diff --git a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-stream-src.c b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-stream-src.c
index f39d348..c1abc9b 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-stream-src.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-stream-src.c
@@ -684,11 +684,18 @@ on_stream_param_changed (void                 *data,
   MetaScreenCastStreamSrc *src = data;
   MetaScreenCastStreamSrcPrivate *priv =
     meta_screen_cast_stream_src_get_instance_private (src);
+  MetaScreenCastStream *stream = meta_screen_cast_stream_src_get_stream (src);
+  MetaScreenCastSession *session = meta_screen_cast_stream_get_session (stream);
+  MetaScreenCast *screen_cast =
+    meta_screen_cast_session_get_screen_cast (session);
+
   uint8_t params_buffer[1024];
   int32_t width, height, stride, size;
   struct spa_pod_builder pod_builder;
   const struct spa_pod *params[3];
   const int bpp = 4;
+  int buffer_types;
+  CoglDmaBufHandle *dmabuf_handle;
 
   if (!format || id != SPA_PARAM_Format)
     return;
@@ -705,6 +712,16 @@ on_stream_param_changed (void                 *data,
 
   pod_builder = SPA_POD_BUILDER_INIT (params_buffer, sizeof (params_buffer));
 
+  buffer_types = 1 << SPA_DATA_MemFd;
+  dmabuf_handle = meta_screen_cast_create_dma_buf_handle (screen_cast,
+                                                          priv->stream_width,
+                                                          priv->stream_height);
+  if (dmabuf_handle)
+    {
+      buffer_types |= 1 << SPA_DATA_DmaBuf;
+      cogl_dma_buf_handle_free(dmabuf_handle);
+    }
+
   params[0] = spa_pod_builder_add_object (
     &pod_builder,
     SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_ParamBuffers, SPA_PARAM_Buffers,
@@ -712,7 +729,8 @@ on_stream_param_changed (void                 *data,
     SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_blocks, SPA_POD_Int (1),
     SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_size, SPA_POD_Int (size),
     SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_stride, SPA_POD_Int (stride),
-    SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_align, SPA_POD_Int (16));
+    SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_align, SPA_POD_Int (16),
+    SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_dataType, SPA_POD_CHOICE_FLAGS_Int (buffer_types));
 
   params[1] = spa_pod_builder_add_object (
     &pod_builder,
@@ -751,9 +769,16 @@ on_stream_add_buffer (void             *data,
   spa_data[0].mapoffset = 0;
   spa_data[0].maxsize = stride * priv->video_format.size.height;
 
-  dmabuf_handle = meta_screen_cast_create_dma_buf_handle (screen_cast,
+  if (spa_data[0].type & (1 << SPA_DATA_DmaBuf))
+    {
+      dmabuf_handle = meta_screen_cast_create_dma_buf_handle (screen_cast,
                                                           priv->stream_width,
                                                           priv->stream_height);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      dmabuf_handle = NULL;
+    }
 
   if (dmabuf_handle)
     {