diff --git a/libhfcommon/files.c b/libhfcommon/files.c
index 5a7763ec9..d0fa72ce0 100644
--- a/libhfcommon/files.c
+++ b/libhfcommon/files.c
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ int files_createSharedMem(size_t sz, const char* name, bool exportmap) {
     }
 
 #if defined(_HF_ARCH_LINUX)
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        fd = syscall(__NR_memfd_create, name, (uintptr_t)(MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_HUGETLB));
+    }
     if (fd == -1) {
         fd = syscall(__NR_memfd_create, name, (uintptr_t)(MFD_CLOEXEC));
     }