diff --git a/include/wlr/types/wlr_compositor.h b/include/wlr/types/wlr_compositor.h
index d26f8e2ec..63a8c16ce 100644
--- a/include/wlr/types/wlr_compositor.h
+++ b/include/wlr/types/wlr_compositor.h
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ void wlr_surface_set_preferred_buffer_scale(struct wlr_surface *surface,
 void wlr_surface_set_preferred_buffer_transform(struct wlr_surface *surface,
 	enum wl_output_transform transform);
 
+struct wlr_surface_synced;
+
 /**
  * Implementation for struct wlr_surface_synced.
  *
@@ -500,6 +502,11 @@ struct wlr_surface_synced_impl {
 	void (*finish_state)(void *state);
 	// Move a state. If NULL, memcpy() is used.
 	void (*move_state)(void *dst, void *src);
+
+	// Called when the state is committed. If NULL, this is a no-op.
+	// If an object is a surface role object which has state synchronized with
+	// the surface state, the role commit hook should be preferred over this.
+	void (*commit)(struct wlr_surface_synced *synced);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/types/wlr_compositor.c b/types/wlr_compositor.c
index afa35ec99..7bc8ea473 100644
--- a/types/wlr_compositor.c
+++ b/types/wlr_compositor.c
@@ -552,6 +552,13 @@ static void surface_commit_state(struct wlr_surface *surface,
 		surface->pending.seq++;
 	}
 
+	struct wlr_surface_synced *synced;
+	wl_list_for_each(synced, &surface->synced, link) {
+		if (synced->impl->commit) {
+			synced->impl->commit(synced);
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (surface->role != NULL && surface->role->commit != NULL &&
 			(surface->role_resource != NULL || surface->role->no_object)) {
 		surface->role->commit(surface);