diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 23adc010..164f9562 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ dwmapi-sys = "0.1"
 wayland-client = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["dlopen"] }
 wayland-kbd = "0.8.0"
 wayland-window = "0.5.0"
+tempfile = "2.1"
 x11-dl = "2.8"
diff --git a/src/platform/linux/wayland/context.rs b/src/platform/linux/wayland/context.rs
index 35092475..54e18c67 100644
--- a/src/platform/linux/wayland/context.rs
+++ b/src/platform/linux/wayland/context.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use wayland_client::{EnvHandler, default_connect, EventQueue, EventQueueHandle, Init, Proxy};
 use wayland_client::protocol::{wl_compositor, wl_seat, wl_shell, wl_shm, wl_subcompositor,
-                               wl_display, wl_registry, wl_output, wl_surface};
+                               wl_display, wl_registry, wl_output, wl_surface, wl_buffer};
 
-use super::wayland_window;
+use super::{wayland_window, tempfile};
 
 /*
  * Registry and globals handling
@@ -213,13 +216,12 @@ impl WaylandContext {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn create_window<H: wayland_window::Handler>(&self)
-        -> (Arc<wl_surface::WlSurface>, wayland_window::DecoratedSurface<H>)
+    pub fn create_window<H: wayland_window::Handler>(&self, width: u32, height: u32)
+        -> (Arc<wl_surface::WlSurface>, wayland_window::DecoratedSurface<H>, wl_buffer::WlBuffer, File)
     {
         let mut guard = self.evq.lock().unwrap();
         let mut state = guard.state();
         let env = state.get_mut_handler::<WaylandEnv>(self.env_id);
-        // this "expect" cannot trigger (see https://github.com/vberger/wayland-client-rs/issues/69)
         let surface = Arc::new(env.inner.compositor.create_surface());
         let decorated = wayland_window::DecoratedSurface::new(
             &*surface, 800, 600,
@@ -230,7 +232,19 @@ impl WaylandContext {
             env.get_seat(),
             false
         ).expect("Failed to create a tmpfile buffer.");
-        (surface, decorated)
+        // prepare a white content for the window, so that it exists
+        let mut tmp = tempfile::tempfile().expect("Failed to create a tmpfile buffer.");
+        for _ in 0..(width*height) {
+            tmp.write_all(&[0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff]).unwrap();
+        }
+        tmp.flush().unwrap();
+        let pool = env.inner.shm.create_pool(tmp.as_raw_fd(), (width*height*4) as i32);
+        let buffer = pool.create_buffer(0, width as i32, height as i32, width as i32, wl_shm::Format::Argb8888).expect("Pool cannot be already dead");
+        surface.attach(Some(&buffer), 0, 0);
+        surface.commit();
+        // the buffer wiil keep the contents alive as needed
+        pool.destroy();
+        (surface, decorated, buffer, tmp)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/platform/linux/wayland/mod.rs b/src/platform/linux/wayland/mod.rs
index 9567d57e..f267669b 100644
--- a/src/platform/linux/wayland/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform/linux/wayland/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use self::event_loop::EventsLoopSink;
 
 extern crate wayland_kbd;
 extern crate wayland_window;
+extern crate tempfile;
 
 mod context;
 mod event_loop;
diff --git a/src/platform/linux/wayland/window.rs b/src/platform/linux/wayland/window.rs
index 6486c710..10e9124a 100644
--- a/src/platform/linux/wayland/window.rs
+++ b/src/platform/linux/wayland/window.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 
 use wayland_client::{EventQueue, EventQueueHandle, Proxy};
-use wayland_client::protocol::{wl_display,wl_surface,wl_shell_surface};
+use wayland_client::protocol::{wl_display,wl_surface,wl_shell_surface,wl_buffer};
 
 use {CreationError, MouseCursor, CursorState, WindowAttributes};
 use platform::MonitorId as PlatformMonitorId;
@@ -39,16 +40,27 @@ impl Window {
     {
         let (width, height) = attributes.dimensions.unwrap_or((800,600));
 
-        let (surface, decorated) = ctxt.create_window::<DecoratedHandler>();
+        let (surface, decorated, buffer, tmpfile) = ctxt.create_window::<DecoratedHandler>(width, height);
 
         // init DecoratedSurface
         let (evq, cleanup_signal) = evlp.get_window_init();
         let decorated_id = {
             let mut evq_guard = evq.lock().unwrap();
+            // create a handler to clean up initial buffer
+            let initial_buffer_handler_id = evq_guard.add_handler(InitialBufferHandler::new());
+            // register the buffer to it
+            evq_guard.register::<_, InitialBufferHandler>(&buffer, initial_buffer_handler_id);
+            // store the DecoratedSurface handler
             let decorated_id = evq_guard.add_handler_with_init(decorated);
             {
-                // initialize the DecoratedHandler
                 let mut state = evq_guard.state();
+                {
+                    // store the buffer and tempfile in the handler, to be cleanded up at the right
+                    // time
+                    let initial_buffer_h = state.get_mut_handler::<InitialBufferHandler>(initial_buffer_handler_id);
+                    initial_buffer_h.initial_buffer = Some((buffer, tmpfile));
+                }
+                // initialize the DecoratedHandler
                 let decorated = state.get_mut_handler::<DecoratedSurface<DecoratedHandler>>(decorated_id);
                 *(decorated.handler()) = Some(DecoratedHandler::new());
 
@@ -203,3 +215,29 @@ impl wayland_window::Handler for DecoratedHandler {
         self.newsize = Some((max(width,1) as u32, max(height,1) as u32));
     }
 }
+
+// a handler to release the ressources acquired to draw the initial white screen as soon as
+// the compositor does not use them any more
+
+pub struct InitialBufferHandler {
+    initial_buffer: Option<(wl_buffer::WlBuffer, File)>
+}
+
+impl InitialBufferHandler {
+    fn new() -> InitialBufferHandler {
+        InitialBufferHandler {
+            initial_buffer: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl wl_buffer::Handler for InitialBufferHandler {
+    fn release(&mut self, _: &mut EventQueueHandle, buffer: &wl_buffer::WlBuffer) {
+        // release the ressources we've acquired for initial white window
+        buffer.destroy();
+        self.initial_buffer = None;
+    }
+}
+
+declare_handler!(InitialBufferHandler, wl_buffer::Handler, wl_buffer::WlBuffer);