diff --git a/debian/patches/regolith-trawl.patch b/debian/patches/regolith-trawl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b562231ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/regolith-trawl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+Index: sway-regolith/include/sway/commands.h
+===================================================================
+--- sway-regolith.orig/include/sway/commands.h
++++ sway-regolith/include/sway/commands.h
+@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ sway_cmd cmd_resize;
+ sway_cmd cmd_scratchpad;
+ sway_cmd cmd_seamless_mouse;
+ sway_cmd cmd_set;
++sway_cmd cmd_set_from_resource;
+ sway_cmd cmd_shortcuts_inhibitor;
+ sway_cmd cmd_show_marks;
+ sway_cmd cmd_smart_borders;
+Index: sway-regolith/meson.build
+===================================================================
+--- sway-regolith.orig/meson.build
++++ sway-regolith/meson.build
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ project(
+-	'sway',
++	'sway-regolith',
+ 	'c',
+ 	version: '1.9',
+ 	license: 'MIT',
+@@ -45,6 +45,27 @@ subproject(
+ 	version: wlroots_version,
+ )
+ wlroots = dependency('wlroots', version: wlroots_version)
++xkbcommon = dependency('xkbcommon')
++cairo = dependency('cairo')
++pango = dependency('pango')
++pangocairo = dependency('pangocairo')
++gdk_pixbuf = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', required: get_option('gdk-pixbuf'))
++pixman = dependency('pixman-1')
++glesv2 = dependency('glesv2')
++libevdev = dependency('libevdev')
++libinput = dependency('libinput', version: '>=1.6.0')
++xcb = dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland'))
++drm_full = dependency('libdrm') # only needed for drm_fourcc.h
++drm = drm_full.partial_dependency(compile_args: true, includes: true)
++libudev = dependency('libudev')
++bash_comp = dependency('bash-completion', required: false)
++fish_comp = dependency('fish', required: false)
++math = cc.find_library('m')
++rt = cc.find_library('rt')
++xcb_icccm = dependency('xcb-icccm', required: get_option('xwayland'))
++threads = dependency('threads') # for pthread_setschedparam
++trawldb = dependency('trawldb-0')
++
+ wlroots_features = {
+ 	'xwayland': false,
+ 	'libinput_backend': false,
+@@ -248,7 +269,7 @@ configure_file(
+ )
+ 
+ install_data(
+-	'sway.desktop',
++	'sway-regolith.desktop',
+ 	install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'wayland-sessions')
+ )
+ 
+Index: sway-regolith/sway-regolith.desktop
+===================================================================
+--- /dev/null
++++ sway-regolith/sway-regolith.desktop
+@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
++[Desktop Entry]
++Name=Sway Regolith
++Comment=A sway variant with support for trawl resource manager
++Exec=sway
++Type=Application
+Index: sway-regolith/sway/commands.c
+===================================================================
+--- sway-regolith.orig/sway/commands.c
++++ sway-regolith/sway/commands.c
+@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ static const struct cmd_handler handlers
+ 	{ "popup_during_fullscreen", cmd_popup_during_fullscreen },
+ 	{ "seat", cmd_seat },
+ 	{ "set", cmd_set },
++	{ "set_from_resource", cmd_set_from_resource},
+ 	{ "show_marks", cmd_show_marks },
+ 	{ "smart_borders", cmd_smart_borders },
+ 	{ "smart_gaps", cmd_smart_gaps },
+@@ -279,8 +280,8 @@ list_t *execute_command(char *_exec, str
+ 			goto cleanup;
+ 		}
+ 
+-		// Var replacement, for all but first argument of set
+-		for (int i = handler->handle == cmd_set ? 2 : 1; i < argc; ++i) {
++		// Var replacement, for all but first argument of set and xresource
++		for (int i = handler->handle == cmd_set || handler->handle == cmd_set_from_resource ? 2 : 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+ 			argv[i] = do_var_replacement(argv[i]);
+ 		}
+ 
+@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ struct cmd_results *config_command(char
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	// Do variable replacement
