diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp
index 6ba52b48..de4c293b 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ DrmRenderer::DrmRenderer()
       m_DrmFd(-1),
       m_SdlOwnsDrmFd(false),
       m_SupportsDirectRendering(false),
+      m_Main10Hdr(false),
       m_ConnectorId(0),
       m_EncoderId(0),
       m_CrtcId(0),
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ bool DrmRenderer::initialize(PDECODER_PARAMETERS params)
 {
     int i;
 
+    m_Main10Hdr = (params->videoFormat == VIDEO_FORMAT_H265_MAIN10);
+
 #if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 15)
     SDL_SysWMinfo info;
 
@@ -278,7 +281,7 @@ bool DrmRenderer::initialize(PDECODER_PARAMETERS params)
         if (plane != nullptr) {
             bool matchingFormat = false;
             for (uint32_t j = 0; j < plane->count_formats && !matchingFormat; j++) {
-                if (params->videoFormat == VIDEO_FORMAT_H265_MAIN10) {
+                if (m_Main10Hdr) {
                     switch (plane->formats[j]) {
                     case DRM_FORMAT_P010:
                     case DRM_FORMAT_P030:
@@ -567,6 +570,16 @@ bool DrmRenderer::canExportEGL() {
                     "Using direct rendering due to environment variable");
         return false;
     }
+    else if (qgetenv("DRM_FORCE_EGL") == "1") {
+        SDL_LogInfo(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
+                    "Using EGL rendering due to environment variable");
+        return true;
+    }
+    else if (m_SupportsDirectRendering && m_Main10Hdr) {
+        SDL_LogInfo(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
+                    "Using direct rendering for HDR support");
+        return false;
+    }
 
     SDL_LogInfo(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
                 "DRM backend supports exporting EGLImage");
diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.h b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.h
index a788e910..c79a743b 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.h
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/drm.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ private:
     int m_DrmFd;
     bool m_SdlOwnsDrmFd;
     bool m_SupportsDirectRendering;
+    bool m_Main10Hdr;
     uint32_t m_ConnectorId;
     uint32_t m_EncoderId;
     uint32_t m_CrtcId;