diff --git a/platform/x11/os_x11.cpp b/platform/x11/os_x11.cpp
index 9d5f38cea2d..8db4635d68c 100644
--- a/platform/x11/os_x11.cpp
+++ b/platform/x11/os_x11.cpp
@@ -243,8 +243,37 @@ Error OS_X11::initialize(const VideoMode &p_desired, int p_video_driver, int p_a
 // maybe contextgl wants to be in charge of creating the window
 #if defined(OPENGL_ENABLED)
 	if (getenv("DRI_PRIME") == NULL) {
-		print_verbose("Detecting GPUs, set DRI_PRIME in the environment to override GPU detection logic.");
-		int use_prime = detect_prime();
+		int use_prime = -1;
+
+		if (getenv("PRIMUS_DISPLAY") ||
+				getenv("PRIMUS_libGLd") ||
+				getenv("PRIMUS_libGLa") ||
+				getenv("PRIMUS_libGL") ||
+				getenv("PRIMUS_LOAD_GLOBAL") ||
+				getenv("BUMBLEBEE_SOCKET")) {
+
+			print_verbose("Optirun/primusrun detected. Skipping GPU detection");
+			use_prime = 0;
+		}
+
+		if (getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH")) {
+			String ld_library_path(getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH"));
+			Vector<String> libraries = ld_library_path.split(":");
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < libraries.size(); ++i) {
+				if (FileAccess::exists(libraries[i] + "/libGL.so.1") ||
+						FileAccess::exists(libraries[i] + "/libGL.so")) {
+
+					print_verbose("Custom libGL override detected. Skipping GPU detection");
+					use_prime = 0;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (use_prime == -1) {
+			print_verbose("Detecting GPUs, set DRI_PRIME in the environment to override GPU detection logic.");
+			use_prime = detect_prime();
+		}
 
 		if (use_prime) {
 			print_line("Found discrete GPU, setting DRI_PRIME=1 to use it.");