+-	if (handler->handle == cmd_set && argc > 1 && *argv[1] == '$') {
++	if ((handler->handle == cmd_set || handler->handle == cmd_set_from_resource )&& argc > 1 && *argv[1] == '$') {
+ 		// Escape the variable name so it does not get replaced by one shorter
+ 		char *temp = calloc(1, strlen(argv[1]) + 2);
+ 		temp[0] = '$';
+@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ struct cmd_results *config_command(char
+ 	free(command);
+ 
+ 	// Strip quotes and unescape the string
+-	for (int i = handler->handle == cmd_set ? 2 : 1; i < argc; ++i) {
++	for (int i = handler->handle == cmd_set || handler->handle == cmd_set_from_resource ? 2 : 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+ 		if (handler->handle != cmd_exec && handler->handle != cmd_exec_always
+ 				&& handler->handle != cmd_mode
+ 				&& handler->handle != cmd_bindsym
+@@ -415,6 +416,7 @@ struct cmd_results *config_command(char
+ 				&& handler->handle != cmd_bindswitch
+ 				&& handler->handle != cmd_bindgesture
+ 				&& handler->handle != cmd_set
++				&& handler->handle != cmd_set_from_resource
+ 				&& handler->handle != cmd_for_window
+ 				&& (*argv[i] == '\"' || *argv[i] == '\'')) {
+ 			strip_quotes(argv[i]);
+Index: sway-regolith/sway/commands/set_from_resource.c
+===================================================================
+--- /dev/null
++++ sway-regolith/sway/commands/set_from_resource.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
++#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
++#include "log.h"
++#include "stringop.h"
++#include "sway/commands.h"
++#include "sway/config.h"
++#include <trawldb/client_api.h>
++#include <stdio.h>
++#include <string.h>
++#include <strings.h>
++
++struct cmd_results *cmd_set_from_resource(int argc, char **argv) {
++  struct cmd_results *error = NULL;
++  if ((error = checkarg(argc, "set", EXPECTED_AT_LEAST, 2))) {
++    return error;
++  }
++  if (argv[0][0] != '$') {
++    return cmd_results_new(CMD_INVALID, "variable '%s' must start with $",
++                           argv[0]);
++  }
++
++  conf_client proxy = NULL;
++  GError *err = NULL;
++  conf_client_init(&proxy, &err);
++
++  char *resource_value = NULL;
++  conf_client_get(proxy, argv[1], &resource_value, &err);
++
++  if (err || resource_value == NULL || strlen(resource_value) == 0) {
++    if (argc < 3) {
++      return cmd_results_new(CMD_FAILURE,
++                             "failed to fetch value of resource '%s' and "
++                             "fallback value not provided",
++                             argv[1]);
++    }
++    resource_value = join_args(argv + 2, argc - 2);
++  }
++  char **argv_new = calloc(argc - 1, sizeof(char *));
++  argv_new[0] = strdup(argv[0]);
++  for (int i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
++    argv_new[i - 1] = argv[i];
++  }
++
++  argv_new[1] = strdup(resource_value);
++
++  free(resource_value);
++  return cmd_set(2, argv_new);
++}
+Index: sway-regolith/sway/meson.build
+===================================================================
+--- sway-regolith.orig/sway/meson.build
++++ sway-regolith/sway/meson.build
+@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ sway_sources = files(
+ 	'commands/seat/shortcuts_inhibitor.c',
+ 	'commands/seat/xcursor_theme.c',
+ 	'commands/set.c',
++	'commands/set_from_resource.c',
+ 	'commands/show_marks.c',
+ 	'commands/shortcuts_inhibitor.c',
+ 	'commands/smart_borders.c',
+@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ sway_deps = [
+ 	xkbcommon,
+ 	xcb,
+ 	xcb_icccm,
++	trawldb,
+ ]
+ 
+ if have_xwayland
+@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ if wlroots_features['libinput_backend']
+ endif
+ 
+ executable(
+-	'sway',
++	'sway-regolith',
+ 	sway_sources + wl_protos_src,
+ 	include_directories: [sway_inc],
+ 	dependencies: sway_deps,
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8457df631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+regolith-trawl.patch