diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native-types.h b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native-types.h
index a8c4dd544..c78d44ff8 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native-types.h
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native-types.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ typedef enum _MetaBackendNativeMode
 {
   META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_DEFAULT = 0,
   META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_HEADLESS,
+  META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_TEST,
 } MetaBackendNativeMode;
 
 #endif /* META_BACKEND_NATIVE_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
index be133b100..432d2c2aa 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
@@ -127,10 +127,19 @@ meta_backend_native_create_default_seat (MetaBackend  *backend,
                                          GError      **error)
 {
   MetaBackendNative *backend_native = META_BACKEND_NATIVE (backend);
-  const char *seat_id;
+  const char *seat_id = NULL;
   MetaSeatNativeFlag flags;
 
-  seat_id = meta_backend_native_get_seat_id (backend_native);
+  switch (backend_native->mode)
+    {
+    case META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_DEFAULT:
+    case META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_HEADLESS:
+      seat_id = meta_backend_native_get_seat_id (backend_native);
+      break;
+    case META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_TEST:
+      seat_id = META_BACKEND_TEST_INPUT_SEAT;
+      break;
+    }
 
   if (meta_backend_is_headless (backend))
     flags = META_SEAT_NATIVE_FLAG_NO_LIBINPUT;
@@ -379,6 +388,7 @@ meta_backend_native_get_seat_id (MetaBackendNative *backend_native)
   switch (backend_native->mode)
     {
     case META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_DEFAULT:
+    case META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_TEST:
       return meta_launcher_get_seat_id (backend_native->launcher);
     case META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_HEADLESS:
       return "seat0";
@@ -459,6 +469,21 @@ create_gpu_from_udev_device (MetaBackendNative  *native,
   return meta_gpu_kms_new (native, kms_device, error);
 }
 
+static gboolean
+should_ignore_device (MetaBackendNative *backend_native,
+                      GUdevDevice       *device)
+{
+  switch (backend_native->mode)
+    {
+    case META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_DEFAULT:
+    case META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_HEADLESS:
+      return meta_is_udev_device_ignore (device);
+    case META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_TEST:
+      return !meta_is_udev_test_device (device);
+    }
+  g_assert_not_reached ();
+}
+
 static void
 on_udev_device_added (MetaUdev          *udev,
                       GUdevDevice       *device,
@@ -488,9 +513,9 @@ on_udev_device_added (MetaUdev          *udev,
         }
     }
 
-  if (meta_is_udev_device_ignore (device))
+  if (should_ignore_device (native, device))
     {
-      g_message ("Ignoring DRM device '%s' (from udev rule)", device_path);
+      g_message ("Ignoring DRM device '%s'", device_path);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -524,9 +549,9 @@ init_gpus (MetaBackendNative  *native,
       MetaGpuKms *gpu_kms;
       GError *local_error = NULL;
 
-      if (meta_is_udev_device_ignore (device))
+      if (should_ignore_device (native, device))
         {
-          g_message ("Ignoring DRM device '%s' (from udev rule)",
+          g_message ("Ignoring DRM device '%s'",
                      g_udev_device_get_device_file (device));
           continue;
         }
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.h b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.h
index eac81acb0..fd867e5f7 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.h
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include "backends/native/meta-launcher.h"
 #include "backends/native/meta-udev.h"
 
+#define META_BACKEND_TEST_INPUT_SEAT "meta-test-seat0"
+
 #define META_TYPE_BACKEND_NATIVE (meta_backend_native_get_type ())
 META_EXPORT_TEST
 G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (MetaBackendNative, meta_backend_native,
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-udev.c b/src/backends/native/meta-udev.c
index 16c44dc13..0a9ed5fd1 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-udev.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-udev.c
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ meta_is_udev_device_ignore (GUdevDevice *device)
   return meta_has_udev_device_tag (device, "mutter-device-ignore");
 }
 
+gboolean
+meta_is_udev_test_device (GUdevDevice *device)
+{
+  return g_strcmp0 (g_udev_device_get_property (device, "ID_PATH"),
+                    "platform-vkms") == 0;
+}
+
 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 4d85c8f04..dfd6337a0 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-udev.h
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-udev.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ gboolean meta_is_udev_device_disable_modifiers (GUdevDevice *device);
 
 gboolean meta_is_udev_device_ignore (GUdevDevice *device);
 
+gboolean meta_is_udev_test_device (GUdevDevice *device);
+
 gboolean meta_is_udev_device_preferred_primary (GUdevDevice *device);
 
 gboolean meta_udev_is_drm_device (MetaUdev    *udev,
diff --git a/src/tests/meson.build b/src/tests/meson.build
index 3408d72b9..02460b5f3 100644
--- a/src/tests/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/meson.build
@@ -273,6 +273,17 @@ if have_native_tests
     install: have_installed_tests,
     install_dir: mutter_installed_tests_libexecdir,
   )
+
+  native_kms_render_tests = executable('mutter-native-kms-render',
+    sources: [
+      'native-kms-render.c',
+    ],
+    include_directories: tests_includes,
+    c_args: tests_c_args,
+    dependencies: libmutter_test_dep,
+    install: have_installed_tests,
+    install_dir: mutter_installed_tests_libexecdir,
+  )
 endif
 
