diff --git a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/OpenGl/Angle/AngleWin32EglDisplay.cs b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/OpenGl/Angle/AngleWin32EglDisplay.cs
index 9b23bc9aa8..afee6efd23 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/OpenGl/Angle/AngleWin32EglDisplay.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/OpenGl/Angle/AngleWin32EglDisplay.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Avalonia.Logging;
 using Avalonia.OpenGL;
 using Avalonia.OpenGL.Angle;
 using Avalonia.OpenGL.Egl;
@@ -95,19 +96,28 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32.OpenGl.Angle
                     if (adapters.Count == 0)
                         throw new OpenGlException("No adapters found");
 
-                    if (applyArmAdrenoBlacklist && adapters.Count > 1)
-                    {
-                        for (var c = adapters.Count - 1; c >= 0; c--)
-                            if (adapters[c].desc.Description?.Contains("adreno") == true)
-                            {
-                                adapters[c].adapter.Dispose();
-                                adapters.RemoveAt(c);
-                            }
-                    }
-
+                    // The Adreno blacklist (see #10405) now only moves the *default* selection away
+                    // from Adreno GPUs - it no longer hides adapters from the selection callback, so
+                    // an application can deliberately opt back into hardware acceleration.
                     var chosenAdapterIndex = 0;
                     if (selectionCallback != null)
+                    {
                         chosenAdapterIndex = selectionCallback(adapters.Select(a => a.desc).ToArray());
+                    }
+                    else if (applyArmAdrenoBlacklist && adapters.Count > 1)
+                    {
+                        var firstNonAdreno = adapters.FindIndex(a => a.desc.Description?.Contains("adreno") != true);
+                        if (firstNonAdreno > 0)
+                        {
+                            chosenAdapterIndex = firstNonAdreno;
+                            Logger.TryGet(LogEventLevel.Warning, "OpenGL")?.Log(null,
+                                "ARM64 Adreno GPU detected; the Adreno rendering blocklist is forcing a " +
+                                "fallback to '{FallbackAdapter}' (typically a software renderer). Set " +
+                                "Win32PlatformOptions.GraphicsAdapterSelectionCallback to choose an adapter " +
+                                "explicitly, or switch Win32PlatformOptions.RenderingMode to Vulkan or Wgl.",
+                                adapters[firstNonAdreno].desc.Description);
+                        }
+                    }
 
                     chosenAdapter = adapters[chosenAdapterIndex].adapter.CloneReference();