diff --git a/local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md b/local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md
index 6b8b19dc47..575d2119cf 100644
--- a/local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md
+++ b/local/docs/CONSOLE-TO-KDE-DESKTOP-PLAN.md
@@ -983,9 +983,9 @@ buffer. This is the change the plan now calls **v6.0**.
 | Gap 3: renderD128 openat path | ✅ **DONE (partial)** | Added `NodeKind::Render` variant, `openat` mapping for `renderD128`, `fpath` returns `drm:renderD128`, and `queue_card_event` includes Render. Mesa can now open the render node. |
 | Gap 5: host→guest resize event processing | ✅ **DONE (pre-existing)** | virtio IRQ handler at `virtio/mod.rs:366-403` reads `VIRTIO_GPU_EVENT_DISPLAY` and calls `refresh_connectors`. Scheme layer queues `hotplug` events. |
 | Gap 8: `atomic_check()` ignores connector state | ✅ **DONE** | Renamed `_available_connectors` to `available_connectors` in `kms/atomic.rs`. Added validation: for each CRTC, every referenced connector must exist in `available_connectors` and have `ConnectorStatus::Connected`. Returns `CrtcNotFound` or `ConnectorDisconnected` for invalid commits. |
-| Phase 2.1: Mesa EGL Wayland fix | ✅ **DONE** | Direct edit of `recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml`: removed `liborbital` dep, added `wayland` + `wayland-protocols` deps, changed `-Dplatforms=redox` to `-Dplatforms=wayland`, replaced `-lorbital` with `-lwayland-client -lwayland-server -lwayland-egl -lwayland-drm` in LDFLAGS. The Red Bear fork model: this is now the canonical Red Bear recipe in mainline. |
+| Phase 2.1: Mesa EGL Wayland fix | 🚧 Skeleton (recipe forked) | `local/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml` forked from mainline as the foundation for the switch from `-Dplatforms=redox` + `-lorbital` to `-Dplatforms=wayland` + `-lwayland-client`. Recipe modifications pending. |
 | Phase 3.5: redbear-compositor page flip fix | ✅ **DONE** | Renamed `DrmOutput._file` to `drm_file`; `flip()` now uses `&self.drm_file.write_all(&buf)` instead of reopening `/scheme/drm/card0` on every call. |
-| `redox-drm` dangling symlink | ✅ **FIXED** | The `source` symlink at `local/recipes/gpu/redox-drm/` previously had `../../../local/sources/redox-drm` (3 levels) which resolved to `<root>/local/local/sources/redox-drm` (double `local/local`). Fixed to `../../../../local/sources/redox-drm` (4 levels). Note: per the NO OVERLAY-STYLE PATCHES policy (AGENTS.md), this `source` symlink is a transitional artifact for the core Red Bear fork model (kernel/base/relibc/bootloader/installer) — recipes are owned entirely in `local/recipes/` and do not use symlinks. |
+| `redox-drm` dangling symlink | ✅ **FIXED** | `local/recipes/gpu/redox-drm/source` symlink had `../../../local/sources/redox-drm` (3 levels) which resolved to `<root>/local/local/sources/redox-drm` (double `local/local`). Fixed to `../../../../local/sources/redox-drm` (4 levels). |
 | `build-redbear.sh` aggressive cache nuke | ✅ **FIXED** | Previously set `NO_CACHE=1` when any of relibc/kernel/base/bootloader/installer was stale, which ran `make repo_clean` and forced full mesa/llvm21/qt6/kwin rebuilds on every base source change (30+ min). Now only deletes the specific stale package's pkgar and target dir. |
 | Stale `input/evdev` consumer blocking evdevd | ✅ **RESOLVED** | Before v6.0, evdevd crashed with `failed to open /scheme/input/evdev: No such device`. After restoring inputd as the scheme owner, the path is registered at boot. |
 | `evdevd` listed in `redbear-full.toml` | ✅ **DONE** (pre-existing) | `10_evdevd.service` is defined in `redbear-mini.toml` and inherited. |
diff --git a/local/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57d7d6ec37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+[source]
+git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/mesa.git"
+upstream = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa"
+branch = "redox-24.0"
+shallow_clone = true
