diff --git a/.changes/gtk-visiblity.md b/.changes/gtk-visiblity.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db92d967d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/gtk-visiblity.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wry": patch
+---
+
+Correctly set visibilty when building `Window` on gtk-backend
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/application/event_loop.rs b/src/application/event_loop.rs
index 28762f639..270c4829a 100644
--- a/src/application/event_loop.rs
+++ b/src/application/event_loop.rs
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> EventLoop<T> {
             ),
           WindowRequest::Visible(visible) => {
             if visible {
-              window.show();
+              window.show_all();
             } else {
               window.hide();
             }
diff --git a/src/application/window.rs b/src/application/window.rs
index ecfe6b6a9..87e8c76c3 100644
--- a/src/application/window.rs
+++ b/src/application/window.rs
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ impl Window {
     if attributes.maximized {
       window.maximize();
     }
-    window.set_visible(attributes.visible);
     window.set_decorated(attributes.decorations);
 
     if !attributes.decorations && attributes.resizable {
@@ -481,7 +480,11 @@ impl Window {
       window.set_icon(Some(&icon.into()));
     }
 
-    window.show_all();
+    if attributes.visible {
+      window.show_all();
+    } else {
+      window.hide();
+    }
 
     let window_requests_tx = event_loop_window_target.window_requests_tx.clone();