diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.cpp
index 4a0c9c29a5..9597ac7d04 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ void VideoBackend::InitBackendInfo()
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGPUTextureDecoding = false;
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsST3CTextures = false;
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsCopyToVram = true;
+  g_Config.backend_info.bForceCopyToRam = false;
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsBitfield = false;
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsDynamicSamplerIndexing = false;
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsBPTCTextures = false;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp
index f5ccbcd64c..10d37de6bc 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ void VideoBackend::InitBackendInfo()
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsMultithreading = false;
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsInternalResolutionFrameDumps = true;
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsCopyToVram = true;
+  g_Config.backend_info.bForceCopyToRam = false;
 
   // TODO: There is a bug here, if texel buffers are not supported the graphics options
   // will show the option when it is not supported. The only way around this would be
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWmain.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWmain.cpp
index 26a649b010..c2bbafb420 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWmain.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWmain.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ void VideoSoftware::InitBackendInfo()
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsST3CTextures = false;
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsBPTCTextures = false;
   g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsCopyToVram = false;
+  g_Config.backend_info.bForceCopyToRam = true;
 
   // aamodes
   g_Config.backend_info.AAModes = {1};
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/VulkanContext.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/VulkanContext.cpp
index 3edd507b23..9d34174e90 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/VulkanContext.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/VulkanContext.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ void VulkanContext::PopulateBackendInfo(VideoConfig* config)
   config->backend_info.bSupportsBPTCTextures = false;                 // Dependent on features.
   config->backend_info.bSupportsReversedDepthRange = false;  // No support yet due to driver bugs.
   config->backend_info.bSupportsCopyToVram = true;           // Assumed support.
+  config->backend_info.bForceCopyToRam = false;
 }
 
 void VulkanContext::PopulateBackendInfoAdapters(VideoConfig* config, const GPUList& gpu_list)
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
index 89fbb6ac59..3a86f4e94c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ void TextureCacheBase::CopyRenderTargetToTexture(u32 dstAddr, EFBCopyFormat dstF
   PEControl::PixelFormat srcFormat = bpmem.zcontrol.pixel_format;
   bool efbHasAlpha = srcFormat == PEControl::RGBA6_Z24;
   
-  bool copy_to_ram = !g_ActiveConfig.bSkipEFBCopyToRam;
+  bool copy_to_ram = !g_ActiveConfig.bSkipEFBCopyToRam || g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bForceCopyToRam;
   bool copy_to_vram = g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsCopyToVram;
   bool is_xfb_copy = false;
 
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ void TextureCacheBase::CopyRenderTargetToTexture(u32 dstAddr, EFBCopyFormat dstF
       ColorMask[3] = 0.0f;
       fConstAdd[3] = 1.0f;
       cbufid = 30;  // just re-use the RGBX8 cbufid from above
-      copy_to_ram = !g_ActiveConfig.bSkipXFBCopyToRam;
+      copy_to_ram = !g_ActiveConfig.bSkipXFBCopyToRam || g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bForceCopyToRam;
       is_xfb_copy = true;
       break;
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h
index b22d568032..8779c785d6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ struct VideoConfig final
     bool bSupportsGPUTextureDecoding;
     bool bSupportsST3CTextures;
     bool bSupportsCopyToVram;
+    bool bForceCopyToRam; // Needed by Software Renderer
     bool bSupportsBitfield;                // Needed by UberShaders, so must stay in VideoCommon
     bool bSupportsDynamicSamplerIndexing;  // Needed by UberShaders, so must stay in VideoCommon
     bool bSupportsBPTCTextures;