diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c
index fe3315a9c4..7a7d5c3887 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ static const OptionInfoRec Options[] = {
     {OPTION_VARIABLE_REFRESH, "VariableRefresh", OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE},
     {OPTION_USE_GAMMA_LUT, "UseGammaLUT", OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE},
     {OPTION_ASYNC_FLIP_SECONDARIES, "AsyncFlipSecondaries", OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE},
+    {OPTION_TEARFREE, "TearFree", OPTV_BOOLEAN, {0}, FALSE},
     {-1, NULL, OPTV_NONE, {0}, FALSE}
 };
 
@@ -548,14 +549,16 @@ rotate_clip(PixmapPtr pixmap, BoxPtr rect, drmModeClip *clip, Rotation rotation)
 }
 
 static int
-dispatch_dirty_region(ScrnInfoPtr scrn, xf86CrtcPtr crtc,
-		      PixmapPtr pixmap, DamagePtr damage, int fb_id)
+dispatch_damages(ScrnInfoPtr scrn, xf86CrtcPtr crtc, RegionPtr dirty,
+                 PixmapPtr pixmap, DamagePtr damage, int fb_id)
 {
     modesettingPtr ms = modesettingPTR(scrn);
-    RegionPtr dirty = DamageRegion(damage);
     unsigned num_cliprects = REGION_NUM_RECTS(dirty);
     int ret = 0;
 
+    if (!ms->dirty_enabled)
+        return 0;
+
     if (num_cliprects) {
         drmModeClip *clip = xallocarray(num_cliprects, sizeof(drmModeClip));
         BoxPtr rect = REGION_RECTS(dirty);
@@ -579,12 +582,102 @@ dispatch_dirty_region(ScrnInfoPtr scrn, xf86CrtcPtr crtc,
             }
         }
 
+        if (ret == -EINVAL || ret == -ENOSYS) {
+            xf86DrvMsg(scrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO,
+                       "Disabling kernel dirty updates, not required.\n");
+            ms->dirty_enabled = FALSE;
+        }
+
         free(clip);
-        DamageEmpty(damage);
+        if (damage)
+            DamageEmpty(damage);
     }
     return ret;
 }
 
+static int
+dispatch_dirty_region(ScrnInfoPtr scrn, xf86CrtcPtr crtc,
+                      PixmapPtr pixmap, DamagePtr damage, int fb_id)
+{
+    return dispatch_damages(scrn, crtc, DamageRegion(damage),
+                            pixmap, damage, fb_id);
+}
+
+static void
+ms_tearfree_update_damages(ScreenPtr pScreen)
+{
+    ScrnInfoPtr scrn = xf86ScreenToScrn(pScreen);
+    xf86CrtcConfigPtr xf86_config = XF86_CRTC_CONFIG_PTR(scrn);
+    modesettingPtr ms = modesettingPTR(scrn);
+    RegionPtr dirty = DamageRegion(ms->damage);
+    int c, i;
+
+    if (RegionNil(dirty))
+        return;
+
+    for (c = 0; c < xf86_config->num_crtc; c++) {
+        xf86CrtcPtr crtc = xf86_config->crtc[c];
+        drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
+        drmmode_tearfree_ptr trf = &drmmode_crtc->tearfree;
+        RegionRec region;
+
+        /* Compute how much of the damage intersects with this CRTC */
+        RegionInit(&region, &crtc->bounds, 0);
+        RegionIntersect(&region, &region, dirty);
+
+        if (trf->buf[0].px) {
+            for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(trf->buf); i++)
+                RegionUnion(&trf->buf[i].dmg, &trf->buf[i].dmg, &region);
+        } else {
+            /* Just notify the kernel of the damages if TearFree isn't used */
+            dispatch_damages(scrn, crtc, &region,
+                             pScreen->GetScreenPixmap(pScreen),
+                             NULL, ms->drmmode.fb_id);
+        }
+    }
+    DamageEmpty(ms->damage);
+}
+
+static void
+ms_tearfree_do_flips(ScreenPtr pScreen)
+{
+#ifdef GLAMOR_HAS_GBM
+    ScrnInfoPtr scrn = xf86ScreenToScrn(pScreen);
+    xf86CrtcConfigPtr xf86_config = XF86_CRTC_CONFIG_PTR(scrn);
+    modesettingPtr ms = modesettingPTR(scrn);
+    int c;
+
+    if (!ms->drmmode.tearfree_enable)
+        return;
+
+    for (c = 0; c < xf86_config->num_crtc; c++) {
+        xf86CrtcPtr crtc = xf86_config->crtc[c];
+        drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
+        drmmode_tearfree_ptr trf = &drmmode_crtc->tearfree;
+
+        /* Skip disabled CRTCs and those which aren't using TearFree */
+        if (!trf->buf[0].px || !crtc->scrn->vtSema || !xf86_crtc_on(crtc))
+            continue;
+
+        /* Skip if the last flip is still pending, a DRI client is flipping, or
+         * there isn't any damage on the front buffer.
+         */
+        if (trf->flip_seq || ms->drmmode.dri2_flipping ||
+            ms->drmmode.present_flipping ||
+            RegionNil(&trf->buf[trf->back_idx ^ 1].dmg))
+            continue;
+
+        /* Flip. If it fails, notify the kernel of the front buffer damages */
+        if (ms_do_tearfree_flip(pScreen, crtc)) {
+            dispatch_damages(scrn, crtc, &trf->buf[trf->back_idx ^ 1].dmg,
+                             trf->buf[trf->back_idx ^ 1].px, NULL,
+                             trf->buf[trf->back_idx ^ 1].fb_id);
+            RegionEmpty(&trf->buf[trf->back_idx ^ 1].dmg);
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 static void
 dispatch_dirty(ScreenPtr pScreen)
 {
@@ -606,12 +699,9 @@ dispatch_dirty(ScreenPtr pScreen)
 
