diff --git a/src/backend/drm/DRM.cpp b/src/backend/drm/DRM.cpp
index 1c21c56..0b19c6c 100644
--- a/src/backend/drm/DRM.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/drm/DRM.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ static std::vector<SP<CSessionDevice>> scanGPUs(SP<CBackend> backend) {
         backend->log(AQ_LOG_DEBUG, std::format("drm: Explicit device list {}", explicitGpus));
         Hyprutils::String::CVarList explicitDevices(explicitGpus, 0, ':', true);
 
+        for (auto& d : explicitDevices) {
+          d = std::filesystem::canonical(d);
+        }
+
         for (auto& d : explicitDevices) {
             bool found = false;
             for (auto& vd : devices) {