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "expat",
+    "libdrm",
+    "liborbital",
+    "llvm21",
+    "zlib",
+]
+dev-dependencies = [
+    "llvm21.dev",
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+#TODO: Should be CPPFLAGS but cookbook_meson isn't reading it
+export CFLAGS+=" -DHAVE_PTHREAD=1 -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/libdrm"
+export LLVM_CONFIG="${TARGET}-llvm-config"
+if [ -x "${HOME}/.redoxer/${TARGET}/toolchain/bin/llvm-config" ]; then
+    export COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT="${HOME}/.redoxer/${TARGET}/toolchain"
+fi
+export LDFLAGS+=" -lorbital"
+
+mkdir -p .cookbook-tools
+ln -sf "$(command -v "${LLVM_CONFIG}")" .cookbook-tools/llvm-config
+export PATH="$(pwd)/.cookbook-tools:${PATH}"
+
+if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" == "1" ]; then
+    COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS+=(-Dshared-llvm=enabled)
+else
+    COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS+=(-Dshared-llvm=disabled)
+fi
+
+cookbook_meson \
+    -Ddri-drivers-path=/usr/lib/dri \
+    -Degl=enabled \
+    -Dgbm=enabled \
+    -Dglx=disabled \
+    -Dgallium-drivers=swrast,virgl,iris,crocus \
+    -Dllvm=enabled \
+    -Dosmesa=true \
+    -Dplatforms=redox \
+    -Dshader-cache=disabled \
+    -Dc_args="['-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration','-Wno-error','-std=gnu11','-Dstatic_assert=_Static_assert']" \
+    -Dcpp_args="['-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration','-Wno-error']" \
+    -Dvulkan-drivers=swrast \
+    -Dshared-glapi=enabled
+
+# Hack to add LLVM libs, the list can be seen from meson log and check for matches $("${LLVM_CONFIG}" --libs)
+LLVMLIBS="-lLLVMBitReader -lLLVMCore -lLLVMExecutionEngine -lLLVMInstCombine -lLLVMMCDisassembler" 
+LLVMLIBS+=" -lLLVMMCJIT -lLLVMScalarOpts -lLLVMTransformUtils -lLLVMCoroutines -lLLVMLTO"
+sed -i "s/ -lOSMesa / -lOSMesa ${LLVMLIBS} -lstdc++ /" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/osmesa.pc"
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
index 9a78e81288..57d7d6ec37 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/mesa/recipe.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "expat",
     "libdrm",
+    "liborbital",
     "llvm21",
-    "wayland",
-    "wayland-protocols",
     "zlib",
 ]
 dev-dependencies = [
@@ -25,9 +24,7 @@ export LLVM_CONFIG="${TARGET}-llvm-config"
 if [ -x "${HOME}/.redoxer/${TARGET}/toolchain/bin/llvm-config" ]; then
     export COOKBOOK_HOST_SYSROOT="${HOME}/.redoxer/${TARGET}/toolchain"
 fi
-# Wayland EGL platform: link against wayland-{client,server,egl,drm}.
-# This replaces the v6.0-pre Orbital EGL path; see plan §2.1.
-export LDFLAGS+=" -lwayland-client -lwayland-server -lwayland-egl -lwayland-drm"
+export LDFLAGS+=" -lorbital"
 
 mkdir -p .cookbook-tools
 ln -sf "$(command -v "${LLVM_CONFIG}")" .cookbook-tools/llvm-config
@@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ cookbook_meson \
     -Dgallium-drivers=swrast,virgl,iris,crocus \
     -Dllvm=enabled \
     -Dosmesa=true \
-    -Dplatforms=wayland \
+    -Dplatforms=redox \
     -Dshader-cache=disabled \
     -Dc_args="['-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration','-Wno-error','-std=gnu11','-Dstatic_assert=_Static_assert']" \
     -Dcpp_args="['-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration','-Wno-error']" \
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ cookbook_meson \
     -Dshared-glapi=enabled
 
 # Hack to add LLVM libs, the list can be seen from meson log and check for matches $("${LLVM_CONFIG}" --libs)
-LLVMLIBS="-lLLVMBitReader -lLLVMCore -lLLVMExecutionEngine -lLLVMInstCombine -lLLVMMCDisassembler"
+LLVMLIBS="-lLLVMBitReader -lLLVMCore -lLLVMExecutionEngine -lLLVMInstCombine -lLLVMMCDisassembler" 
 LLVMLIBS+=" -lLLVMMCJIT -lLLVMScalarOpts -lLLVMTransformUtils -lLLVMCoroutines -lLLVMLTO"
 sed -i "s/ -lOSMesa / -lOSMesa ${LLVMLIBS} -lstdc++ /" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/osmesa.pc"
 """