diff --git a/share/functions/fish_clipboard_copy.fish b/share/functions/fish_clipboard_copy.fish
index 0054198aa..47fa8264a 100644
--- a/share/functions/fish_clipboard_copy.fish
+++ b/share/functions/fish_clipboard_copy.fish
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ function fish_clipboard_copy
     test -n "$cmdline"; or set cmdline (commandline)
     if type -q pbcopy
         printf '%s\n' $cmdline | pbcopy
+    else if set -q WAYLAND_DISPLAY; and type -q wl-copy
+        printf '%s\n' $cmdline | wl-copy
     else if type -q xsel
         # Silence error so no error message shows up
         # if e.g. X isn't running.
         printf '%s\n' $cmdline | xsel --clipboard 2>/dev/null
     else if type -q xclip
         printf '%s\n' $cmdline | xclip -selection clipboard 2>/dev/null
-    else if type -q wl-copy
-        printf '%s\n' $cmdline | wl-copy
     end
 end
diff --git a/share/functions/fish_clipboard_paste.fish b/share/functions/fish_clipboard_paste.fish
index 54c78d445..0ed27abce 100644
--- a/share/functions/fish_clipboard_paste.fish
+++ b/share/functions/fish_clipboard_paste.fish
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ function fish_clipboard_paste
     set -l data
     if type -q pbpaste
         set data (pbpaste)
+    else if set -q WAYLAND_DISPLAY; and type -q wl-paste
+        set data (wl-paste)
     else if type -q xsel
         # Return if `xsel` failed.
         # That way we don't print the redundant (and overly verbose for this) commandline error.
@@ -13,8 +15,6 @@ function fish_clipboard_paste
         if not set data (xclip -selection clipboard -o 2>/dev/null)
             return 1
         end
-    else if type -q wl-paste
-        set data (wl-paste)
     end
     # Also split on \r to turn it into a newline,
     # otherwise the output looks really confusing.