diff --git a/src/backend/driver.c b/src/backend/driver.c
index f17743a4..a70384e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/driver.c
+++ b/src/backend/driver.c
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ void apply_driver_workarounds(struct session *ps, enum driver driver) {
 }
 
 enum vblank_scheduler_type choose_vblank_scheduler(enum driver driver) {
+	enum vblank_scheduler_type type = VBLANK_SCHEDULER_PRESENT;
+#ifdef CONFIG_OPENGL
 	if (driver & DRIVER_NVIDIA) {
-		return VBLANK_SCHEDULER_SGI_VIDEO_SYNC;
+		type = VBLANK_SCHEDULER_SGI_VIDEO_SYNC;
 	}
-	return VBLANK_SCHEDULER_PRESENT;
+#endif
+	return type;
 }
 
 enum driver detect_driver(xcb_connection_t *c, backend_t *backend_data, xcb_window_t window) {