diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp
index f23436e0de..0131b582cb 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ KWinCompositingConfig::KWinCompositingConfig(QWidget *parent, const QVariantList
     connect(ui.compositingStateButton, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), kwinInterface, SLOT(toggleCompositing()));
     connect(kwinInterface, SIGNAL(compositingToggled(bool)), this, SLOT(setupCompositingState(bool)));
 
+    // NOTICE: this is intended to workaround broken GL implementations that succesfully segfault on glXQuery :-(
+    KConfigGroup gl_workaround_config(mKWinConfig, "Compositing");
+    bool checkIsSave = gl_workaround_config.readEntry("CheckIsSafe", true);
+    gl_workaround_config.writeEntry("CheckIsSafe", false);
+    gl_workaround_config.sync();
+    
     // Open the temporary config file
     // Temporary conf file is used to synchronize effect checkboxes with effect
     // selector by loading/saving effects from/to temp config when active tab
@@ -134,12 +140,11 @@ KWinCompositingConfig::KWinCompositingConfig(QWidget *parent, const QVariantList
     mTmpConfigFile.open();
     mTmpConfig = KSharedConfig::openConfig(mTmpConfigFile.fileName());
 
-    if( CompositingPrefs::compositingPossible() )
+    if( checkIsSave && CompositingPrefs::compositingPossible() )
         {
         // Driver-specific config detection
         mDefaultPrefs.detect();
         initEffectSelector();
-
         // Initialize the user interface with the config loaded from kwinrc.
         load();
         }
@@ -159,6 +164,9 @@ KWinCompositingConfig::KWinCompositingConfig(QWidget *parent, const QVariantList
         setupCompositingState( false, false );
         }
 
+    gl_workaround_config.writeEntry("CheckIsSafe", checkIsSave);
+    gl_workaround_config.sync();
+
     KAboutData *about = new KAboutData(I18N_NOOP("kcmkwincompositing"), 0,
             ki18n("KWin Desktop Effects Configuration Module"),
             0, KLocalizedString(), KAboutData::License_GPL, ki18n("(c) 2007 Rivo Laks"));