         ret = dispatch_dirty_region(scrn, crtc, pixmap, ms->damage, fb_id);
         if (ret == -EINVAL || ret == -ENOSYS) {
-            ms->dirty_enabled = FALSE;
             DamageUnregister(ms->damage);
             DamageDestroy(ms->damage);
             ms->damage = NULL;
-            xf86DrvMsg(scrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO,
-                       "Disabling kernel dirty updates, not required.\n");
             return;
         }
     }
@@ -742,10 +832,13 @@ msBlockHandler(ScreenPtr pScreen, void *timeout)
     pScreen->BlockHandler = msBlockHandler;
     if (pScreen->isGPU && !ms->drmmode.reverse_prime_offload_mode)
         dispatch_secondary_dirty(pScreen);
+    else if (ms->drmmode.tearfree_enable)
+        ms_tearfree_update_damages(pScreen);
     else if (ms->dirty_enabled)
         dispatch_dirty(pScreen);
 
     ms_dirty_update(pScreen, timeout);
+    ms_tearfree_do_flips(pScreen);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1281,6 +1374,27 @@ PreInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int flags)
         ms->atomic_modeset = FALSE;
     }
 
+    /* TearFree requires glamor and, if PageFlip is enabled, universal planes */
+    if (xf86ReturnOptValBool(ms->drmmode.Options, OPTION_TEARFREE, FALSE)) {
+        if (pScrn->is_gpu) {
+            xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_WARNING,
+                       "TearFree cannot synchronize PRIME; use 'PRIME Synchronization' instead\n");
+        } else if (ms->drmmode.glamor) {
+            /* Atomic modesetting implicitly enables universal planes */
+            if (!ms->drmmode.pageflip || ms->atomic_modeset ||
+                !drmSetClientCap(ms->fd, DRM_CLIENT_CAP_UNIVERSAL_PLANES, 1)) {
+                ms->drmmode.tearfree_enable = TRUE;
+                xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, "TearFree: enabled\n");
+            } else {
+                xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_WARNING,
+                           "TearFree requires either universal planes, or setting 'Option \"PageFlip\" \"off\"'\n");
+            }
+        } else {
+            xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_WARNING,
+                       "TearFree requires Glamor acceleration\n");
+        }
+    }
+
     ms->kms_has_modifiers = FALSE;
     ret = drmGetCap(ms->fd, DRM_CAP_ADDFB2_MODIFIERS, &value);
     if (ret == 0 && value != 0)
@@ -1628,13 +1742,13 @@ CreateScreenResources(ScreenPtr pScreen)
 
     err = drmModeDirtyFB(ms->fd, ms->drmmode.fb_id, NULL, 0);
 
