diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c
index f55b5f22ac6..80104b859d2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c
@@ -874,7 +874,9 @@ virgl_create_screen(struct virgl_winsys *vws, const struct pipe_screen_config *c
    fixup_formats(&screen->caps.caps, &screen->caps.caps.v2.scanout);
 
    union virgl_caps *caps = &screen->caps.caps;
-   screen->tweak_gles_emulate_bgra &= !virgl_format_check_bitmask(PIPE_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SRGB, caps->v1.render.bitmask, false);
+   bool may_emulate_bgra = (caps->v2.capability_bits & VIRGL_CAP_APP_TWEAK_SUPPORT);
+   screen->tweak_gles_emulate_bgra &= !virgl_format_check_bitmask(
+       PIPE_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SRGB, caps->v1.render.bitmask, may_emulate_bgra);
    screen->refcnt = 1;
 
    slab_create_parent(&screen->transfer_pool, sizeof(struct virgl_transfer), 16);