diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/x11/window.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/x11/window.rs
index 1986ff6cce6b1930bdc3527eced5f2d5b8f45117..46d1cbd3253618cae5a7df9c27195ea8921954eb 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/x11/window.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/x11/window.rs
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ impl X11WindowState {
             // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43218127/x11-xlib-xcb-creating-a-window-requires-border-pixel-if-specifying-colormap-wh
             .border_pixel(visual_set.black_pixel)
             .colormap(colormap)
+            .override_redirect((params.kind == WindowKind::PopUp) as u32)
             .event_mask(
                 xproto::EventMask::EXPOSURE
                     | xproto::EventMask::STRUCTURE_NOTIFY