-    if (err != -EINVAL && err != -ENOSYS) {
+    if ((err != -EINVAL && err != -ENOSYS) || ms->drmmode.tearfree_enable) {
         ms->damage = DamageCreate(NULL, NULL, DamageReportNone, TRUE,
                                   pScreen, rootPixmap);
 
         if (ms->damage) {
             DamageRegister(&rootPixmap->drawable, ms->damage);
-            ms->dirty_enabled = TRUE;
+            ms->dirty_enabled = err != -EINVAL && err != -ENOSYS;
             xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, "Damage tracking initialized\n");
         }
         else {
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.h b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.h
index 4f62646a09..3f2b1d1aef 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.h
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ typedef enum {
     OPTION_VARIABLE_REFRESH,
     OPTION_USE_GAMMA_LUT,
     OPTION_ASYNC_FLIP_SECONDARIES,
+    OPTION_TEARFREE,
 } modesettingOpts;
 
 typedef struct
@@ -241,6 +242,8 @@ Bool ms_do_pageflip(ScreenPtr screen,
                     ms_pageflip_abort_proc pageflip_abort,
                     const char *log_prefix);
 
+Bool ms_do_tearfree_flip(ScreenPtr screen, xf86CrtcPtr crtc);
+
 #endif
 
 int ms_flush_drm_events(ScreenPtr screen);
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c
index 65e9593790..8f8e4060a9 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ drmmode_crtc_get_fb_id(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, uint32_t *fb_id, int *x, int *y)
 {
     drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
     drmmode_ptr drmmode = drmmode_crtc->drmmode;
+    drmmode_tearfree_ptr trf = &drmmode_crtc->tearfree;
     int ret;
 
     *fb_id = 0;
@@ -646,6 +647,10 @@ drmmode_crtc_get_fb_id(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, uint32_t *fb_id, int *x, int *y)
             *x = drmmode_crtc->prime_pixmap_x;
         *y = 0;
     }
+    else if (trf->buf[trf->back_idx ^ 1].px) {
+        *fb_id = trf->buf[trf->back_idx ^ 1].fb_id;
+        *x = *y = 0;
+    }
     else if (drmmode_crtc->rotate_fb_id) {
         *fb_id = drmmode_crtc->rotate_fb_id;
         *x = *y = 0;
@@ -922,6 +927,10 @@ drmmode_crtc_set_mode(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, Bool test_only)
     drmmode_ConvertToKMode(crtc->scrn, &kmode, &crtc->mode);
     ret = drmModeSetCrtc(drmmode->fd, drmmode_crtc->mode_crtc->crtc_id,
                          fb_id, x, y, output_ids, output_count, &kmode);
+    if (!ret && !ms->atomic_modeset) {
+        drmmode_crtc->src_x = x;
+        drmmode_crtc->src_y = y;
+    }
 
     drmmode_set_ctm(crtc, ctm);
 
@@ -951,6 +960,26 @@ drmmode_crtc_flip(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, uint32_t fb_id, int x, int y,
         return ret;
     }
 
+    /* The frame buffer source coordinates may change when switching between the
+     * primary frame buffer and a per-CRTC frame buffer. Set the correct source
+     * coordinates if they differ for this flip.
+     */
+    if (drmmode_crtc->src_x != x || drmmode_crtc->src_y != y) {
+        ret = drmModeSetPlane(ms->fd, drmmode_crtc->plane_id,
+                              drmmode_crtc->mode_crtc->crtc_id, fb_id, 0,
+                              0, 0, crtc->mode.HDisplay, crtc->mode.VDisplay,
+                              x << 16, y << 16, crtc->mode.HDisplay << 16,
+                              crtc->mode.VDisplay << 16);
+        if (ret) {
+            xf86DrvMsg(crtc->scrn->scrnIndex, X_WARNING,
+                       "error changing fb src coordinates for flip: %d\n", ret);
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        drmmode_crtc->src_x = x;
+        drmmode_crtc->src_y = y;
+    }
+
     return drmModePageFlip(ms->fd, drmmode_crtc->mode_crtc->crtc_id,
                            fb_id, flags, data);
 }
@@ -1549,6 +1578,90 @@ drmmode_copy_fb(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, drmmode_ptr drmmode)
 #endif
 }
 
