diff --git a/src/BaseItem.vala b/src/BaseItem.vala
index 8fe6da6c..0522be34 100644
--- a/src/BaseItem.vala
+++ b/src/BaseItem.vala
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class Dock.BaseItem : Gtk.Box {
 
     private int drag_offset_x = 0;
     private int drag_offset_y = 0;
+    private uint open_tooltip_timeout_id = 0;
 
     protected BaseItem () {}
 
@@ -149,11 +150,18 @@ public class Dock.BaseItem : Gtk.Box {
 
         var motion_controller = new Gtk.EventControllerMotion ();
         motion_controller.enter.connect (() => {
-            if (!popover_menu.visible && tooltip_text != null) {
-                popover_tooltip.popup ();
+            wait_and_show_tooltip (100);
+        });
+        motion_controller.leave.connect (() => {
+            if (open_tooltip_timeout_id > 0) {
+                GLib.Source.remove (open_tooltip_timeout_id);
+                open_tooltip_timeout_id = 0;
+            }
+
+            if (popover_tooltip.visible) {
+                popover_tooltip.popdown ();
             }
         });
-        motion_controller.leave.connect (popover_tooltip.popdown);
 
         add_controller (motion_controller);
 
@@ -315,6 +323,21 @@ public class Dock.BaseItem : Gtk.Box {
         return obj != null && obj is BaseItem && ((BaseItem) obj).group == group && obj != this;
     }
 
+    private void wait_and_show_tooltip (uint delay_ms) {
+        if (!popover_menu.visible && tooltip_text != null) {
+            // Add timeout to avoid "Error 71 (Protocol error) dispatching to Wayland display".
+            // This error is probably caused by a bug in GTK caused by the Nvidia driver at least up to v580.
+            // See https://github.com/elementary/dock/issues/559
+
+            open_tooltip_timeout_id = GLib.Timeout.add_once (delay_ms, () => {
+                open_tooltip_timeout_id = 0;
+                if (!popover_menu.visible) {
+                    popover_tooltip.popup ();
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
     private class PopoverTooltip : Gtk.Popover {
         class construct {
             set_css_name ("tooltip");