diff --git a/driver.c b/driver.c
index 5cf18e48af..b2d73fd4fb 100644
--- a/driver.c
+++ b/driver.c
@@ -638,6 +638,16 @@ static void find_video_driver(void)
    }
 #endif
 
+   if (driver.frontend_ctx->get_video_driver)
+   {
+      driver.video = driver.frontend_ctx->get_video_driver();
+
+      if (driver.video)
+         return;
+      else
+         RARCH_WARN("Frontend supports get_video_driver() but did not specify one.\n");
+   }
+
    int i = find_driver_index("video_driver", g_settings.video.driver);
    if (i >= 0)
       driver.video = video_drivers[i];
diff --git a/frontend/frontend.c b/frontend/frontend.c
index 32b8a25c41..d830301368 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include "driver.h"
 #include "frontend.h"
 #include "../general.h"
 
diff --git a/frontend/frontend_context.h b/frontend/frontend_context.h
index 9bde1ef795..4f2e0aa3e4 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_context.h
+++ b/frontend/frontend_context.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ typedef void (*environment_get_t)(int *argc, char *argv[], void *args,
    void *params_data);
 typedef void (*process_args_t)(int *argc, char *argv[]);
 
+/* avoid cyclic reference */
+typedef struct video_driver video_driver_t;
+
 typedef struct frontend_ctx_driver
 {
    environment_get_t environment_get;
@@ -66,6 +69,8 @@ typedef struct frontend_ctx_driver
    int (*get_rating)(void);
 
    const char *ident;
+
+   const video_driver_t *(*get_video_driver)(void);
 } frontend_ctx_driver_t;
 
 extern const frontend_ctx_driver_t frontend_ctx_gx;