diff --git a/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/abstract_egl_backend.cpp b/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/abstract_egl_backend.cpp
--- a/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/abstract_egl_backend.cpp
+++ b/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/abstract_egl_backend.cpp
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@
         if (useBufferAge != "0")
             setSupportsBufferAge(true);
     }
+
+    setSupportsPartialUpdate(hasExtension(QByteArrayLiteral("EGL_KHR_partial_update")));
 }
 
 void AbstractEglBackend::initWayland()
diff --git a/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/backend.h b/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/backend.h
--- a/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/backend.h
+++ b/platformsupport/scenes/opengl/backend.h
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@
         return m_haveBufferAge;
     }
 
+    bool supportsPartialUpdate() const {
+        return m_havePartialUpdate;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @returns whether the context is surfaceless
      */
@@ -248,6 +252,10 @@
         m_haveBufferAge = value;
     }
 
+    void setSupportsPartialUpdate(bool value) {
+        m_havePartialUpdate = value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return const QRegion& Damage of previously rendered frame
      */
@@ -299,6 +307,10 @@
      * @brief Whether the backend supports GLX_EXT_buffer_age / EGL_EXT_buffer_age.
      */
     bool m_haveBufferAge;
+    /**
+     * @brief Whether the backend supports EGL_KHR_partial_update
+     */
+    bool m_havePartialUpdate;
     /**
      * @brief Whether the initialization failed, of course default to @c false.
      */
diff --git a/plugins/platforms/drm/egl_gbm_backend.cpp b/plugins/platforms/drm/egl_gbm_backend.cpp
--- a/plugins/platforms/drm/egl_gbm_backend.cpp
+++ b/plugins/platforms/drm/egl_gbm_backend.cpp
@@ -502,6 +502,25 @@
             region = output.output->geometry();
         }
 
+        if (output.bufferAge > 0 && supportsPartialUpdate()) {
+//             https://www.khronos.org/registry/EGL/extensions/KHR/EGL_KHR_partial_update.txt
+            QVector<EGLint> rects;
+            rects.reserve(region.rectCount() * 4);
+            const QRect v = output.output->geometry();
+            for (const auto &rect : region) {
+                rects << rect.left();
+                rects << rect.right();
+                rects << v.height() - rect.top();
+                rects << v.height() - rect.bottom();
+            }
+
+            bool correct = rects.isEmpty()
+                         || eglSetDamageRegionKHR(eglDisplay(), output.eglSurface,
+                                                  rects.data(), rects.count()/4);
+            if (!correct) {
+                qCritical() << "failed eglSetDamageRegionKHR" << eglGetError();
+            }
+        }
         return region;
     }
     return QRegion();