+void
+drmmode_copy_damage(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, PixmapPtr dst, RegionPtr dmg, Bool empty)
+{
+#ifdef GLAMOR_HAS_GBM
+    ScreenPtr pScreen = xf86ScrnToScreen(crtc->scrn);
+    DrawableRec *src;
+
+    /* Copy the screen's pixmap into the destination pixmap */
+    if (crtc->rotatedPixmap) {
+        src = &crtc->rotatedPixmap->drawable;
+        xf86RotateCrtcRedisplay(crtc, dst, src, dmg, FALSE);
+    } else {
+        src = &pScreen->GetScreenPixmap(pScreen)->drawable;
+        PixmapDirtyCopyArea(dst, src, 0, 0, -crtc->x, -crtc->y, dmg);
+    }
+
+    /* Reset the damages if requested */
+    if (empty)
+        RegionEmpty(dmg);
+
+    /* Wait until the GC operations finish */
+    modesettingPTR(crtc->scrn)->glamor.finish(pScreen);
+#endif
+}
+
+static void
+drmmode_shadow_fb_destroy(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, PixmapPtr pixmap,
+                          void *data, drmmode_bo *bo, uint32_t *fb_id);
+static void
+drmmode_destroy_tearfree_shadow(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
+{
+    drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
+    drmmode_tearfree_ptr trf = &drmmode_crtc->tearfree;
+    int i;
+
+    if (trf->flip_seq)
+        ms_drm_abort_seq(crtc->scrn, trf->flip_seq);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(trf->buf); i++) {
+        if (trf->buf[i].px) {
+            drmmode_shadow_fb_destroy(crtc, trf->buf[i].px, (void *)(long)1,
+                                      &trf->buf[i].bo, &trf->buf[i].fb_id);
+            trf->buf[i].px = NULL;
+            RegionUninit(&trf->buf[i].dmg);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static PixmapPtr
+drmmode_shadow_fb_create(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, void *data, int width, int height,
+                         drmmode_bo *bo, uint32_t *fb_id);
+static Bool
+drmmode_create_tearfree_shadow(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
+{
+    drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
+    drmmode_ptr drmmode = drmmode_crtc->drmmode;
+    drmmode_tearfree_ptr trf = &drmmode_crtc->tearfree;
+    uint32_t w = crtc->mode.HDisplay, h = crtc->mode.VDisplay;
+    int i;
+
+    if (!drmmode->tearfree_enable)
+        return TRUE;
+
+    /* Destroy the old mode's buffers and make new ones */
+    drmmode_destroy_tearfree_shadow(crtc);
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(trf->buf); i++) {
+        trf->buf[i].px = drmmode_shadow_fb_create(crtc, NULL, w, h,
+                                                  &trf->buf[i].bo,
+                                                  &trf->buf[i].fb_id);
+        if (!trf->buf[i].px) {
+            drmmode_destroy_tearfree_shadow(crtc);
+            xf86DrvMsg(crtc->scrn->scrnIndex, X_ERROR,
+                       "shadow creation failed for TearFree buf%d\n", i);
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+        RegionInit(&trf->buf[i].dmg, &crtc->bounds, 0);
+    }
+
+    /* Initialize the front buffer with the current scanout */
+    drmmode_copy_damage(crtc, trf->buf[trf->back_idx ^ 1].px,
+                        &trf->buf[trf->back_idx ^ 1].dmg, TRUE);
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
 static Bool
 drmmode_set_mode_major(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, DisplayModePtr mode,
                        Rotation rotation, int x, int y)
@@ -1582,6 +1695,10 @@ drmmode_set_mode_major(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, DisplayModePtr mode,
         crtc->funcs->gamma_set(crtc, crtc->gamma_red, crtc->gamma_green,
                                crtc->gamma_blue, crtc->gamma_size);
 
+        ret = drmmode_create_tearfree_shadow(crtc);
+        if (!ret)
+            goto done;
+
         can_test = drmmode_crtc_can_test_mode(crtc);
         if (drmmode_crtc_set_mode(crtc, can_test)) {
             xf86DrvMsg(crtc->scrn->scrnIndex, X_ERROR,
@@ -1627,6 +1744,7 @@ drmmode_set_mode_major(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, DisplayModePtr mode,
         crtc->y = saved_y;
         crtc->rotation = saved_rotation;
         crtc->mode = saved_mode;
+        drmmode_create_tearfree_shadow(crtc);
     } else
         crtc->active = TRUE;
 
