diff --git a/include/render/egl.h b/include/render/egl.h
index 2faad1b04..5a797e8c4 100644
--- a/include/render/egl.h
+++ b/include/render/egl.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ struct wlr_egl {
 		bool EXT_image_dma_buf_import;
 		bool EXT_image_dma_buf_import_modifiers;
 		bool IMG_context_priority;
+		bool EXT_image_implicit_sync_control;
 
 		// Device extensions
 		bool EXT_device_drm;
diff --git a/render/egl.c b/render/egl.c
index 6672cb1d1..9a8572cff 100644
--- a/render/egl.c
+++ b/render/egl.c
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ static bool egl_init_display(struct wlr_egl *egl, EGLDisplay *display) {
 	egl->exts.IMG_context_priority =
 		check_egl_ext(display_exts_str, "EGL_IMG_context_priority");
 
+	egl->exts.EXT_image_implicit_sync_control =
+		check_egl_ext(display_exts_str, "EGL_EXT_image_implicit_sync_control");
+
 	if (check_egl_ext(display_exts_str, "EGL_KHR_fence_sync") &&
 			check_egl_ext(display_exts_str, "EGL_ANDROID_native_fence_sync")) {
 		load_egl_proc(&egl->procs.eglCreateSyncKHR, "eglCreateSyncKHR");
@@ -684,6 +687,12 @@ EGLImageKHR wlr_egl_create_image_from_dmabuf(struct wlr_egl *egl,
 	attribs[atti++] = EGL_LINUX_DRM_FOURCC_EXT;
 	attribs[atti++] = attributes->format;
 
+	// TODO: switch on conditionally
+	if (egl->exts.EXT_image_implicit_sync_control) {
+		attribs[atti++] = EGL_IMPORT_SYNC_TYPE_EXT;
+		attribs[atti++] = EGL_IMPORT_EXPLICIT_SYNC_EXT;
+	}
+
 	struct {
 		EGLint fd;
 		EGLint offset;