diff --git a/src/modules/ecore_evas/engines/wayland/ecore_evas_wayland_common.c b/src/modules/ecore_evas/engines/wayland/ecore_evas_wayland_common.c
index c81e85fbe7..d94925e61e 100644
--- a/src/modules/ecore_evas/engines/wayland/ecore_evas_wayland_common.c
+++ b/src/modules/ecore_evas/engines/wayland/ecore_evas_wayland_common.c
@@ -1399,6 +1399,7 @@ _ecore_evas_wl_common_init(void)
 
    h = ecore_event_handler_add(ECORE_WL2_EVENT_AUX_MESSAGE,
                                _ecore_evas_wl_common_cb_aux_message, NULL);
+   eina_array_push(_ecore_evas_wl_event_hdls, h);
 
    ecore_event_evas_init();