diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 372d859bda..364c16ba90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+## Improvements
+
+* Extend workaround for missing hardware accelerated convolution to more drivers (#1349)
+
 ## Bug fixes
 
 * Fix memory corruption that can happen when handling window property changes (#1350)
diff --git a/src/backend/xrender/xrender.c b/src/backend/xrender/xrender.c
index 738606d0a4..f6a1447e79 100644
--- a/src/backend/xrender/xrender.c
+++ b/src/backend/xrender/xrender.c
@@ -956,8 +956,9 @@ static backend_t *xrender_init(session_t *ps, xcb_window_t target) {
 	xd->back_image.pict = xd->vsync ? xd->back[xd->curr_back] : xd->target;
 
 	auto drivers = detect_driver(xd->base.c->c, &xd->base, xd->target_win);
-	if (drivers & DRIVER_MODESETTING) {
-		// I believe other xf86-video drivers have accelerated blur?
+	if (drivers & (DRIVER_MODESETTING | DRIVER_NVIDIA | DRIVER_NOUVEAU |
+	               DRIVER_AMDGPU | DRIVER_RADEON | DRIVER_FGLRX)) {
+		// I believe xf86-video-intel have accelerated convolution?
 		xd->quirks |= BACKEND_QUIRK_SLOW_BLUR;
 	}