diff --git a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32GlManager.cs b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32GlManager.cs
index 0376a41f8c..2a3f4a3384 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32GlManager.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32GlManager.cs
@@ -24,9 +24,23 @@ namespace Avalonia.Win32
                 {
                     var egl = EglPlatformOpenGlInterface.TryCreate(() => new AngleWin32EglDisplay());
 
-                    if (egl != null && opts.UseWindowsUIComposition)
+                    if (egl != null)
                     {
-                        WinUICompositorConnection.TryCreateAndRegister(egl, opts.CompositionBackdropCornerRadius);
+                        if (opts.EglRendererBlacklist != null)
+                        {
+                            foreach (var item in opts.EglRendererBlacklist)
+                            {
+                                if (egl.PrimaryEglContext.GlInterface.Renderer.Contains(item))
+                                {
+                                    return null;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        
+                        if (opts.UseWindowsUIComposition)
+                        {
+                            WinUICompositorConnection.TryCreateAndRegister(egl, opts.CompositionBackdropCornerRadius);
+                        }
                     }
 
                     return egl;
diff --git a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
index 2947493c41..2ed7282834 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Avalonia.Win32/Win32Platform.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ namespace Avalonia
         /// GPU rendering will not be enabled if this is set to false.
         /// </remarks>
         public bool? AllowEglInitialization { get; set; }
+        
+        public IList<string> EglRendererBlacklist { get; set; } = new List<string>
+        {
+            "Microsoft Basic Renderer"
+        };
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Enables multitouch support. The default value is true.