diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt
index d3d3e363c5..c0a283099a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/ContainerUtils.kt
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ object ContainerUtils {
         }
         DefaultVersion.DISPLAY_SERVER = Container.defaultDisplayServer(
             GPUInformation.getRenderer(context).orEmpty().contains("adreno", ignoreCase = true),
+            Build.VERSION.SDK_INT,
         )
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/winlator/container/Container.java b/app/src/main/java/com/winlator/container/Container.java
index 8fda29fb66..cf86c9fd64 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/winlator/container/Container.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/winlator/container/Container.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public enum XrControllerMapping {
     public static final String DEFAULT_DISPLAY_RENDERER = "vulkan";
     public static final String DISPLAY_SERVER_X11 = "x11";
     public static final String DISPLAY_SERVER_GAMESCOPE = "gamescope";
+    /** Gamescope scans out through ASurfaceControl/ASurfaceTransaction, which libandroid only exports from API 29 (Android 10). */
+    public static final int GAMESCOPE_MIN_SDK = 29;
     public static final String DEFAULT_DDRAWRAPPER = "none";
     public static final String DEFAULT_DXWRAPPERCONFIG = "version=" + DefaultVersion.DXVK + ",framerate=0,maxDeviceMemory=0,async=" + DefaultVersion.ASYNC + ",asyncCache=" + DefaultVersion.ASYNC_CACHE + ",vkd3dVersion=" + DefaultVersion.VKD3D + ",vkd3dLevel=12_1" + ",ddrawrapper=" + Container.DEFAULT_DDRAWRAPPER + ",csmt=3" + ",gpuName=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480" + ",videoMemorySize=2048" + ",strict_shader_math=1" + ",OffscreenRenderingMode=fbo" + ",renderer=gl";;
     public static final String DEFAULT_GRAPHICSDRIVERCONFIG = "vulkanVersion=1.3" + ",version=" + DefaultVersion.WRAPPER + ",blacklistedExtensions=" + ",maxDeviceMemory=0" + ",presentMode=mailbox" + ",syncFrame=0" + ",disablePresentWait=0" + ",resourceType=auto" + ",bcnEmulation=auto" + ",bcnEmulationType=compute" + ",bcnEmulationCache=0" + ",gpuName=Device";
@@ -308,8 +310,13 @@ public void setGraphicsDriverConfig(String graphicsDriverConfig) {
 
     public void setDisplayServer(String v) { this.displayServer = v; }
 
-    public static String defaultDisplayServer(boolean isAdreno) {
-        return isAdreno ? DISPLAY_SERVER_GAMESCOPE : DISPLAY_SERVER_X11;
+    /** Whether the gamescope display path can run on a device at this API level. */
+    public static boolean isGamescopeSupported(int sdkInt) {
+        return sdkInt >= GAMESCOPE_MIN_SDK;
+    }
+
+    public static String defaultDisplayServer(boolean isAdreno, int sdkInt) {
+        return isAdreno && isGamescopeSupported(sdkInt) ? DISPLAY_SERVER_GAMESCOPE : DISPLAY_SERVER_X11;
     }
 
     public static boolean isX11Display(String containerVariant, String displayServer) {
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/winlator/container/ContainerDefaultDisplayServerTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/winlator/container/ContainerDefaultDisplayServerTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9eb206bc1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/winlator/container/ContainerDefaultDisplayServerTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.winlator.container
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+class ContainerDefaultDisplayServerTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `adreno on API 29 or newer defaults to gamescope`() {
+        assertEquals(Container.DISPLAY_SERVER_GAMESCOPE, Container.defaultDisplayServer(true, 29))
+        assertEquals(Container.DISPLAY_SERVER_GAMESCOPE, Container.defaultDisplayServer(true, 36))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `adreno below API 29 defaults to x11 because ASurfaceControl is missing`() {
+        assertEquals(Container.DISPLAY_SERVER_X11, Container.defaultDisplayServer(true, 28))
+        assertEquals(Container.DISPLAY_SERVER_X11, Container.defaultDisplayServer(true, 26))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `non-adreno defaults to x11 at every API level`() {
+        assertEquals(Container.DISPLAY_SERVER_X11, Container.defaultDisplayServer(false, 28))
+        assertEquals(Container.DISPLAY_SERVER_X11, Container.defaultDisplayServer(false, 36))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `gamescope support follows the ASurfaceControl API floor`() {
+        assertFalse(Container.isGamescopeSupported(28))
+        assertTrue(Container.isGamescopeSupported(29))
+    }
+}