 stacking_tests = [
@@ -380,4 +391,11 @@ if have_native_tests
     is_parallel: false,
     timeout: 60,
   )
+
+  test('native-kms-render', native_kms_render_tests,
+    suite: ['core', 'mutter/native/kms/render'],
+    env: test_env,
+    is_parallel: false,
+    timeout: 60,
+  )
 endif
diff --git a/src/tests/meta-context-test.c b/src/tests/meta-context-test.c
index 95a40de25..c07a66b7b 100644
--- a/src/tests/meta-context-test.c
+++ b/src/tests/meta-context-test.c
@@ -162,6 +162,17 @@ create_headless_backend (MetaContext  *context,
                          "mode", META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_HEADLESS,
                          NULL);
 }
+
+static MetaBackend *
+create_native_backend (MetaContext  *context,
+                       GError      **error)
+{
+  return g_initable_new (META_TYPE_BACKEND_NATIVE,
+                         NULL, error,
+                         "context", context,
+                         "mode", META_BACKEND_NATIVE_MODE_TEST,
+                         NULL);
+}
 #endif /* HAVE_NATIVE_BACKEND */
 
 static MetaBackend *
@@ -179,6 +190,8 @@ meta_context_test_create_backend (MetaContext  *context,
 #ifdef HAVE_NATIVE_BACKEND
     case META_CONTEXT_TEST_TYPE_HEADLESS:
       return create_headless_backend (context, error);
+    case META_CONTEXT_TEST_TYPE_VKMS:
+      return create_native_backend (context, error);
 #endif /* HAVE_NATIVE_BACKEND */
     }
 
@@ -233,8 +246,22 @@ meta_context_test_run_tests (MetaContextTest  *context_test,
 
   if (!meta_context_setup (context, &error))
     {
-      g_printerr ("Test case failed to start: %s\n", error->message);
-      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+      if ((flags & META_TEST_RUN_FLAG_CAN_SKIP) &&
+          ((g_error_matches (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND) &&
+            strstr (error->message, "No GPUs found")) ||
+           (g_error_matches (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_DBUS_ERROR) &&
+            strstr (error->message, "Could not take control")) ||
+           (g_error_matches (error, G_DBUS_ERROR, G_DBUS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_METHOD) &&
+            strstr (error->message, "Could not take control"))))
+        {
+          g_printerr ("Test skipped: %s\n", error->message);
+          return 77;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          g_printerr ("Test case failed to setup: %s\n", error->message);
+          return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
     }
 
   if (!meta_context_start (context, &error))
diff --git a/src/tests/meta-test/meta-context-test.h b/src/tests/meta-test/meta-context-test.h
index 70ce66956..9217ec20c 100644
--- a/src/tests/meta-test/meta-context-test.h
+++ b/src/tests/meta-test/meta-context-test.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 typedef enum _MetaContextTestType
 {
   META_CONTEXT_TEST_TYPE_HEADLESS,
+  META_CONTEXT_TEST_TYPE_VKMS,
   META_CONTEXT_TEST_TYPE_NESTED,
 } MetaContextTestType;
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ typedef enum _MetaContextTestFlag
 typedef enum _MetaTestRunFlags
 {
   META_TEST_RUN_FLAG_NONE = 0,
+  META_TEST_RUN_FLAG_CAN_SKIP = 1 << 0,
 } MetaTestRunFlags;
 
 #define META_TYPE_CONTEXT_TEST (meta_context_test_get_type ())
diff --git a/src/tests/native-kms-render.c b/src/tests/native-kms-render.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25295f594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/native-kms-render.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "meta/meta-backend.h"
+#include "meta-test/meta-context-test.h"
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  int number_of_frames_left;
+  GMainLoop *loop;
+} KmsRenderingTest;
+
+static void
+on_after_update (ClutterStage     *stage,
+                 ClutterStageView *stage_view,
+                 KmsRenderingTest *test)
+{
+  test->number_of_frames_left--;
+  if (test->number_of_frames_left == 0)
+    g_main_loop_quit (test->loop);
+  else
+    clutter_actor_queue_redraw (CLUTTER_ACTOR (stage));
+}
+
+static void
+meta_test_kms_render_basic (void)
+{
+  MetaBackend *backend = meta_get_backend ();
+  ClutterActor *stage = meta_backend_get_stage (backend);
+  KmsRenderingTest test;
+
+  test = (KmsRenderingTest) {
+    .number_of_frames_left = 10,
+    .loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE),
+  };
+  g_signal_connect (stage, "after-update", G_CALLBACK (on_after_update), &test);
+
+  clutter_actor_queue_redraw (CLUTTER_ACTOR (stage));
+  g_main_loop_run (test.loop);
+  g_main_loop_unref (test.loop);
+
+  g_assert_cmpint (test.number_of_frames_left, ==, 0);
+}
+
+static void
+init_tests (void)
+{
+  g_test_add_func ("/backends/native/kms/render/basic",
+                   meta_test_kms_render_basic);
+}
+
+int
+main (int    argc,
+      char **argv)
+{
+  g_autoptr (MetaContext) context = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (GError) error = NULL;
+
+  context = meta_create_test_context (META_CONTEXT_TEST_TYPE_VKMS,
+                                      META_CONTEXT_TEST_FLAG_NO_X11);
+  g_assert (meta_context_configure (context, &argc, &argv, NULL));
+
+  init_tests ();
+
+  return meta_context_test_run_tests (META_CONTEXT_TEST (context),
+                                      META_TEST_RUN_FLAG_CAN_SKIP);
+}