diff --git a/src/xrt/compositor/main/comp_window_mswin.c b/src/xrt/compositor/main/comp_window_mswin.c
index 58fb48885..4b6046b2a 100644
--- a/src/xrt/compositor/main/comp_window_mswin.c
+++ b/src/xrt/compositor/main/comp_window_mswin.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ struct comp_target_factory comp_target_factory_mswin = {
     .name = "Microsoft Windows(TM)",
     .identifier = "mswin",
     .requires_vulkan_for_create = false,
-    .is_deferred = false,
+    .is_deferred = true,
     .required_instance_extensions = instance_extensions,
     .required_instance_extension_count = ARRAY_SIZE(instance_extensions),
     .detect = detect,