diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindXCB.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindXCB.cmake
index 823d1678fa049c607586e0c43835c9e6d36ea982..efeea58afa0ec8708953d0a576a9590eb9e7b334 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindXCB.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindXCB.cmake
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ set(knownComponents XCB
                     UTIL
                     XFIXES
                     XTEST
-                    XV)
+                    XV
+                    XINERAMA)
 
 unset(unknownComponents)
 
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ foreach(comp ${comps})
             list(APPEND pkgConfigModules "xcb-xtest")
         elseif("${comp}" STREQUAL "XV")
             list(APPEND pkgConfigModules "xcb-xv")
+        elseif("${comp}" STREQUAL "XINERAMA")
+            list(APPEND pkgConfigModules "xcb-xinerama")
         endif()
     endif()
 endforeach()
@@ -187,6 +190,9 @@ macro(_XCB_HANDLE_COMPONENT _comp)
     elseif("${_comp}" STREQUAL "XV")
         set(_header "xcb/xv.h")
         set(_lib "xcb-xv")
+    elseif("${_comp}" STREQUAL "XINERAMA")
+        set(_header "xcb/xinerama.h")
+        set(_lib "xcb-xinerama")
     endif()
 
     find_path(XCB_${_comp}_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES ${_header} HINTS ${PKG_XCB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/obs/CMakeLists.txt b/obs/CMakeLists.txt
index 43c6f90f78410c575a05e6265ba20cf4eed7fd02..3818eecb5bbb92bc6277359379274f660fb709d5 100644
--- a/obs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/obs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,16 +70,19 @@ elseif(UNIX)
 	set(obs_PLATFORM_SOURCES
 		platform-x11.cpp)
 
-	find_package(X11)
-	include_directories(${X11_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${X11_Xinerama_INCLUDE_PATH})
-
-	if(NOT X11_Xinerama_FOUND)
-		message(FATAL_ERROR "Xinerama not found!")
-	endif()
+	find_package(XCB COMPONENTS XCB REQUIRED RANDR REQUIRED XINERAMA REQUIRED)
+	
+	include_directories(
+		${XCB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+		${X11_XCB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+		
+	add_definitions(
+		${XCB_DEFINITIONS}
+		${X11_XCB_DEFINITIONS})
 
 	set(obs_PLATFORM_LIBRARIES
-		${X11_LIBRARIES}
-		${X11_Xinerama_LIB}
+		${XCB_LIBRARIES}
+		${X11_XCB_LIBRARIES}
                 Qt5::X11Extras)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/obs/platform-x11.cpp b/obs/platform-x11.cpp
index 715f5073b292f0e7a3184f3c55ec3cb69ae8608b..65e0a621debe135d20ecc0f038edb74e57001180 100644
--- a/obs/platform-x11.cpp
+++ b/obs/platform-x11.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 #include <obs-config.h>
 #include "obs-app.hpp"
 
-#include <X11/Xlib.h>
-#include <X11/extensions/Xinerama.h>
+#include <xcb/xcb.h>
+#include <xcb/xinerama.h> 
+#include <xcb/randr.h> 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <locale.h>
@@ -64,41 +65,54 @@ bool GetDataFilePath(const char *data, string &output)
 
 void GetMonitors(vector<MonitorInfo> &monitors)
 {
-	int num_screens;
-	XineramaScreenInfo *screens;
-	int event_code = 0, error_code = 0;
-	Display* display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
-
-	if (!XineramaQueryExtension(display, &event_code, &error_code)) {
-		printf("Xinerama extension unavailable. We don't handle this "
-		       "yet.\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* Do I need to make a call to XineramaQueryVersion...? */
-
-	screens = XineramaQueryScreens(display, &num_screens);
-
-	if (num_screens == 0 || !screens) {
-		printf("Xinerama isn't active on this screen.\n");
-		return;
-	}
+	xcb_connection_t* xcb_conn;
 
 	monitors.clear();
+	xcb_conn = xcb_connect(NULL, NULL);
+
+	if (xcb_get_extension_data(xcb_conn, &xcb_xinerama_id)->present) {
+		xcb_xinerama_is_active_cookie_t xinerama_cookie;
+		xcb_xinerama_is_active_reply_t* xinerama_reply = NULL;
+		xcb_xinerama_query_screens_cookie_t screens_cookie;
+		xcb_xinerama_query_screens_reply_t* screens_reply = NULL;
+		xcb_xinerama_screen_info_iterator_t iter;
+
+		xinerama_cookie = xcb_xinerama_is_active(xcb_conn);
+		xinerama_reply = xcb_xinerama_is_active_reply(xcb_conn,
+						        xinerama_cookie, NULL);
+
+		if (xinerama_reply == NULL || xinerama_reply->state == 0) {
+			free(xinerama_reply);
+			goto err;
+		}
+
+		screens_cookie = xcb_xinerama_query_screens(xcb_conn);
+		screens_reply = xcb_xinerama_query_screens_reply(xcb_conn,
+							screens_cookie, NULL);
+		iter = xcb_xinerama_query_screens_screen_info_iterator(
+								screens_reply);
+
+		for(; iter.rem; xcb_xinerama_screen_info_next(&iter)) {
+			monitors.emplace_back(iter.data->x_org,
+					      iter.data->y_org,
+					      iter.data->width,
+					      iter.data->height);
+		}
+		free(xinerama_reply);
+		free(screens_reply);
+	} else {
+		// no xinerama so fall back to basic x11 calls
+		xcb_screen_iterator_t iter;
+
+		iter = xcb_setup_roots_iterator(xcb_get_setup(xcb_conn));
+		for(; iter.rem; xcb_screen_next(&iter)) {
+			monitors.emplace_back(0,0,iter.data->width_in_pixels,
+					          iter.data->height_in_pixels);
+		}
+	}
 
-	do {
-		--num_screens;
-
-		monitors.emplace_back(
-			screens[num_screens].x_org,
-			screens[num_screens].y_org,
-			screens[num_screens].width,
-			screens[num_screens].height
-                );
-	} while (num_screens > 0);
-
-	XFree(screens);
-	XCloseDisplay(display);
+err:
+	xcb_disconnect(xcb_conn);
 }
 
 bool InitApplicationBundle()