diff --git a/core/internal/screenshot/compositor.go b/core/internal/screenshot/compositor.go
index 3464f62ca..0f0053573 100644
--- a/core/internal/screenshot/compositor.go
+++ b/core/internal/screenshot/compositor.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/duxlabs-dev/dux-go/wayland/client"
 	"github.com/duxlabs-dev/dux-shell/core/internal/proto/wlr_output_management"
@@ -151,6 +152,31 @@ func GetHyprlandMonitorScale(name string) float64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
+// !TODO: remove with the frameInLogicalOrientation version fallback
+var hyprlandVersion = sync.OnceValues(func() (int, int) {
+	output, err := exec.Command("hyprctl", "-j", "version").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0
+	}
+	var info struct {
+		Version string `json:"version"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(output, &info); err != nil {
+		return 0, 0
+	}
+	var major, minor int
+	fmt.Sscanf(info.Version, "%d.%d", &major, &minor)
+	return major, minor
+})
+
+func hyprlandVersionAtLeast(major, minor int) bool {
+	haveMajor, haveMinor := hyprlandVersion()
+	if haveMajor != major {
+		return haveMajor > major
+	}
+	return haveMinor >= minor
+}
+
 func getHyprlandFocusedMonitor() string {
 	output, err := exec.Command("hyprctl", "-j", "monitors").Output()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/core/internal/screenshot/region.go b/core/internal/screenshot/region.go
index 3da2fd5bc..480015915 100644
--- a/core/internal/screenshot/region.go
+++ b/core/internal/screenshot/region.go
@@ -609,15 +609,12 @@ func (r *RegionSelector) preCaptureOutput(output *WaylandOutput, pc *PreCapture,
 			pc.yInverted = false
 		}
 
-		if output.transform != TransformNormal {
-			invTransform := InverseTransform(output.transform)
-			transformed, err := capturedBuf.ApplyTransform(invTransform)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Error("apply transform failed", "err", err)
-			} else if transformed != capturedBuf {
-				capturedBuf.Close()
-				capturedBuf = transformed
-			}
+		transformed, err := output.untransformFrame(capturedBuf)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("apply transform failed", "err", err)
+		} else if transformed != capturedBuf {
+			capturedBuf.Close()
+			capturedBuf = transformed
 		}
 
 		if withCursor {
diff --git a/core/internal/screenshot/screenshot.go b/core/internal/screenshot/screenshot.go
index 1646a24a8..f35ac47cb 100644
--- a/core/internal/screenshot/screenshot.go
+++ b/core/internal/screenshot/screenshot.go
@@ -49,6 +49,28 @@ func (o *WaylandOutput) effectiveScale() float64 {
 	return scale
 }
 
+// Hyprland renders screencopy frames in the output's logical orientation since
+// 901881c9f (v0.57.0); wlroots and niri still hand back the native framebuffer.
+// !TODO: drop the version fallback once every distro ships hyprland >= 0.57
+func (o *WaylandOutput) frameInLogicalOrientation(frameW, frameH int) bool {
+	switch o.transform {
+	case TransformNormal:
+		return true
+	case Transform90, Transform270, TransformFlipped90, TransformFlipped270:
+		if o.width != o.height {
+			return frameW == int(o.height) && frameH == int(o.width)
+		}
+	}
+	return DetectCompositor() == CompositorHyprland && hyprlandVersionAtLeast(0, 57)
+}
+
+func (o *WaylandOutput) untransformFrame(buf *ShmBuffer) (*ShmBuffer, error) {
+	if o.frameInLogicalOrientation(buf.Width, buf.Height) {
+		return buf, nil
+	}
+	return buf.ApplyTransform(InverseTransform(o.transform))
+}
+
 func (o *WaylandOutput) bounds() Region {
 	x, y, w, h := o.x, o.y, o.width, o.height
 	if DetectCompositor() == CompositorHyprland {
@@ -677,12 +699,7 @@ func (s *Screenshoter) captureWholeOutput(output *WaylandOutput) (*CaptureResult
 		result.YInverted = false
 	}
 
-	if output.transform == TransformNormal {
-		return result, nil
-	}
-
-	invTransform := InverseTransform(output.transform)
-	transformed, err := result.Buffer.ApplyTransform(invTransform)
+	transformed, err := output.untransformFrame(result.Buffer)
 	if err != nil {
 		result.Buffer.Close()
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("apply transform: %w", err)