diff --git a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a69b940d..6b4c7a7ca 100644
--- a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ if(WIN32)
     enable_language(RC)
     target_sources(86Box PUBLIC ../win/86Box-qt.rc)
     target_sources(plat PRIVATE win_joystick_rawinput.c)
-    target_link_libraries(86Box hid)
+    target_sources(ui PRIVATE qt_d3d9renderer.hpp qt_d3d9renderer.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(86Box hid d3d9)
 
     # CMake 3.22 messed this up for clang/clang++
     # See https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/22611
diff --git a/src/qt/qt.c b/src/qt/qt.c
index 19ced376e..68b204dbc 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt.c
+++ b/src/qt/qt.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ plat_vidapi(char* api) {
         return 3;
     } else if (!strcasecmp(api, "qt_vulkan")) {
         return 4;
+    } else if (!strcasecmp(api, "qt_d3d9")) {
+        return 5;
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -73,6 +75,9 @@ char* plat_vidapi_name(int api) {
     case 4:
         name = "qt_vulkan";
         break;
+    case 5:
+        name = "qt_d3d9";
+        break;
     default:
         fatal("Unknown renderer: %i\n", api);
         break;
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_d3d9renderer.cpp b/src/qt/qt_d3d9renderer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ee24c7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qt/qt_d3d9renderer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+#include "qt_d3d9renderer.hpp"
+#include <QResizeEvent>
+#include <QTimer>
+
+extern "C"
+{
+#include <86box/86box.h>
+#include <86box/video.h>
+}
+
+D3D9Renderer::D3D9Renderer(QWidget *parent)
+    : QWidget{parent}, RendererCommon()
+{
+    QPalette pal = palette();
+    pal.setColor(QPalette::Window, Qt::black);
+    setAutoFillBackground(true);
+    setPalette(pal);
+
+    setAttribute(Qt::WA_NativeWindow);
+    setAttribute(Qt::WA_PaintOnScreen);
+    setAttribute(Qt::WA_NoSystemBackground);
+    setAttribute(Qt::WA_OpaquePaintEvent);
+
+    windowHandle = (HWND)winId();
+    surfaceInUse = true;
+
+    RendererCommon::parentWidget = parent;
+
+    this->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
+}
+
+D3D9Renderer::~D3D9Renderer()
+{
+    finalize();
+}
+
+void D3D9Renderer::finalize()
+{
+    if (!finalized) {
+        while (surfaceInUse) {}
+        finalized = true;
+    }
+    surfaceInUse = true;
+    if (d3d9surface) { d3d9surface->Release(); d3d9surface = nullptr;}
+    if (d3d9dev) { d3d9dev->Release(); d3d9dev = nullptr; }
+    if (d3d9) { d3d9->Release(); d3d9 = nullptr; };
+}
+
+void D3D9Renderer::hideEvent(QHideEvent *event)
+{
+    finalize();
+}
+
+void D3D9Renderer::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
+{
+    params = {};
+
+    if (FAILED(Direct3DCreate9Ex(D3D_SDK_VERSION, &d3d9))) {
+        return error("Failed to create Direct3D 9 context");
+    }
+
+    params.Windowed                   = true;
+    params.SwapEffect                 = D3DSWAPEFFECT_FLIPEX;
+    params.BackBufferWidth            = width();
+    params.BackBufferHeight           = height();
+    params.BackBufferCount            = 1;
+    params.FullScreen_RefreshRateInHz = D3DPRESENT_RATE_DEFAULT;
+    params.PresentationInterval       = D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_IMMEDIATE;
+    params.hDeviceWindow              = windowHandle;
+
+    HRESULT result = d3d9->CreateDeviceEx(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_HAL, windowHandle, D3DCREATE_MULTITHREADED | D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, &params, nullptr, &d3d9dev);
+    if (FAILED(result)) result = d3d9->CreateDeviceEx(D3DADAPTER_DEFAULT, D3DDEVTYPE_REF, windowHandle, D3DCREATE_MULTITHREADED | D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, &params, nullptr, &d3d9dev);
+    if (FAILED(result)) {
+        return error("Failed to create Direct3D 9 device");
+    }
+
+    result = d3d9dev->CreateOffscreenPlainSurface(2048, 2048, D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8, D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, &d3d9surface, nullptr);
+    if (FAILED(result)) result = d3d9dev->CreateOffscreenPlainSurface(1024, 1024, D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8, D3DPOOL_DEFAULT, &d3d9surface, nullptr);
+    if (FAILED(result)) {
+        return error("Failed to create Direct3D 9 surface");
+    }
+    if (!alreadyInitialized) {
+        emit initialized();
+        alreadyInitialized = true;
+    }
+    surfaceInUse = false;
+    finalized = false;
+}
+
+void D3D9Renderer::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
