diff --git a/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmopengles.c b/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmopengles.c
index 529eeea..0053e52 100644
--- a/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmopengles.c
+++ b/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmopengles.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
        to do so, so even if we don't block on EGL, the flip will have completed
        when we get here again. */
 
-    if (_this->egl_data->egl_swapinterval == 0) {
+    if (_this->egl_data->egl_swapinterval == 0 && viddata->async_pageflip_support) {
         flip_flags |= DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.c b/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.c
index 78ed3b2..b5fc16c 100644
--- a/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.c
+++ b/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.c
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@
     SDL_VideoData *viddata = ((SDL_VideoData *)_this->driverdata);
     drmModeRes *resources = NULL;
 
+    uint64_t async_pageflip = 0;
     int ret = 0;
     int i;
 
@@ -705,6 +706,13 @@
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
+    /* Determine if video hardware supports async pageflips. */
+    ret = KMSDRM_drmGetCap(viddata->drm_fd, DRM_CAP_ASYNC_PAGE_FLIP, &async_pageflip);
+    if (ret) {
+        SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_VIDEO, "Could not determine async page flip capability.");
+    }
+    viddata->async_pageflip_support = async_pageflip ? SDL_TRUE : SDL_FALSE;
+
     /***********************************/
     /* Block for Vulkan compatibility. */
     /***********************************/
diff --git a/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.h b/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.h
index 29cfc18..31df3b9 100644
--- a/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.h
+++ b/src/video/kmsdrm/SDL_kmsdrmvideo.h
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
 
     struct gbm_device *gbm_dev;
 
-    SDL_bool video_init;        /* Has VideoInit succeeded? */
-    SDL_bool vulkan_mode;       /* Are we in Vulkan mode? One VK window is enough to be. */
+    SDL_bool video_init;             /* Has VideoInit succeeded? */
+    SDL_bool vulkan_mode;            /* Are we in Vulkan mode? One VK window is enough to be. */
+    SDL_bool async_pageflip_support; /* Does the hardware support async. pageflips? */ 
 
     SDL_Window **windows;
     int max_windows;