diff --git a/Modules/opengl/opengl.cpp b/Modules/opengl/opengl.cpp
--- a/Modules/opengl/opengl.cpp
+++ b/Modules/opengl/opengl.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@
 #include <GL/glx.h>
 #endif
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#endif
+
 K_PLUGIN_FACTORY(KCMOpenGLFactory,
     registerPlugin<KCMOpenGL>();
 )
@@ -178,51 +184,89 @@
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
 
+static QString get_sysfs_link_name(const QString& path)
+{
+    const QString target = QFileInfo(path).symLinkTarget();
+
+    const int index = target.lastIndexOf(QChar('/'));
+    if (index == -1)
+        return QString();
+
+    return target.mid(index + 1);
+}
+
+static bool get_drm_device_sysfs()
+{
+    struct stat fileInfo;
+    if (::stat("/dev/dri/card0", &fileInfo) != 0)
+        return false;
+    if ((fileInfo.st_mode & S_IFCHR) != S_IFCHR)
+        return false;
+
+    const uint16_t devMajor = major(fileInfo.st_rdev);
+    const uint16_t devMinor = minor(fileInfo.st_rdev);
+    QString sysPath = QStringLiteral("/sys/dev/char/%1:%2/device").arg(devMajor).arg(devMinor);
+
+    dri_info.pci = get_sysfs_link_name(sysPath);
+    dri_info.module = get_sysfs_link_name(sysPath + QStringLiteral("/driver"));
+
+    return (dri_info.pci.size() && dri_info.module.size());
+}
+
 #define INFO_DRI QStringLiteral("/proc/dri/0/name")
 
-static bool get_dri_device()
+static bool get_dri_device_proc()
 {
     QFile file;
     file.setFileName(INFO_DRI);
     if (!file.exists() || !file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
-	return false;
+        return false;
 
     QTextStream stream(&file);
     QString line = stream.readLine();
-    if (!line.isEmpty()) {
-	dri_info.module = line.mid(0, line.indexOf(0x20));
-
-	// possible formats, for regression testing
-	// line = " PCI:01:00:0";
-	// line = " pci:0000:01:00.0"
-	QRegExp rx = QRegExp("\\b[Pp][Cc][Ii][:]([0-9a-fA-F]+[:])?([0-9a-fA-F]+[:][0-9a-fA-F]+[:.][0-9a-fA-F]+)\\b");
-	if (rx.indexIn(line)>0)	 {
-		dri_info.pci = rx.cap(2);
-		int end = dri_info.pci.lastIndexOf(':');
-		int end2 = dri_info.pci.lastIndexOf('.');
-		if (end2>end) end=end2;
-		dri_info.pci[end]='.';
-
-		QString cmd = QStringLiteral("lspci -m -v -s ") + dri_info.pci;
-		QStringList pci_info;
-		int num;
-		if (((num = ReadPipe(cmd, pci_info)) ||
-		(num = ReadPipe("/sbin/"+cmd, pci_info)) ||
-		(num = ReadPipe("/usr/sbin/"+cmd, pci_info)) ||
-		(num = ReadPipe("/usr/local/sbin/"+cmd, pci_info))) && num>=7) {
-			for (int i=2; i<=6; i++) {
-				line = pci_info[i];
-				line.remove(QRegExp("[^:]*:[ ]*"));
-				switch (i){
-					case 2: dri_info.vendor = line;    break;
-					case 3: dri_info.device = line;    break;
-					case 4: dri_info.subvendor = line; break;
-					case 6: dri_info.rev = line;       break;
-				}
-			}
-			return true;
-		}
-	}
+    if (line.isEmpty())
+        return false;
+    dri_info.module = line.mid(0, line.indexOf(0x20));
+
+    // possible formats, for regression testing
+    // line = " PCI:01:00:0";
+    // line = " pci:0000:01:00.0"
+    QRegExp rx = QRegExp("\\b[Pp][Cc][Ii][:]([0-9a-fA-F]+[:])?([0-9a-fA-F]+[:][0-9a-fA-F]+[:.][0-9a-fA-F]+)\\b");
+    if (rx.indexIn(line)>0)	 {
+        dri_info.pci = rx.cap(2);
+        int end = dri_info.pci.lastIndexOf(':');
+        int end2 = dri_info.pci.lastIndexOf('.');
+        if (end2>end) end=end2;
+        dri_info.pci[end]='.';
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+static bool get_dri_device()
+{
+    if (!get_drm_device_sysfs() && !get_dri_device_proc())
+        return false;
+
+    QString cmd = QStringLiteral("lspci -m -v -s ") + dri_info.pci;
+    QStringList pci_info;
+    int num;
+    if (((num = ReadPipe(cmd, pci_info)) ||
+    (num = ReadPipe("/sbin/"+cmd, pci_info)) ||
+    (num = ReadPipe("/usr/sbin/"+cmd, pci_info)) ||
+    (num = ReadPipe("/usr/local/sbin/"+cmd, pci_info))) && num>=7) {
+        QString line;
+        for (int i=2; i<=6; i++) {
+            line = pci_info[i];
+            line.remove(QRegExp("[^:]*:[ ]*"));
+            switch (i){
+                case 2: dri_info.vendor = line;    break;
+                case 3: dri_info.device = line;    break;
+                case 4: dri_info.subvendor = line; break;
+                case 6: dri_info.rev = line;       break;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 
     return false;
@@ -958,6 +1002,7 @@
     }
 
     if (isWayland) {
+        IsDirect = true;
         l1->setText(0, i18n("Name of the Display"));
         l1->setText(1, qgetenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY"));
         l1->setExpanded(true);