diff --git a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AndroidPlatform.cs b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AndroidPlatform.cs
index d5d5f211e9..6ea067d8b7 100644
--- a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AndroidPlatform.cs
+++ b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AndroidPlatform.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Avalonia.Android;
 using Avalonia.Android.Platform;
@@ -22,6 +24,36 @@ namespace Avalonia
                 .UseSkia();
         }
     }
+
+    public enum AndroidRenderingMode
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Avalonia is rendered into a framebuffer.
+        /// </summary>
+        Software = 1,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Enables android EGL rendering.
+        /// </summary>
+        Egl = 2
+    }
+
+    public sealed class AndroidPlatformOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets Avalonia rendering modes with fallbacks.
+        /// The first element in the array has the highest priority.
+        /// The default value is: <see cref="AndroidRenderingMode.Egl"/>, <see cref="AndroidRenderingMode.Software"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// If application should work on as wide range of devices as possible, at least add <see cref="AndroidRenderingMode.Software"/> as a fallback value.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <exception cref="System.InvalidOperationException">Thrown if no values were matched.</exception>
+        public IReadOnlyList<AndroidRenderingMode> RenderingMode { get; set; } = new[]
+        {
+            AndroidRenderingMode.Egl, AndroidRenderingMode.Software
+        };
+    }
 }
 
 namespace Avalonia.Android
@@ -47,18 +79,39 @@ namespace Avalonia.Android
                 .Bind<IRenderTimer>().ToConstant(new ChoreographerTimer())
                 .Bind<PlatformHotkeyConfiguration>().ToSingleton<PlatformHotkeyConfiguration>();
 
-            if (Options.UseGpu)
+            var graphics = InitializeGraphics(Options);
+            if (graphics is not null)
             {
-                EglPlatformGraphics.TryInitialize();
+                AvaloniaLocator.CurrentMutable.Bind<IPlatformGraphics>().ToConstant(graphics);
             }
-            
-            Compositor = new Compositor(AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IPlatformGraphics>());
+
+            Compositor = new Compositor(graphics);
         }
-    }
+        
+        private static IPlatformGraphics InitializeGraphics(AndroidPlatformOptions opts)
+        {
+            if (opts.RenderingMode is null || !opts.RenderingMode.Any())
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"{nameof(AndroidPlatformOptions)}.{nameof(AndroidPlatformOptions.RenderingMode)} must not be empty or null");
+            }
 
-    public sealed class AndroidPlatformOptions
-    {
-        public bool UseDeferredRendering { get; set; } = false;
-        public bool UseGpu { get; set; } = true;
+            foreach (var renderingMode in opts.RenderingMode)
+            {
+                if (renderingMode == AndroidRenderingMode.Software)
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                if (renderingMode == AndroidRenderingMode.Egl)
+                {
+                    if (EglPlatformGraphics.TryCreate() is { } egl)
+                    {
+                        return egl;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"{nameof(AndroidPlatformOptions)}.{nameof(AndroidPlatformOptions.RenderingMode)} has a value of \"{string.Join(", ", opts.RenderingMode)}\", but no options were applied.");
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.OpenGL/Egl/EglPlatformGraphics.cs b/src/Avalonia.OpenGL/Egl/EglPlatformGraphics.cs
index 07e304febe..cf81999095 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.OpenGL/Egl/EglPlatformGraphics.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.OpenGL/Egl/EglPlatformGraphics.cs
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.OpenGL.Egl
             _display = display;
         }
         
-        public static void TryInitialize()
-        {
-            var feature = TryCreate();
-            if (feature != null)
-                AvaloniaLocator.CurrentMutable.Bind<IPlatformGraphics>().ToConstant(feature);
-        }
-        
         public static EglPlatformGraphics? TryCreate() => TryCreate(() => new EglDisplay(new EglDisplayCreationOptions
         {
             Egl = new EglInterface(),
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.X11/Glx/GlxPlatformFeature.cs b/src/Avalonia.X11/Glx/GlxPlatformFeature.cs
index 06766e0963..58336522c1 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.X11/Glx/GlxPlatformFeature.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.X11/Glx/GlxPlatformFeature.cs
@@ -15,18 +15,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.X11.Glx
         IPlatformGraphicsContext IPlatformGraphics.CreateContext() => Display.CreateContext();
 