@@ -4274,6 +4392,7 @@ drmmode_free_bos(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, drmmode_ptr drmmode)
         drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
 
         dumb_bo_destroy(drmmode->fd, drmmode_crtc->cursor_bo);
+        drmmode_destroy_tearfree_shadow(crtc);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.h b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.h
index d6ad15501b..145cb8cc7b 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.h
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ typedef struct {
     Bool async_flip_secondaries;
     Bool dri2_enable;
     Bool present_enable;
+    Bool tearfree_enable;
 
     uint32_t vrr_prop_id;
     Bool use_ctm;
@@ -166,6 +167,19 @@ typedef struct {
     uint64_t *modifiers;
 } drmmode_format_rec, *drmmode_format_ptr;
 
+typedef struct {
+    drmmode_bo bo;
+    uint32_t fb_id;
+    PixmapPtr px;
+    RegionRec dmg;
+} drmmode_shadow_fb_rec, *drmmode_shadow_fb_ptr;
+
+typedef struct {
+    drmmode_shadow_fb_rec buf[2];
+    uint32_t back_idx;
+    uint32_t flip_seq;
+} drmmode_tearfree_rec, *drmmode_tearfree_ptr;
+
 typedef struct {
     drmmode_ptr drmmode;
     drmModeCrtcPtr mode_crtc;
@@ -184,11 +198,14 @@ typedef struct {
 
     drmmode_bo rotate_bo;
     unsigned rotate_fb_id;
+    drmmode_tearfree_rec tearfree;
 
     PixmapPtr prime_pixmap;
     PixmapPtr prime_pixmap_back;
     unsigned prime_pixmap_x;
 
+    int src_x, src_y;
+
     /**
      * @{ MSC (vblank count) handling for the PRESENT extension.
      *
@@ -310,6 +327,8 @@ void drmmode_get_default_bpp(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, drmmode_ptr drmmmode,
                              int *depth, int *bpp);
 
 void drmmode_copy_fb(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, drmmode_ptr drmmode);
+void drmmode_copy_damage(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, PixmapPtr dst, RegionPtr damage,
+                         Bool empty);
 
 int drmmode_crtc_flip(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, uint32_t fb_id, int x, int y,
                       uint32_t flags, void *data);
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/modesetting.man b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/modesetting.man
index 71790011ec..9e40b04f32 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/modesetting.man
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/modesetting.man
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ When enabled, this option allows the driver to use gamma ramps with more
 entries, if supported by the kernel. By default, GAMMA_LUT will be used for
 kms drivers which are known to be safe for use of GAMMA_LUT.
 .TP
+.BI "Option \*qTearFree\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Enable tearing prevention using the hardware page flipping mechanism.
+It allocates two extra scanout buffers for each CRTC and utilizes damage
+tracking to minimize buffer copying and skip unnecessary flips when the
+screen's contents have not changed. It works on transformed screens too, such
+as rotated and scaled CRTCs. When PageFlip is enabled, fullscreen DRI
+applications will still have the discretion to not use tearing prevention.
+.br
+The default is
+.B off.
+.TP
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 @xservername@(@appmansuffix@), @xconfigfile@(@filemansuffix@), Xserver(@appmansuffix@),
 X(@miscmansuffix@)
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/pageflip.c b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/pageflip.c
index a51a10a2c1..8d57047efa 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/pageflip.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/pageflip.c
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
  * Returns a negative value on error, 0 if there was nothing to process,
  * or 1 if we handled any events.
  */
-int
-ms_flush_drm_events(ScreenPtr screen)
+static int
+ms_flush_drm_events_timeout(ScreenPtr screen, int timeout)
 {
     ScrnInfoPtr scrn = xf86ScreenToScrn(screen);
     modesettingPtr ms = modesettingPTR(scrn);
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ms_flush_drm_events(ScreenPtr screen)
     int r;
 
     do {
-            r = xserver_poll(&p, 1, 0);
+            r = xserver_poll(&p, 1, timeout);
     } while (r == -1 && (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN));
 
     /* If there was an error, r will be < 0.  Return that.  If there was
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ ms_flush_drm_events(ScreenPtr screen)
     return 1;
 }
 
+int
+ms_flush_drm_events(ScreenPtr screen)
+{
+    return ms_flush_drm_events_timeout(screen, 0);
+}
+
 #ifdef GLAMOR_HAS_GBM
 
