diff --git a/qemu-components/display/src/display.cc b/qemu-components/display/src/display.cc
index c46d8cfa..5b6a0e41 100644
--- a/qemu-components/display/src/display.cc
+++ b/qemu-components/display/src/display.cc
@@ -210,7 +210,14 @@ display::display(const sc_core::sc_module_name& _name, sc_core::sc_object* o)
     // Use QEMU's integrated display only if we are NOT on MacOS.
     // On MacOS use libqbox's display SystemC module.
     QemuDevice* gpu = (dynamic_cast<QemuDevice*>(o));
-    gpu->get_qemu_inst().set_display_arg("sdl,gl=on");
+    std::string display_params("sdl");
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    display_params += ",gl=off";
+#else
+    display_params += ",gl=on";
+#endif
+    gpu->get_qemu_inst().set_display_arg(display_params);
+    SCP_INFO(SCMOD) << "display: request backend: " << display_params;
 #endif
 }