diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/vaapi.cpp b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/vaapi.cpp
index 9c4843c6..37fb1b41 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/vaapi.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/vaapi.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@ VAAPIRenderer::initialize(PDECODER_PARAMETERS params)
     int major, minor;
     VAStatus status;
     status = vaInitialize(vaDeviceContext->display, &major, &minor);
+    if (status != VA_STATUS_SUCCESS && qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME")) {
+        // The Iris driver in Mesa 20.0 returns a bogus VA driver (iris_drv_video.so)
+        // even though the correct driver is still i965. If we hit this path, we'll
+        // explicitly try i965 to handle this case.
+        vaSetDriverName(vaDeviceContext->display, const_cast<char*>("i965"));
+        SDL_LogInfo(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
+                    "Attempting fallback to i965 VA driver");
+        status = vaInitialize(vaDeviceContext->display, &major, &minor);
+    }
     if (status != VA_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
         SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
                      "Failed to initialize VAAPI: %d",