diff --git a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
index 0e97e46..bc5c870 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
@@ -7092,6 +7092,33 @@ wl_screen_create_internals(WScreen *scr)
             scr->info_window = (WNativeWindow)xwin;
     }
 
+    /* Create dock_shadow: scene_buffer used as ghost overlay during icon drag */
+    if (wl_state.scene) {
+        int sz = wPreferences.icon_size;
+        struct wl_frame_buf *dsfb = wmalloc(sizeof(*dsfb));
+        memset(dsfb, 0, sizeof(*dsfb));
+        dsfb->image = pixman_image_create_bits(PIXMAN_a8r8g8b8, sz, sz, NULL, sz * 4);
+        if (dsfb->image) {
+            wlr_buffer_init(&dsfb->base, &frame_buf_impl, sz, sz);
+            dsfb->id = wl_state.next_synthetic_id++;
+            dsfb->width = sz;
+            dsfb->height = sz;
+            struct wlr_scene_tree *ds_parent = wl_state.level_trees[WL_LAYER_OVERLAY]
+                ? wl_state.level_trees[WL_LAYER_OVERLAY] : &wl_state.scene->tree;
+            dsfb->tree = wlr_scene_tree_create(ds_parent);
+            if (dsfb->tree) {
+                dsfb->scene_buf = wlr_scene_buffer_create(dsfb->tree, &dsfb->base);
+                if (dsfb->scene_buf)
+                    wlr_scene_node_set_enabled(&dsfb->scene_buf->node, false);
+                wlr_scene_node_set_enabled(&dsfb->tree->node, false);
+            }
+            wl_list_insert(&wl_state.frame_list, &dsfb->link);
+            scr->dock_shadow = dsfb->id;
+        } else {
+            wfree(dsfb);
+        }
+    }
+
     /* Phase 30: dock/clip now uses XWayland windows for rendering.
      * The WM's dock logic (dock.c) creates X11 windows on the XWayland
      * Display* and draws on them with Xlib — the compositor composites