+{
+    IDirect3DSurface9* backbuffer = nullptr;
+    RECT srcRect, dstRect;
+    HRESULT result = d3d9dev->GetBackBuffer(0, 0, D3DBACKBUFFER_TYPE_MONO, &backbuffer);
+
+    if (FAILED(result)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    srcRect.top = source.top();
+    srcRect.bottom = source.bottom();
+    srcRect.left = source.left();
+    srcRect.right = source.right();
+    dstRect.top = destination.top();
+    dstRect.bottom = destination.bottom();
+    dstRect.left = destination.left();
+    dstRect.right = destination.right();
+    d3d9dev->BeginScene();
+    while (surfaceInUse) {}
+    surfaceInUse = true;
+    d3d9dev->StretchRect(d3d9surface, &srcRect, backbuffer, &dstRect, video_filter_method == 0 ? D3DTEXF_POINT : D3DTEXF_LINEAR);
+    result = d3d9dev->EndScene();
+    surfaceInUse = false;
+    if (SUCCEEDED(result)) {
+        if (FAILED(d3d9dev->PresentEx(nullptr, nullptr, 0, nullptr, D3DPRESENT_FORCEIMMEDIATE))) {
+            finalize();
+            showEvent(nullptr);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+bool D3D9Renderer::event(QEvent *event)
+{
+    bool res = false;
+    if (!eventDelegate(event, res)) return QWidget::event(event);
+    return res;
+}
+
+void D3D9Renderer::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event)
+{
+    onResize(width(), height());
+
+    params.BackBufferWidth = event->size().width();
+    params.BackBufferHeight = event->size().height();
+    if (d3d9dev) d3d9dev->Reset(&params);
+    QWidget::resizeEvent(event);
+}
+
+void D3D9Renderer::blit(int x, int y, int w, int h)
+{
+    if ((x < 0) || (y < 0) || (w <= 0) || (h <= 0) || (w > 2048) || (h > 2048) || (buffer32 == NULL) || surfaceInUse) {
+        video_blit_complete();
+        return;
+    }
+    source.setRect(x, y, w, h);
+    RECT srcRect;
+    D3DLOCKED_RECT lockRect;
+    srcRect.top = source.top();
+    srcRect.bottom = source.bottom();
+    srcRect.left = source.left();
+    srcRect.right = source.right();
+
+    surfaceInUse = true;
+    if (screenshots) {
+        video_screenshot((uint32_t *) &(buffer32->line[y][x]), 0, 0, 2048);
+    }
+    if (SUCCEEDED(d3d9surface->LockRect(&lockRect, &srcRect, 0))) {
+        for (int y1 = 0; y1 < h; y1++) {
+            video_copy(((uint8_t*)lockRect.pBits) + (y1 * lockRect.Pitch), &(buffer32->line[y + y1][x]), w * 4);
+        }
+        video_blit_complete();
+        d3d9surface->UnlockRect();
+    }
+    else video_blit_complete();
+    surfaceInUse = false;
+    QTimer::singleShot(0, this, [this] { this->update(); });
+}
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_d3d9renderer.hpp b/src/qt/qt_d3d9renderer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21ef0ac59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qt/qt_d3d9renderer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#ifndef D3D9RENDERER_HPP
+#define D3D9RENDERER_HPP
+
+#include <QWidget>
+#include "qt_renderercommon.hpp"
+
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <d3d9.h>
+#include <atomic>
+
+class D3D9Renderer : public QWidget, public RendererCommon
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit D3D9Renderer(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+    ~D3D9Renderer();
+    bool hasBlitFunc() override { return true; }
+    void blit(int x, int y, int w, int h) override;
+    void finalize() override;
+
+protected:
+    void showEvent(QShowEvent* event) override;
+    void hideEvent(QHideEvent *event) override;
+    void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event) override;
+    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) override;
+    bool event(QEvent* event) override;
+    QPaintEngine* paintEngine() const override { return nullptr; }
+
+signals:
+    void initialized();
+    void error(QString);
+
+private:
+    HWND windowHandle = 0;
+    D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS params{};
+    IDirect3D9Ex* d3d9 = nullptr;
+    IDirect3DDevice9Ex* d3d9dev = nullptr;
+    IDirect3DSurface9* d3d9surface = nullptr;
+
+    std::atomic<bool> surfaceInUse{false}, finalized{false};
+    bool alreadyInitialized = false;
+};
+
+#endif // D3D9RENDERER_HPP
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_mainwindow.cpp b/src/qt/qt_mainwindow.cpp
index fff1cde05..f0db0f019 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_mainwindow.cpp
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
         ui->actionVulkan->setVisible(false);
         ui->actionOpenGL_3_0_Core->setVisible(false);
     }
+#if !defined Q_OS_WINDOWS
+    ui->actionDirect3D_9->setVisible(false);
+    if (vid_api == 5) vid_api = 0;
+#endif
 
