diff --git a/frontend/main.c b/frontend/main.c
index 02c238485..730543748 100644
--- a/frontend/main.c
+++ b/frontend/main.c
@@ -4076,9 +4076,13 @@ load_drm_backend(struct weston_compositor *c, int *argc, char **argv,
 	weston_config_section_get_bool(section, "offload-blend-to-output",
 				       &offload_blend_to_output, false);
 
-	if (!c->color_manager && offload_blend_to_output)
+	if (!c->color_manager)
 		offload_blend_to_output = false;
 
+#if !CAN_OFFLOAD_COLOR_PIPELINE
+	offload_blend_to_output = false;
+#endif
+
 	config.offload_blend_to_output = offload_blend_to_output;
 
 	weston_config_section_get_string(section,