diff -up plymouth-0.8.8/src/plugins/renderers/drm/ply-renderer-generic-driver.c.flush plymouth-0.8.8/src/plugins/renderers/drm/ply-renderer-generic-driver.c
--- plymouth-0.8.8/src/plugins/renderers/drm/ply-renderer-generic-driver.c.flush	2012-09-27 02:50:53.000000000 +1000
+++ plymouth-0.8.8/src/plugins/renderers/drm/ply-renderer-generic-driver.c	2013-03-15 10:57:33.000000000 +1000
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct _ply_renderer_buffer
 struct _ply_renderer_driver
 {
   int device_fd;
+  int need_flushes;
   ply_hashtable_t *buffers;
 };
 
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ create_driver (int device_fd)
 
   driver = calloc (1, sizeof (ply_renderer_driver_t));
   driver->device_fd = device_fd;
-
+  driver->need_flushes = 1;
   driver->buffers = ply_hashtable_new (ply_hashtable_direct_hash,
                                        ply_hashtable_direct_compare);
 
@@ -326,10 +327,23 @@ end_flush (ply_renderer_driver_t *driver
            uint32_t               buffer_id)
 {
   ply_renderer_buffer_t *buffer;
+  struct drm_clip_rect clip;
 
   buffer = get_buffer_from_id (driver, buffer_id);
-
   assert (buffer != NULL);
+
+  if (driver->need_flushes) {
+    int ret;
+    clip.x1 = 0;
+    clip.y1 = 0;
+    clip.x2 = buffer->width;
+    clip.y2 = buffer->height;
+
+    ret = drmModeDirtyFB(driver->device_fd, buffer->id,
+			 &clip, 1);
+    if (ret == -ENOSYS)
+      driver->need_flushes = 0;
+  }
 }
 
 static void