diff --git a/data/61-mutter.rules b/data/61-mutter.rules
index e2901a284..bfe63a8e9 100644
--- a/data/61-mutter.rules
+++ b/data/61-mutter.rules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DRIVERS=="i915", SUBSYSTEM=="drm", TAG+="mutter-device-disable-kms-modifiers"
 DRIVERS=="nouveau", SUBSYSTEM=="drm", TAG+="mutter-device-disable-kms-modifiers"
 DRIVERS=="amdgpu", SUBSYSTEM=="drm", TAG+="mutter-device-disable-kms-modifiers"
+DRIVER=="vkms", SUBSYSTEM=="platform", TAG+="mutter-device-ignore"
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
index f907acd96..0fcc00c91 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
@@ -468,6 +468,12 @@ on_udev_device_added (MetaUdev          *udev,
         }
     }
 
+  if (meta_is_udev_device_ignore (device))
+    {
+      g_message ("Ignoring DRM device '%s' (from udev rule)", device_path);
+      return;
+    }
+
   new_gpu_kms = create_gpu_from_udev_device (native, device, &error);
   if (!new_gpu_kms)
     {
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-udev.c b/src/backends/native/meta-udev.c
index de05e2e4e..9fd84e98b 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-udev.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-udev.c
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ meta_is_udev_device_disable_modifiers (GUdevDevice *device)
                                    "mutter-device-disable-kms-modifiers");
 }
 
+gboolean
+meta_is_udev_device_ignore (GUdevDevice *device)
+{
+  return meta_has_udev_device_tag (device, "mutter-device-ignore");
+}
+
 gboolean
 meta_is_udev_device_preferred_primary (GUdevDevice *device)
 {
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-udev.h b/src/backends/native/meta-udev.h
index 360e06213..7b179329e 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-udev.h
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-udev.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ gboolean meta_is_udev_device_boot_vga (GUdevDevice *device);
 
 gboolean meta_is_udev_device_disable_modifiers (GUdevDevice *device);
 
+gboolean meta_is_udev_device_ignore (GUdevDevice *device);
+
 gboolean meta_is_udev_device_preferred_primary (GUdevDevice *device);
 
 gboolean meta_udev_is_drm_device (MetaUdev    *udev,