diff --git a/gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c b/gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c
index 5e88d966ad..360c489805 100644
--- a/gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c
+++ b/gdk/wayland/gdkdisplay-wayland.c
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/memfd.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include "gdkwayland.h"
@@ -928,27 +930,24 @@ create_shm_pool (struct wl_shm  *shm,
                  size_t         *buf_length,
                  void          **data_out)
 {
-  char *filename;
   struct wl_shm_pool *pool;
-  int fd;
+  int ret, fd;
   void *data;
 
-  filename = g_strconcat (g_get_tmp_dir (), G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, "wayland-shm-XXXXXX", NULL);
-  fd = mkstemp (filename);
-  if (fd < 0)
+  ret = syscall (SYS_memfd_create, "gdk-wayland", MFD_CLOEXEC);
+
+  if (ret < 0)
     {
-      g_critical (G_STRLOC ": Unable to create temporary file (%s): %s",
-                  filename, g_strerror (errno));
-      g_free (filename);
+      g_critical (G_STRLOC ": creating shared memory file failed: %s",
+                  g_strerror (-ret));
       return NULL;
     }
-  unlink (filename);
+
+  fd = ret;
 
   if (ftruncate (fd, size) < 0)
     {
-      g_critical (G_STRLOC ": Truncating temporary file (%s) failed: %s",
-                  filename, g_strerror (errno));
-      g_free (filename);
+      g_critical (G_STRLOC ": Truncating shared memory file failed: %m");
       close (fd);
       return NULL;
     }
@@ -957,9 +956,7 @@ create_shm_pool (struct wl_shm  *shm,
 
   if (data == MAP_FAILED)
     {
-      g_critical (G_STRLOC ": mmap'ping temporary file (%s) failed: %s",
-                  filename, g_strerror (errno));
-      g_free (filename);
+      g_critical (G_STRLOC ": mmap'ping shared memory file failed: %m");
       close (fd);
       return NULL;
     }
@@ -967,7 +964,6 @@ create_shm_pool (struct wl_shm  *shm,
   pool = wl_shm_create_pool (shm, fd, size);
 
   close (fd);
-  g_free (filename);
 
   *data_out = data;
   *buf_length = size;