diff --git a/librz/include/rz_userconf.h.in b/librz/include/rz_userconf.h.in
index 8f1c365f7f..f9d34a25e1 100644
--- a/librz/include/rz_userconf.h.in
+++ b/librz/include/rz_userconf.h.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define DEBUGGER                    @DEBUGGER@
 #define HAVE_DECL_ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE @HAVE_DECL_ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE@
 #define HAVE_DECL_PROCCTL_ASLR_CTL  @HAVE_DECL_PROCCTL_ASLR_CTL@
+#define HAVE_DECL_ASHMEM_NAME_LEN   @HAVE_DECL_ASHMEM_NAME_LEN@
 #define HAVE_ARC4RANDOM_UNIFORM     @HAVE_ARC4RANDOM_UNIFORM@
 #define HAVE_EXPLICIT_BZERO         @HAVE_EXPLICIT_BZERO@
 #define HAVE_EXPLICIT_MEMSET        @HAVE_EXPLICIT_MEMSET@
diff --git a/librz/io/p/io_shm.c b/librz/io/p/io_shm.c
index 5e72543edb..109daf0ec1 100644
--- a/librz/io/p/io_shm.c
+++ b/librz/io/p/io_shm.c
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
 #include "rz_lib.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#if __ANDROID__ || EMSCRIPTEN
+#if EMSCRIPTEN
 #undef __UNIX__
 #define __UNIX__ 0
 #endif
 
 #if __UNIX__ && !defined(__QNX__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
+#if HAVE_DECL_ASHMEM_NAME_LEN
+#include <linux/ashmem.h>
+#endif
 #include <sys/ipc.h>
 #include <sys/shm.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ static int shm__close(RzIODesc *fd) {
 	rz_return_val_if_fail(fd && fd->data, -1);
 	int ret;
 	RzIOShm *shm = fd->data;
-#if HAVE_SHM_OPEN
+#if HAVE_SHM_OPEN || HAVE_DECL_ASHMEM_NAME_LEN
 	ret = close(shm->fd);
 #else
 	if (shm->buf) {
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ static bool shm__plugin_open(RzIO *io, const char *pathname, bool many) {
 	return (!strncmp(pathname, "shm://", 6));
 }
 
-#if !HAVE_SHM_OPEN
+#if !HAVE_SHM_OPEN && !HAVE_DECL_ASHMEM_NAME_LEN
 static inline int getshmfd(RzIOShm *shm) {
 	return (((int)(size_t)shm->buf) >> 4) & 0xfff;
 }
@@ -120,9 +123,14 @@ static RzIODesc *shm__open(RzIO *io, const char *uri, int rw, int mode) {
 	}
 
 	shm->name = rz_str_newf("/%s", name);
-#if HAVE_SHM_OPEN
+#if HAVE_SHM_OPEN || HAVE_DECL_ASHMEM_NAME_LEN
 	shm->id = rz_str_hash(name);
+
+#if HAVE_SHM_OPEN
 	shm->fd = shm_open(shm->name, O_CREAT | (rw ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY), 0644);
+#else // HAVE_DECL_ASHMEM_NAME_LEN
+	shm->fd = open("/dev/ashmem", O_CREAT | (rw ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY), 0644);
+#endif
 	if (shm->fd == -1) {
 		RZ_LOG_ERROR("Cannot connect to shared memory \"%s\" (0x%08x)\n", shm->name, shm->id);
 		free(shm->name);
@@ -139,9 +147,20 @@ static RzIODesc *shm__open(RzIO *io, const char *uri, int rw, int mode) {
 		fstat(shm->fd, &st);
 		shm->size = st.st_size;
 	}
+
+#if HAVE_DECL_ASHMEM_NAME_LEN
+	if (ioctl(shm->fd, ASHMEM_SET_NAME, name) == -1 ||
+		ioctl(shm->fd, ASHMEM_SET_SIZE, shm->size) == -1) {
+		RZ_LOG_ERROR("Cannot set shared memory \"%s\"/%lu (0x%08x)\n", shm->name, (unsigned long)shm->size, shm->id);
+		close(shm->fd);
+		free(shm->name);
+		free(shm);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+#endif
 	shm->buf = mmap(NULL, shm->size, (rw ? (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE) : PROT_READ), MAP_SHARED, shm->fd, 0);
 	if (shm->buf == MAP_FAILED) {
-		RZ_LOG_ERROR("Cannot mmap shared memory \"%s\" (0x%08x)\n", shm->name, shm->id);
+		RZ_LOG_ERROR("Cannot mmap shared memory \"%s\"/%lu (0x%08x)", shm->name, (unsigned long)shm->size, shm->id);
 		close(shm->fd);
 		free(shm->name);
 		free(shm);
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8a848396d5..086ec734d0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ ok = cc.has_header_symbol('sys/personality.h', 'ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE')
 userconf.set10('HAVE_DECL_ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE', ok)
 ok = cc.has_header_symbol('sys/procctl.h', 'PROC_ASLR_CTL')
 userconf.set10('HAVE_DECL_PROCCTL_ASLR_CTL', ok)
+ok = cc.has_header_symbol('linux/ashmem.h', 'ASHMEM_NAME_LEN')
+userconf.set10('HAVE_DECL_ASHMEM_NAME_LEN', ok)
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'freebsd' or host_machine.system() == 'dragonfly'
   add_project_link_arguments('-Wl,--unresolved-symbols,ignore-in-object-files', language: 'c')