 /*
@@ -163,14 +169,22 @@ static Bool
 do_queue_flip_on_crtc(ScreenPtr screen, xf86CrtcPtr crtc, uint32_t flags,
                       uint32_t seq, uint32_t fb_id, int x, int y)
 {
+    drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
+    drmmode_tearfree_ptr trf = &drmmode_crtc->tearfree;
+
     while (drmmode_crtc_flip(crtc, fb_id, x, y, flags, (void *)(long)seq)) {
         /* We may have failed because the event queue was full.  Flush it
          * and retry.  If there was nothing to flush, then we failed for
          * some other reason and should just return an error.
          */
         if (ms_flush_drm_events(screen) <= 0) {
-            ms_drm_abort_seq(crtc->scrn, seq);
-            return TRUE;
+            /* The failure could be caused by a pending TearFree flip, in which
+             * case we should wait until there's a new event and try again.
+             */
+            if (!trf->flip_seq || ms_flush_drm_events_timeout(screen, -1) < 0) {
+                ms_drm_abort_seq(crtc->scrn, seq);
+                return TRUE;
+            }
         }
 
         /* We flushed some events, so try again. */
@@ -467,4 +481,50 @@ error_out:
 #endif /* GLAMOR_HAS_GBM */
 }
 
+static void
+ms_tearfree_flip_abort(void *data)
+{
+    drmmode_tearfree_ptr trf = data;
+
+    trf->flip_seq = 0;
+}
+
+static void
+ms_tearfree_flip_handler(uint64_t msc, uint64_t usec, void *data)
+{
+    drmmode_tearfree_ptr trf = data;
+
+    /* Swap the buffers and complete the flip */
+    trf->back_idx ^= 1;
+    trf->flip_seq = 0;
+}
+
+Bool
+ms_do_tearfree_flip(ScreenPtr screen, xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
+{
+    drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
+    drmmode_tearfree_ptr trf = &drmmode_crtc->tearfree;
+    uint32_t idx = trf->back_idx, seq;
+
+    seq = ms_drm_queue_alloc(crtc, trf, ms_tearfree_flip_handler,
+                             ms_tearfree_flip_abort);
+    if (!seq)
+        goto no_flip;
+
+    /* Copy the damage to the back buffer and then flip it at the vblank */
+    drmmode_copy_damage(crtc, trf->buf[idx].px, &trf->buf[idx].dmg, TRUE);
+    if (do_queue_flip_on_crtc(screen, crtc, DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT,
+                              seq, trf->buf[idx].fb_id, 0, 0))
+        goto no_flip;
+
+    trf->flip_seq = seq;
+    return FALSE;
+
+no_flip:
+    xf86DrvMsg(crtc->scrn->scrnIndex, X_WARNING,
+               "TearFree flip failed, rendering frame without TearFree\n");
+    drmmode_copy_damage(crtc, trf->buf[idx ^ 1].px,
+                        &trf->buf[idx ^ 1].dmg, FALSE);
+    return TRUE;
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/present.c b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/present.c
index c3266d8711..642f7baaff 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/present.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/present.c
@@ -318,14 +318,32 @@ ms_present_check_flip(RRCrtcPtr crtc,
     modesettingPtr ms = modesettingPTR(scrn);
 
     if (ms->drmmode.sprites_visible > 0)
-        return FALSE;
+        goto no_flip;
 
     if(!ms_present_check_unflip(crtc, window, pixmap, sync_flip, reason))
-        return FALSE;
+        goto no_flip;
 
     ms->flip_window = window;
 
     return TRUE;
+
+no_flip:
+    /* Export some info about TearFree if Present can't flip anyway */
+    if (reason && ms->drmmode.tearfree_enable) {
+        xf86CrtcPtr xf86_crtc = crtc->devPrivate;
+        drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = xf86_crtc->driver_private;
+        drmmode_tearfree_ptr trf = &drmmode_crtc->tearfree;
+
+        if (trf->buf[0].px) {
+            if (trf->flip_seq)
+                /* The driver has a TearFree flip pending */
+                *reason = PRESENT_FLIP_REASON_DRIVER_TEARFREE_FLIPPING;
+            else
+                /* The driver uses TearFree flips and there's no flip pending */
+                *reason = PRESENT_FLIP_REASON_DRIVER_TEARFREE;
+        }
+    }
+    return FALSE;
 }
 
 /*