diff --git a/include/buffer.h b/include/buffer.h
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/buffer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "sys/queue.h"
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pixman.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+struct wl_buffer;
+
+struct wv_buffer {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(wv_buffer) link;
+	struct wl_buffer* wl_buffer;
+	void* pixels;
+	size_t size;
+	pixman_image_t* image;
+	int width, height, stride;
+	uint32_t format;
+	bool y_inverted;
+};
+
+TAILQ_HEAD(wv_buffer_queue, wv_buffer);
+
+struct wv_buffer_pool {
+	struct wv_buffer_queue queue;
+	int width, height, stride;
+	uint32_t format;
+};
+
+struct wv_buffer* wv_buffer_create(int width, int height, int stride,
+		uint32_t fourcc);
+void wv_buffer_destroy(struct wv_buffer* self);
+
+struct wv_buffer_pool* wv_buffer_pool_create(int width, int height, int stride,
+		uint32_t format);
+void wv_buffer_pool_destroy(struct wv_buffer_pool* pool);
+void wv_buffer_pool_resize(struct wv_buffer_pool* pool,
+		int width, int height, int stride, uint32_t format);
+struct wv_buffer* wv_buffer_pool_acquire(struct wv_buffer_pool* pool);
+void wv_buffer_pool_release(struct wv_buffer_pool* pool,
+		struct wv_buffer* buffer);
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c6b0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <libdrm/drm_fourcc.h>
+#include <pixman.h>
+#include <wayland-client.h>
+
+#include "shm.h"
+#include "sys/queue.h"
+#include "buffer.h"
+
+extern struct wl_shm* wl_shm;
+
+static enum wl_shm_format fourcc_to_wl_shm(uint32_t in)
+{
+	assert(!(in & DRM_FORMAT_BIG_ENDIAN));
+
+	switch (in) {
+	case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888: return WL_SHM_FORMAT_ARGB8888;
+	case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888: return WL_SHM_FORMAT_XRGB8888;
+	}
+
+	return in;
+}
+
+static bool fourcc_to_pixman_fmt(pixman_format_code_t* dst, uint32_t src)
+{
+	assert(!(src & DRM_FORMAT_BIG_ENDIAN));
+
+	/* TODO: Add more, perhaps with the help of
+	 * https://github.com/afrantzis/pixel-format-guide
+	 */
+	switch (src) {
+	case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888: *dst = PIXMAN_a8r8g8b8; break;
+	case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888: *dst = PIXMAN_x8r8g8b8; break;
+	case DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888: *dst = PIXMAN_a8b8g8r8; break;
+	case DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888: *dst = PIXMAN_x8b8g8r8; break;
+	case DRM_FORMAT_RGBA8888: *dst = PIXMAN_r8g8b8a8; break;
+	case DRM_FORMAT_RGBX8888: *dst = PIXMAN_r8g8b8x8; break;
+	case DRM_FORMAT_BGRA8888: *dst = PIXMAN_b8g8r8a8; break;
+	case DRM_FORMAT_BGRX8888: *dst = PIXMAN_b8g8r8x8; break;
+	default: return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+struct wv_buffer* wv_buffer_create(int width, int height, int stride,
+		uint32_t fourcc)
+{
+	assert(wl_shm);
+	enum wl_shm_format wl_fmt = fourcc_to_wl_shm(fourcc);
+	pixman_format_code_t pixman_fmt = 0;
+	if (!fourcc_to_pixman_fmt(&pixman_fmt, fourcc))
+		return NULL;
+
+	struct wv_buffer* self = calloc(1, sizeof(*self));
+	if (!self)
+		return NULL;
+
+	self->width = width;
+	self->height = height;
+	self->stride = stride;
+	self->format = fourcc;
+
+	self->size = height * stride;
+	int fd = shm_alloc_fd(self->size);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		goto failure;
+
+	self->pixels = mmap(NULL, self->size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	if (!self->pixels)
+		goto mmap_failure;
+
+	self->image = pixman_image_create_bits(pixman_fmt, width, height,
+			self->pixels, stride);
+	if (!self->image)
+		goto pixman_failure;
+
+	struct wl_shm_pool* pool = wl_shm_create_pool(wl_shm, fd, self->size);
+	if (!pool)
+		goto pool_failure;
+
+	self->wl_buffer = wl_shm_pool_create_buffer(pool, 0, width, height,
+			stride, wl_fmt);
+	wl_shm_pool_destroy(pool);
+	if (!self->wl_buffer)
+		goto shm_failure;
+
+	close(fd);
+	return self;
+
+shm_failure:
+pool_failure:
+	pixman_image_unref(self->image);
+pixman_failure:
+	munmap(self->pixels, self->size);
+mmap_failure:
+	close(fd);
+failure:
+	free(self);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void wv_buffer_destroy(struct wv_buffer* self)
+{
+	wl_buffer_destroy(self->wl_buffer);
+	pixman_image_unref(self->image);
+	munmap(self->pixels, self->size);
+	free(self);
+}
+
+struct wv_buffer_pool* wv_buffer_pool_create(int width, int height, int stride,
+		uint32_t format)
+{
+	struct wv_buffer_pool* self = calloc(1, sizeof(*self));
+	if (!self)
+		return NULL;
+
+	TAILQ_INIT(&self->queue);
+	self->width = width;
+	self->height = height;
+	self->stride = stride;
+	self->format = format;
+
+	return self;
+}
+
+static void wv_buffer_pool_clear(struct wv_buffer_pool* pool)
+{
+	while (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&pool->queue)) {
+		struct wv_buffer* buffer = TAILQ_FIRST(&pool->queue);
+		TAILQ_REMOVE(&pool->queue, buffer, link);
+		wv_buffer_destroy(buffer);
+	}
+}
+
+void wv_buffer_pool_destroy(struct wv_buffer_pool* pool)
+{
+	wv_buffer_pool_clear(pool);
+	free(pool);
+}
+
+void wv_buffer_pool_resize(struct wv_buffer_pool* pool,
+		int width, int height, int stride, uint32_t format)
+{
+	if (pool->width != width || pool->height != height
+	    || pool->stride != stride || pool->format != format) {
+		wv_buffer_pool_clear(pool);
+	}
+
+	pool->width = width;
+	pool->height = height;
+	pool->stride = stride;
+	pool->format = format;
+}
+
+struct wv_buffer* wv_buffer_pool_acquire(struct wv_buffer_pool* pool)
+{
+	struct wv_buffer* buffer = TAILQ_FIRST(&pool->queue);
+	if (buffer) {
+		assert(pool->width == buffer->width
+		       && pool->height == buffer->height
+		       && pool->stride == buffer->stride
+		       && pool->format == buffer->format);
+
+		TAILQ_REMOVE(&pool->queue, buffer, link);
+		return buffer;
+	}
+
+	return wv_buffer_create(pool->width, pool->height, pool->stride,
+			pool->format);
+}
+
+void wv_buffer_pool_release(struct wv_buffer_pool* pool,
+		struct wv_buffer* buffer)
+{
+	if (pool->width == buffer->width
+	    && pool->height == buffer->height
+	    && pool->stride == buffer->stride
+	    && pool->format == buffer->format) {
+		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&pool->queue, buffer, link);
+	} else {
+		wv_buffer_destroy(buffer);
+	}
+}