         public IPlatformGraphicsContext GetSharedContext() => throw new NotSupportedException();
-
-        public static bool TryInitialize(X11Info x11, IList<GlVersion> glProfiles)
-        {
-            var feature = TryCreate(x11, glProfiles);
-            if (feature != null)
-            {
-                AvaloniaLocator.CurrentMutable.Bind<IPlatformGraphics>().ToConstant(feature);
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            return false;
-        }
         
         public static GlxPlatformGraphics TryCreate(X11Info x11, IList<GlVersion> glProfiles)
         {
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Platform.cs b/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Platform.cs
index a880e4ba1a..7324481aaa 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Platform.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Platform.cs
@@ -93,17 +93,13 @@ namespace Avalonia.X11
                     XI2 = xi2;
             }
 
-            if (options.UseGpu)
+            var graphics = InitializeGraphics(options, Info);
+            if (graphics is not null)
             {
-                if (options.UseEGL)
-                    EglPlatformGraphics.TryInitialize();
-                else
-                    GlxPlatformGraphics.TryInitialize(Info, Options.GlProfiles);
+                AvaloniaLocator.CurrentMutable.Bind<IPlatformGraphics>().ToConstant(graphics);
             }
 
-            var gl = AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IPlatformGraphics>();
-
-            Compositor = new Compositor(gl);
+            Compositor = new Compositor(graphics);
         }
 
         public IntPtr DeferredDisplay { get; set; }
@@ -185,25 +181,81 @@ namespace Avalonia.X11
             
             return false;
         }
+        
+        private static IPlatformGraphics InitializeGraphics(X11PlatformOptions opts, X11Info info)
+        {
+            if (opts.RenderingMode is null || !opts.RenderingMode.Any())
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"{nameof(X11PlatformOptions)}.{nameof(X11PlatformOptions.RenderingMode)} must not be empty or null");
+            }
+
+            foreach (var renderingMode in opts.RenderingMode)
+            {
+                if (renderingMode == X11RenderingMode.Software)
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                
+                if (renderingMode == X11RenderingMode.Glx)
+                {
+                    if (GlxPlatformGraphics.TryCreate(info, opts.GlProfiles) is { } glx)
+                    {
+                        return glx;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (renderingMode == X11RenderingMode.Egl)
+                {
+                    if (EglPlatformGraphics.TryCreate() is { } egl)
+                    {
+                        return egl;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"{nameof(X11PlatformOptions)}.{nameof(X11PlatformOptions.RenderingMode)} has a value of \"{string.Join(", ", opts.RenderingMode)}\", but no options were applied.");
+        }
     }
 }
 
 namespace Avalonia
 {
+    public enum X11RenderingMode
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Avalonia is rendered into a framebuffer.
+        /// </summary>
+        Software = 1,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Enables Glx rendering.
+        /// </summary>
+        Glx = 2,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Enables native Linux EGL rendering.
+        /// </summary>
+        Egl = 3
+    }
+    
     /// <summary>
     /// Platform-specific options which apply to Linux.
     /// </summary>
     public class X11PlatformOptions
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Enables native Linux EGL when set to true. The default value is false.
+        /// Gets or sets Avalonia rendering modes with fallbacks.
+        /// The first element in the array has the highest priority.
+        /// The default value is: <see cref="X11RenderingMode.Glx"/>, <see cref="X11RenderingMode.Software"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool UseEGL { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Determines whether to use GPU for rendering in your project. The default value is true.
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool UseGpu { get; set; } = true;
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// If application should work on as wide range of devices as possible, at least add <see cref="X11RenderingMode.Software"/> as a fallback value.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <exception cref="System.InvalidOperationException">Thrown if no values were matched.</exception>
+        public IReadOnlyList<X11RenderingMode> RenderingMode { get; set; } = new[]
+        {
+            X11RenderingMode.Glx, X11RenderingMode.Software
+        };
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Embeds popups to the window when set to true. The default value is false.
diff --git a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32PlatformOptions.cs b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32PlatformOptions.cs
index 9eeb36b7d1..f4765a558f 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32PlatformOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32PlatformOptions.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public enum Win32RenderingMode
     /// <summary>
     /// Avalonia would try to use native Widows OpenGL with GPU rendering.
     /// </summary>
-    Wgl
+    Wgl = 3
 }
 
 public enum Win32CompositionMode