diff --git a/local/config/drivers.d/30-graphics.toml b/local/config/drivers.d/30-graphics.toml
index d0e8c43d23..5ef83c3944 100644
--- a/local/config/drivers.d/30-graphics.toml
+++ b/local/config/drivers.d/30-graphics.toml
@@ -44,3 +44,18 @@ command = ["/usr/bin/redox-drm"]
 vendor = 0x1002
 class = 0x03
 subclass = 0x00
+
+# VirtIO GPU (QEMU virtio-gpu / VirGL, e.g. 1AF4:1050 class 03) — bind redox-drm
+# at higher priority than the base virtio-gpud (@60) so the desktop path gets a
+# real /scheme/drm/card0 (redox-drm's built-in VirtIO KMS driver) instead of the
+# display.virtio-gpu VT-only scanout. Subclass is intentionally omitted:
+# QEMU reports virtio-gpu as class 0x03 subclass 0x80, not 0x00.
+[[driver]]
+name = "redox-drm"
+description = "VirtIO GPU display driver (VirGL/KMS)"
+priority = 61
+command = ["/usr/bin/redox-drm"]
+
+[[driver.match]]
+vendor = 0x1AF4
+class = 0x03