diff --git a/render/egl.c b/render/egl.c
index 8a1e6dae..d0e6adb6 100644
--- a/render/egl.c
+++ b/render/egl.c
@@ -508,8 +508,43 @@ static int open_render_node(int drm_fd) {
 		}
 		wlr_log(WLR_DEBUG, "DRM device '%s' has no render node, "
 			"falling back to primary node", render_name);
+
+		drmVersion *render_version = drmGetVersion(drm_fd);
+		if (render_version != NULL && render_version->name != NULL) {
+			wlr_log(WLR_DEBUG, "DRM device version.name '%s'", render_version->name);
+			if (strcmp(render_version->name, "evdi") == 0) {
+				free(render_name);
+
+				uint32_t flags = 0;
+				const int devices_len = drmGetDevices2(flags, NULL, 0);
+				if (devices_len < 0) {
+					wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "drmGetDevices2 failed: %s", strerror(-devices_len));
+					return -1;
+				}
+
+				const char *render_devices[] = {
+					"/dev/dri/card0",
+					"/dev/dri/card1",
+					"/dev/dri/card2",
+					"/dev/dri/card3",
+					"/dev/dri/card4",
+					"/dev/dri/card5",
+					"/dev/dri/card6",
+					"/dev/dri/card7",
+					"/dev/dri/card8",
+					"/dev/dri/card9",
+					NULL
+				};
+
+				render_name = malloc(sizeof(char)*15);
+				render_name = strcpy(render_name, render_devices[env_parse_switch("WLR_EVDI_RENDER_DEVICE", render_devices)]);
+			}
+			drmFreeVersion(render_version);
+		}
 	}

+	wlr_log(WLR_DEBUG, "open_render_node() DRM device '%s'", render_name);
+
 	int render_fd = open(render_name, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (render_fd < 0) {
 		wlr_log_errno(WLR_ERROR, "Failed to open DRM node '%s'", render_name);