diff --git a/server/gstreamer-encoder.c b/server/gstreamer-encoder.c
index 0957a2b2..d449f073 100644
--- a/server/gstreamer-encoder.c
+++ b/server/gstreamer-encoder.c
@@ -958,10 +958,29 @@ static bool gst_features_lookup(const gchar *feature_name)
     return true;
 }
 
+static const gchar *get_encode_gpu(){
+
+    const gchar* env_encode_gpu_str = g_getenv("SPICE_ENCODE_GPU");
+    if ((!env_encode_gpu_str) || (strcmp(env_encode_gpu_str, "renderD128") == 0)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    g_autoptr(GRegex) regex = g_regex_new("renderD1[[:digit:]]{2}", 0, 0, NULL);
+    if (g_regex_match(regex, env_encode_gpu_str, 0, NULL)) {
+        return env_encode_gpu_str;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 static gchar *find_best_hw_plugin(const gchar *codec_name)
 {
-    static const char plugins[][8] = {"msdk", "va", "vaapi"};
+    char plugins[][20] = {"msdk", "va", "vaapi"};
     gchar *feature_name;
+    const gchar *encode_gpu = get_encode_gpu();
+    if (encode_gpu) {
+        g_strlcat(plugins[1], encode_gpu, sizeof(plugins[1]));
+    }
+
     int i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(plugins); i++) {