diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbnativeinterface.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbnativeinterface.cpp
index fa5f5f43d0..a44e7fb959 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbnativeinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbnativeinterface.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,25 @@ void *QXcbNativeInterface::nativeResourceForContext(const QByteArray &resourceSt
     return result;
 }
 
+void *QXcbNativeInterface::nativeResourceForScreen(const QByteArray &resource, QScreen *screen)
+{
+    const QXcbResourceMap::const_iterator it = qXcbResourceMap()->constFind(resource.toLower());
+    if (it == qXcbResourceMap()->constEnd() || !screen->handle())
+        return  0;
+    const QXcbScreen *xcbScreen = static_cast<QXcbScreen *>(screen->handle());
+    switch (it.value()) {
+    case Display:
+#ifdef XCB_USE_XLIB
+        return xcbScreen->connection()->xlib_display();
+#else
+        break;
+#endif
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 void *QXcbNativeInterface::nativeResourceForWindow(const QByteArray &resourceString, QWindow *window)
 {
     QByteArray lowerCaseResource = resourceString.toLower();
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbnativeinterface.h b/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbnativeinterface.h
index c15d00255a..a7e0a207cb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbnativeinterface.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/qxcbnativeinterface.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public:
     QXcbNativeInterface();
 
     void *nativeResourceForContext(const QByteArray &resourceString, QOpenGLContext *context);
+    void *nativeResourceForScreen(const QByteArray &resource, QScreen *screen);
     void *nativeResourceForWindow(const QByteArray &resourceString, QWindow *window);
 
     NativeResourceForContextFunction nativeResourceFunctionForContext(const QByteArray &resource);
diff --git a/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon_x11.cpp b/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon_x11.cpp
index 62dab8fa11..5fefa08f77 100644
--- a/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon_x11.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/util/qsystemtrayicon_x11.cpp
@@ -102,21 +102,14 @@ QX11SystemTrayContext::QX11SystemTrayContext() : m_display(0), m_screenNumber(0)
         qWarning("%s: No screen.", Q_FUNC_INFO);
         return;
     }
-    // Open display using screen name and retrieve screen number from "hostname:0.0"
-    const QByteArray name = screen->name().toLocal8Bit();
-    const int dotPos = name.lastIndexOf('.');
-    if (dotPos != -1) {
-        bool ok;
-        const int n = name.mid(dotPos + 1).toInt(&ok);
-        if (ok)
-            m_screenNumber = n;
-    }
-    m_display = XOpenDisplay(name.constData());
-    if (!m_display) {
-        qWarning("%s: Cannot open display '%s'.", Q_FUNC_INFO, name.constData());
+    void *displayV = QGuiApplication::platformNativeInterface()->nativeResourceForScreen(QByteArrayLiteral("display"), screen);
+    if (!displayV) {
+        qWarning("%s: Unable to obtain X11 display of primary screen.", Q_FUNC_INFO);
         return;
     }
 
+    m_display = static_cast<Display *>(displayV);
+
     const QByteArray netSysTray = "_NET_SYSTEM_TRAY_S" + QByteArray::number(m_screenNumber);
     m_systemTraySelection = XInternAtom(m_display, netSysTray.constData(), False);
     if (!m_systemTraySelection) {
@@ -134,8 +127,6 @@ Window QX11SystemTrayContext::locateSystemTray() const
 
 QX11SystemTrayContext::~QX11SystemTrayContext()
 {
-    if (m_display)
-        XCloseDisplay(m_display);
 }
 
 Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(QX11SystemTrayContext, qX11SystemTrayContext)