diff --git a/docs/gallium/screen.rst b/docs/gallium/screen.rst
index 53efdc303d2..a7ab998146f 100644
--- a/docs/gallium/screen.rst
+++ b/docs/gallium/screen.rst
@@ -565,6 +565,11 @@ The integer capabilities:
   execution. 0 = throttling is disabled.
 * ``PIPE_CAP_DMABUF``: Whether Linux DMABUF handles are supported by
   resource_from_handle and resource_get_handle.
+  Possible bit field values:
+
+    1. ``DRM_PRIME_CAP_IMPORT``: resource_from_handle is supported
+    2. ``DRM_PRIME_CAP_EXPORT``: resource_get_handle is supported
+
 * ``PIPE_CAP_PREFER_COMPUTE_FOR_MULTIMEDIA``: Whether VDPAU, VAAPI, and
   OpenMAX should use a compute-based blit instead of pipe_context::blit and compute pipeline for compositing images.
 * ``PIPE_CAP_FRAGMENT_SHADER_INTERLOCK``: True if fragment shader interlock
diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c
index 22c20e0c638..c8f1c5f990e 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 #include "util/simple_mtx.h"
 #include "util/u_hash_table.h"
 #include "util/u_pointer.h"
+#include "util/macros.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBDRM
+#include <xf86drm.h>
+#endif
 
 /**
  * Helper to use from a pipe_screen->get_param() implementation to return
@@ -43,6 +48,9 @@ int
 u_pipe_screen_get_param_defaults(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
                                  enum pipe_cap param)
 {
+   UNUSED uint64_t cap;
+   UNUSED int fd;
+
    assert(param < PIPE_CAP_LAST);
 
    /* Let's keep these sorted by position in p_defines.h. */
@@ -435,8 +443,12 @@ u_pipe_screen_get_param_defaults(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
       return 0;
 
    case PIPE_CAP_DMABUF:
-#if DETECT_OS_LINUX || DETECT_OS_BSD
-      return 1;
+#if defined(HAVE_LIBDRM) && (DETECT_OS_LINUX || DETECT_OS_BSD)
+      fd = pscreen->get_screen_fd(pscreen);
+      if (fd != -1 && (drmGetCap(fd, DRM_CAP_PRIME, &cap) == 0))
+         return cap;
+      else
+         return 0;
 #else
       return 0;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c
index df504124285..f45f95b659d 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c
@@ -2218,24 +2218,19 @@ dri2_init_screen_extensions(struct dri_screen *screen,
       screen->image_extension.setInFenceFd = dri2_set_in_fence_fd;
    }
 
-   if (pscreen->get_param(pscreen, PIPE_CAP_DMABUF)) {
-      uint64_t cap;
-
-      if (drmGetCap(screen->fd, DRM_CAP_PRIME, &cap) == 0 &&
-          (cap & DRM_PRIME_CAP_IMPORT)) {
-         screen->image_extension.createImageFromFds = dri2_from_fds;
-         screen->image_extension.createImageFromFds2 = dri2_from_fds2;
-         screen->image_extension.createImageFromDmaBufs = dri2_from_dma_bufs;
-         screen->image_extension.createImageFromDmaBufs2 = dri2_from_dma_bufs2;
-         screen->image_extension.createImageFromDmaBufs3 = dri2_from_dma_bufs3;
-         screen->image_extension.queryDmaBufFormats =
-            dri2_query_dma_buf_formats;
-         screen->image_extension.queryDmaBufModifiers =
-            dri2_query_dma_buf_modifiers;
-         if (!is_kms_screen) {
-            screen->image_extension.queryDmaBufFormatModifierAttribs =
-               dri2_query_dma_buf_format_modifier_attribs;
-         }
+   if (pscreen->get_param(pscreen, PIPE_CAP_DMABUF) & DRM_PRIME_CAP_IMPORT) {
+      screen->image_extension.createImageFromFds = dri2_from_fds;
+      screen->image_extension.createImageFromFds2 = dri2_from_fds2;
+      screen->image_extension.createImageFromDmaBufs = dri2_from_dma_bufs;
+      screen->image_extension.createImageFromDmaBufs2 = dri2_from_dma_bufs2;
+      screen->image_extension.createImageFromDmaBufs3 = dri2_from_dma_bufs3;
+      screen->image_extension.queryDmaBufFormats =
+         dri2_query_dma_buf_formats;
+      screen->image_extension.queryDmaBufModifiers =
+         dri2_query_dma_buf_modifiers;
+      if (!is_kms_screen) {
+         screen->image_extension.queryDmaBufFormatModifierAttribs =
+            dri2_query_dma_buf_format_modifier_attribs;
       }
    }
    *nExt++ = &screen->image_extension.base;