diff --git a/include/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_renderer.h b/include/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_renderer.h
index 6ab26aa9..bfa7b1a2 100644
--- a/include/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_renderer.h
+++ b/include/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_renderer.h
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ struct fx_renderer {
 	GLuint wlr_main_buffer_fbo;
 	struct wlr_gles2_texture_attribs wlr_main_texture_attribs;
 
-	// The framebuffer used by wlroots
-	struct fx_framebuffer wlr_buffer;
+	const struct wlr_drm_format *drm_format;
+
 	// Contains the blurred background for tiled windows
 	struct fx_framebuffer blur_buffer;
 	// Contains the original pixels to draw over the areas where artifact are visible
diff --git a/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_framebuffer.c b/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_framebuffer.c
index 63da23d0..5be58ab1 100644
--- a/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_framebuffer.c
+++ b/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_framebuffer.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include <wlr/interfaces/wlr_buffer.h>
 #include <wlr/render/interface.h>
 #include <wlr/render/allocator.h>
-#include <wlr/render/swapchain.h>
 
 #include "log.h"
 #include "render/egl.h"
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ void fx_framebuffer_update(struct fx_renderer *fx_renderer, struct fx_framebuffe
 			fx_buffer->wlr_buffer->height != height) {
 		wlr_buffer_drop(fx_buffer->wlr_buffer);
 		fx_buffer->wlr_buffer = wlr_allocator_create_buffer(output->allocator,
-				width, height, output->swapchain->format);
+				width, height, fx_renderer->drm_format);
 		first_alloc = true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_renderer.c b/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_renderer.c
index 5b1eadab..d6850746 100644
--- a/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_renderer.c
+++ b/sway/desktop/fx_renderer/fx_renderer.c
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 #include <GLES2/gl2.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <wlr/backend.h>
+#include <wlr/render/drm_format_set.h>
 #include <wlr/render/egl.h>
 #include <wlr/render/gles2.h>
+#include <wlr/render/interface.h>
 #include <wlr/types/wlr_matrix.h>
 #include <wlr/util/box.h>
 
@@ -264,6 +266,17 @@ struct fx_renderer *fx_renderer_create(struct wlr_egl *egl, struct wlr_output *w
 	renderer->wlr_output = wlr_output;
 	renderer->egl = egl;
 
+	// Get DRM format
+	const struct wlr_drm_format_set *display_formats =
+		wlr_output_get_primary_formats(wlr_output, wlr_output->allocator->buffer_caps);
+	if (!(renderer->drm_format =
+				wlr_drm_format_set_get(display_formats, wlr_output->render_format))) {
+		sway_log(SWAY_ERROR,
+				"FX RENDERER: Could not get drm format: %u",
+				wlr_output->render_format);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	// TODO: wlr_egl_make_current or eglMakeCurrent?
 	// TODO: assert instead of conditional statement?
 	if (!eglMakeCurrent(wlr_egl_get_display(egl), EGL_NO_SURFACE, EGL_NO_SURFACE,