diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-kms-impl-device-atomic.c b/src/backends/native/meta-kms-impl-device-atomic.c
index 674a24902..e1adf20b3 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-kms-impl-device-atomic.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-kms-impl-device-atomic.c
@@ -1150,6 +1150,7 @@ is_atomic_allowed (const char *driver_name)
     "vmwgfx",
     "vboxvideo",
     "nvidia-drm",
+    "virtio_gpu",
     NULL,
   };