diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
index 014e31d1a9..8992a0b051 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
@@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ tst_QWidget::tst_QWidget()
     palette.setColor(QPalette::ToolTipBase, QColor(12, 13, 14));
     palette.setColor(QPalette::Text, QColor(21, 22, 23));
     QApplication::setPalette(palette, "QPropagationTestWidget");
+
+    if (QApplication::platformName().startsWith(QLatin1String("wayland")))
+        qputenv("QT_WAYLAND_DISABLE_WINDOWDECORATION", "1");
 }
 
 tst_QWidget::~tst_QWidget()
@@ -6383,6 +6386,9 @@ void tst_QWidget::setCursor()
 
 void tst_QWidget::setToolTip()
 {
+    if (QApplication::platformName().startsWith(QLatin1String("wayland")))
+        QSKIP("Setting mouse cursor position is not possible on Wayland");
+
     QWidget widget;
     widget.resize(200, 200);
     // Showing the widget is not required for the tooltip event count test
@@ -10207,9 +10213,16 @@ void tst_QWidget::focusProxy()
 
     window.setFocus();
     window.show();
-    window.activateWindow();
-    if (!QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(&window) || !QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&window))
-        QSKIP("Window activation failed");
+    if (!QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(&window))
+        QSKIP("Window exposed failed");
+    if (QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->hasCapability(QPlatformIntegration::WindowActivation)) {
+        window.activateWindow();
+        if (!QTest::qWaitForWindowActive(&window))
+            QSKIP("Window activation failed");
+    } else {
+        if (!QTest::qWaitFor([&]() { return window.windowHandle()->isActive(); }, 5000))
+            QSKIP("Window activation failed");
+    }
 
     // given a widget without focus proxy
     QVERIFY(window.hasFocus());