diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/wayland_shm/evas_engine.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/wayland_shm/evas_engine.c
index 3197c36fd9..95b1f8c1de 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/wayland_shm/evas_engine.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/wayland_shm/evas_engine.c
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ module_open(Evas_Module *em)
         return 0;
      }
 
+   /* try to inherit base functions from the software generic engine */
+   if (!_evas_module_engine_inherit(&pfunc, "software_generic"))
+     return 0;
+
    return 0;
 }