diff --git a/glamor/glamor_egl.c b/glamor/glamor_egl.c
index df278b1a1..9b930d603 100644
--- a/glamor/glamor_egl.c
+++ b/glamor/glamor_egl.c
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ Bool
 glamor_egl_init(ScrnInfoPtr scrn, int fd)
 {
     struct glamor_egl_screen_private *glamor_egl;
+    const GLubyte *renderer;
 
     glamor_egl = calloc(sizeof(*glamor_egl), 1);
     if (glamor_egl == NULL)
@@ -992,6 +993,14 @@ glamor_egl_init(ScrnInfoPtr scrn, int fd)
                    "Failed to make EGL context current\n");
         goto error;
     }
+
+    renderer = glGetString(GL_RENDERER);
+    if (strstr((const char *)renderer, "llvmpipe")) {
+        xf86DrvMsg(scrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO,
+                   "Refusing to try glamor on llvmpipe\n");
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     /*
      * Force the next glamor_make_current call to set the right context
      * (in case of multiple GPUs using glamor)
@@ -1005,7 +1014,7 @@ glamor_egl_init(ScrnInfoPtr scrn, int fd)
     }
 
     xf86DrvMsg(scrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, "glamor X acceleration enabled on %s\n",
-               glGetString(GL_RENDERER));
+               renderer);
 
 #ifdef GBM_BO_WITH_MODIFIERS
     if (epoxy_has_egl_extension(glamor_egl->display,
diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor-gbm.c b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor-gbm.c
index 06fcf5239..25a354bf7 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor-gbm.c
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-glamor-gbm.c
@@ -843,6 +843,11 @@ xwl_glamor_gbm_init_egl(struct xwl_screen *xwl_screen)
         goto error;
     }
 
+    if (strstr((const char *)glGetString(GL_RENDERER), "llvmpipe")) {
+        ErrorF("Refusing to try glamor on llvmpipe\n");
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     if (!epoxy_has_gl_extension("GL_OES_EGL_image")) {
         ErrorF("GL_OES_EGL_image not available\n");
         goto error;