diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native-private.h b/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native-private.h
index 997fe6f69..2d3fe1971 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native-private.h
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native-private.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ typedef struct _MetaRendererNativeGpuData
   struct {
     MetaSharedFramebufferCopyMode copy_mode;
     gboolean has_EGL_EXT_image_dma_buf_import_modifiers;
+    gboolean needs_explicit_sync;
 
     /* For GPU blit mode */
     EGLContext egl_context;
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.c b/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.c
index 5ffbafb58..e150ba260 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-renderer-native.c
@@ -1806,6 +1806,7 @@ init_secondary_gpu_data_gpu (MetaRendererNativeGpuData *renderer_gpu_data,
   CoglContext *cogl_context;
   CoglDisplay *cogl_display;
   const char **missing_gl_extensions;
+  const char *egl_vendor;
 
   egl_display = meta_render_device_get_egl_display (render_device);
   if (egl_display == EGL_NO_DISPLAY)
@@ -1872,6 +1873,11 @@ init_secondary_gpu_data_gpu (MetaRendererNativeGpuData *renderer_gpu_data,
     meta_egl_has_extensions (egl, egl_display, NULL,
                              "EGL_EXT_image_dma_buf_import_modifiers",
                              NULL);
+
+  egl_vendor = meta_egl_query_string (egl, egl_display, EGL_VENDOR);
+  if (!g_strcmp0 (egl_vendor, "NVIDIA"))
+    renderer_gpu_data->secondary.needs_explicit_sync = TRUE;
+
   ret = TRUE;
 out:
   maybe_restore_cogl_egl_api (renderer_native);