RenderData.clipRegion;
+            else
+                damageClip.intersect(m_RenderData.clipRegion);
+        }
 
         if (!damageClip.empty()) {
             for (auto const& RECT : damageClip.getRects()) {
@@ -2079,6 +2085,11 @@ void CHyprOpenGLImpl::renderTextureWithBlur(SP<CTexture> tex, CBox* pBox, float
     CRegion texDamage{m_RenderData.damage};
     texDamage.intersect(pBox->x, pBox->y, pBox->width, pBox->height);
 
+    // While renderTextureInternalWithDamage will clip the blur as well,
+    // clipping texDamage here allows blur generation to be optimized.
+    if (!m_RenderData.clipRegion.empty())
+        texDamage.intersect(m_RenderData.clipRegion);
+
     if (texDamage.empty())
         return;
 
diff --git a/src/render/OpenGL.hpp b/src/render/OpenGL.hpp
index 3dc3b43a7..fd84d4785 100644
--- a/src/render/OpenGL.hpp
+++ b/src/render/OpenGL.hpp
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ struct SCurrentRenderData {
     Vector2D            primarySurfaceUVBottomRight = Vector2D(-1, -1);
 
     CBox                clipBox = {}; // scaled coordinates
+    CRegion             clipRegion;
 
     uint32_t            discardMode    = DISCARD_OPAQUE;
     float               discardOpacity = 0.f;
diff --git a/src/render/pass/SurfacePassElement.cpp b/src/render/pass/SurfacePassElement.cpp
index d720081fb..b79407c82 100644
--- a/src/render/pass/SurfacePassElement.cpp
+++ b/src/render/pass/SurfacePassElement.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include "../../managers/input/InputManager.hpp"
 #include "../Renderer.hpp"
 
+#include <hyprutils/math/Box.hpp>
+#include <hyprutils/math/Vector2D.hpp>
 #include <hyprutils/utils/ScopeGuard.hpp>
 using namespace Hyprutils::Utils;
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ void CSurfacePassElement::draw(const CRegion& damage) {
         g_pHyprOpenGL->m_RenderData.primarySurfaceUVBottomRight = Vector2D(-1, -1);
         g_pHyprOpenGL->m_RenderData.useNearestNeighbor          = false;
         g_pHyprOpenGL->m_RenderData.clipBox                     = {};
+        g_pHyprOpenGL->m_RenderData.clipRegion                  = {};
         g_pHyprOpenGL->m_RenderData.discardMode                 = 0;
         g_pHyprOpenGL->m_RenderData.discardOpacity              = 0;
         g_pHyprOpenGL->m_RenderData.useNearestNeighbor          = false;
@@ -84,6 +87,11 @@ void CSurfacePassElement::draw(const CRegion& damage) {
         Debug::log(TRACE, "FIXME: rendering surface with color management enabled, should apply necessary transformations");
     g_pHyprRenderer->calculateUVForSurface(data.pWindow, data.surface, data.pMonitor->self.lock(), data.mainSurface, windowBox.size(), PROJSIZEUNSCALED, MISALIGNEDFSV1);
 
+    auto cancelRender                      = false;
+    g_pHyprOpenGL->m_RenderData.clipRegion = visibleRegion(cancelRender);
+    if (cancelRender)
+        return;
+
     // check for fractional scale surfaces misaligning the buffer size
     // in those cases it's better to just force nearest neighbor
     // as long as the window is not animated. During those it'd look weird.
@@ -229,6 +237,48 @@ CRegion CSurfacePassElement::opaqueRegion() {
     return data.texture && data.texture->m_bOpaque ? boundingBox()->expand(-data.rounding) : CRegion{};
 }
 
+CRegion CSurfacePassElement::visibleRegion(bool& cancel) {
+    auto PSURFACE = CWLSurface::fromResource(data.surface);
+    if (!PSURFACE)
+        return {};
+
+    const auto& bufferSize = data.surface->current.bufferSize;
+
+    auto        visibleRegion = PSURFACE->m_visibleRegion.copy();
+    if (visibleRegion.empty())
+        return {};
+
+    visibleRegion.intersect(CBox(Vector2D(), bufferSize));
+
+    if (visibleRegion.empty()) {
+        cancel = true;
+        return visibleRegion;
+    }
+
+    // deal with any rounding errors that might come from scaling
+    visibleRegion.expand(1);
+
+    auto uvTL = g_pHyprOpenGL->m_RenderData.primarySurfaceUVTopLeft;
+    auto uvBR = g_pHyprOpenGL->m_RenderData.primarySurfaceUVBottomRight;
+
+    if (uvTL == Vector2D(-1, -1))
+        uvTL = Vector2D(0, 0);
+
+    if (uvBR == Vector2D(-1, -1))
+        uvBR = Vector2D(1, 1);
+
+    visibleRegion.translate(-uvTL * bufferSize);
+
+    auto texBox = getTexBox();
+    texBox.scale(data.pMonitor->scale);
+    texBox.round();
+
+    visibleRegion.scale((Vector2D(1, 1) / (uvBR - uvTL)) * (texBox.size() / bufferSize));
+    visibleRegion.translate((data.pos + data.localPos) * data.pMonitor->scale - data.pMonitor->vecPosition);
+
+    return visibleRegion;
+}
+
 void CSurfacePassElement::discard() {
     if (!g_pHyprRenderer->m_bBlockSurfaceFeedback) {
         Debug::log(TRACE, "discard for invisible surface");
diff --git a/src/render/pass/SurfacePassElement.hpp b/src/render/pass/SurfacePassElement.hpp
index 12387367e..1b6ddb0ba 100644
--- a/src/render/pass/SurfacePassElement.hpp
+++ b/src/render/pass/SurfacePassElement.hpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class CSurfacePassElement : public IPassElement {
     virtual std::optional<CBox> boundingBox();
     virtual CRegion             opaqueRegion();
     virtual void                discard();
+    CRegion                     visibleRegion(bool& cancel);
 
     virtual const char*         passName() {
         return "CSurfacePassElement";
diff --git a/subprojects/hyprland-protocols b/subprojects/hyprland-protocols
index 455c05588..4c75dd5c0 160000
--- a/subprojects/hyprland-protocols
+++ b/subprojects/hyprland-protocols
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 455c055883d9639d4fcbfcedb4c6d12ce313791e
+Subproject commit 4c75dd5c015c8a0e5a34c6d02a018a650f57feb5