diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 795ea1f5e4..8554015e67 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -822,7 +822,9 @@ conf.set10('ENABLE_WHEEL_GROUP', get_option('wheel-group'))
 dev_kvm_mode = get_option('dev-kvm-mode')
 substs.set('DEV_KVM_MODE', dev_kvm_mode)
 conf.set10('DEV_KVM_UACCESS', dev_kvm_mode != '0666')
-substs.set('GROUP_RENDER_MODE', get_option('group-render-mode'))
+group_render_mode = get_option('group-render-mode')
+substs.set('GROUP_RENDER_MODE', group_render_mode)
+conf.set10('GROUP_RENDER_UACCESS', group_render_mode != '0666')
 
 kill_user_processes = get_option('default-kill-user-processes')
 conf.set10('KILL_USER_PROCESSES', kill_user_processes)
diff --git a/src/login/70-uaccess.rules.m4 b/src/login/70-uaccess.rules.m4
index d55e5bf5ce..4bb144a93c 100644
--- a/src/login/70-uaccess.rules.m4
+++ b/src/login/70-uaccess.rules.m4
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ SUBSYSTEM=="firewire", ATTR{units}=="*0x00a02d:0x014001*", TAG+="uaccess"
 
 # DRI video devices
 SUBSYSTEM=="drm", KERNEL=="card*", TAG+="uaccess"
+m4_ifdef(`GROUP_RENDER_UACCESS',``
+# DRI render nodes
+SUBSYSTEM=="drm", KERNEL=="renderD*", TAG+="uaccess"''
+)m4_dnl
 m4_ifdef(`DEV_KVM_UACCESS',``
 # KVM
 SUBSYSTEM=="misc", KERNEL=="kvm", TAG+="uaccess"''