diff -ru open-vm-tools-10.2.0-7253323.orig/services/plugins/desktopEvents/x11Lock.c open-vm-tools-10.2.0-7253323/services/plugins/desktopEvents/x11Lock.c
--- open-vm-tools-10.2.0-7253323.orig/services/plugins/desktopEvents/x11Lock.c	2017-12-15 11:09:51.000000000 -0800
+++ open-vm-tools-10.2.0-7253323/services/plugins/desktopEvents/x11Lock.c	2017-12-29 14:39:35.821511531 -0800
@@ -364,6 +364,13 @@
    g_set_prgname(VMUSER_TITLE);
    argv[0] = VMUSER_TITLE;
 
+#if defined(GTK3) && GTK_MINOR_VERSION >= 10
+   /*
+    * There is no Wayland support yet, only X11 backend is supported.
+    */
+   gdk_set_allowed_backends("x11");
+#endif
+
    /* XXX: is calling gtk_init() multiple times safe? */
    gtk_init(&argc, (char ***) &argv);
 
diff -ru open-vm-tools-10.2.0-7253323.orig/services/plugins/dndcp/copyPasteDnDX11.cpp open-vm-tools-10.2.0-7253323/services/plugins/dndcp/copyPasteDnDX11.cpp
--- open-vm-tools-10.2.0-7253323.orig/services/plugins/dndcp/copyPasteDnDX11.cpp	2017-12-15 11:09:51.000000000 -0800
+++ open-vm-tools-10.2.0-7253323/services/plugins/dndcp/copyPasteDnDX11.cpp	2017-12-29 14:39:51.587510648 -0800
@@ -211,6 +211,14 @@
 CopyPasteDnDX11::Init(ToolsAppCtx *ctx)
 {
    TRACE_CALL();
+
+#if defined(GTK3) && GTK_MINOR_VERSION >= 10
+   /*
+    * There is no Wayland support yet, only X11 backend is supported.
+    */
+   gdk_set_allowed_backends("x11");
+#endif
+
    CopyPasteDnDWrapper *wrapper = CopyPasteDnDWrapper::GetInstance();
 
    ASSERT(ctx);