diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ae2eb0a..8257685 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ add_executable(${APP_NAME}
     ${SOURCE_DIR}/backend/x11/common.c
     ${SOURCE_DIR}/backend/x11/cursor.c
     ${SOURCE_DIR}/backend/x11/event.c
+    ${SOURCE_DIR}/backend/x11/tray.c
     ${SOURCE_DIR}/backend/x11/window.c
 
     ${SOURCE_DIR}/bar/bar.c
diff --git a/src/backend/x11/backend.c b/src/backend/x11/backend.c
index 0ec2729..d1629e5 100644
--- a/src/backend/x11/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/x11/backend.c
@@ -845,7 +845,14 @@ backend_bar_window_t backend_create_bar_window(
     fatal("cannot create cairo context: %s", cairo_status_to_string(statue));
   }
 
-  return (backend_bar_window_t){.window_id = window_id, .cr = cr};
+  return (backend_bar_window_t){
+    .window_id = window_id,
+    .cr = cr,
+    .tray = {
+      .api = tray_api,
+      .handle = backend,
+    },
+  };
 }
 
 void backend_flush(backend_t *backend) { xcb_flush(backend->conn); }