diff --git a/src/sna/sna_accel.c b/src/sna/sna_accel.c
index 6fd5fc46..f8bee58f 100644
--- a/src/sna/sna_accel.c
+++ b/src/sna/sna_accel.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #define FORCE_FLUSH 0
 
 #define USE_INPLACE 1
-#define USE_WIDE_SPANS 0 /* -1 force CPU, 1 force GPU */
+#define USE_WIDE_SPANS 1 /* -1 force CPU, 1 force GPU */
 #define USE_ZERO_SPANS 1 /* -1 force CPU, 1 force GPU */
 #define USE_BO_FOR_SCRATCH_PIXMAP 1