 #if !QT_CONFIG(vulkan)
     if (vid_api == 4) vid_api = 0;
@@ -295,6 +299,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     actGroup->addAction(ui->actionHardware_Renderer_OpenGL_ES);
     actGroup->addAction(ui->actionOpenGL_3_0_Core);
     actGroup->addAction(ui->actionVulkan);
+    actGroup->addAction(ui->actionDirect3D_9);
     actGroup->setExclusive(true);
 
     connect(actGroup, &QActionGroup::triggered, [this](QAction* action) {
@@ -316,6 +321,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
         case 4:
             ui->stackedWidget->switchRenderer(RendererStack::Renderer::Vulkan);
             break;
+        case 5:
+            ui->stackedWidget->switchRenderer(RendererStack::Renderer::Direct3D9);
+            break;
         }
     });
 
@@ -1341,6 +1349,7 @@ void MainWindow::processMacKeyboardInput(bool down, const QKeyEvent* event) {
 void MainWindow::on_actionFullscreen_triggered() {
     if (video_fullscreen > 0) {
         showNormal();
+        if (vid_api == 5) ui->stackedWidget->switchRenderer(RendererStack::Renderer::Direct3D9);
         ui->menubar->show();
         if (!hide_status_bar) ui->statusbar->show();
         if (!hide_tool_bar) ui->toolBar->show();
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_mainwindow.ui b/src/qt/qt_mainwindow.ui
index b26e11f55..6d48cb596 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_mainwindow.ui
+++ b/src/qt/qt_mainwindow.ui
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
      <width>724</width>
-     <height>23</height>
+     <height>21</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuAction">
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
      <addaction name="actionHardware_Renderer_OpenGL_ES"/>
      <addaction name="actionOpenGL_3_0_Core"/>
      <addaction name="actionVulkan"/>
+     <addaction name="actionDirect3D_9"/>
     </widget>
     <widget class="QMenu" name="menuWindow_scale_factor">
      <property name="title">
@@ -745,6 +746,17 @@
     <string>MCA devices...</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionDirect3D_9">
+   <property name="checkable">
+    <bool>true</bool>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Direct3D 9</string>
+   </property>
+   <property name="vid_api" stdset="0">
+    <number>5</number>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_renderercommon.hpp b/src/qt/qt_renderercommon.hpp
index a966b730f..4d346a8e5 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_renderercommon.hpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_renderercommon.hpp
@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ public:
 
     virtual uint32_t getBytesPerRow() { return 2048 * 4; }
 
-    virtual std::vector<std::tuple<uint8_t *, std::atomic_flag *>> getBuffers() = 0;
+    virtual std::vector<std::tuple<uint8_t *, std::atomic_flag *>> getBuffers() { std::vector<std::tuple<uint8_t*, std::atomic_flag*>> buffers; return buffers; }
 
     /* Does renderer implement options dialog */
     virtual bool hasOptions() const { return false; }
     /* Returns options dialog for renderer */
     virtual QDialog *getOptions(QWidget *parent) { return nullptr; }
 
+    virtual bool hasBlitFunc() { return false; }
+    virtual void blit(int x, int y, int w, int h) {}
+
 protected:
     bool eventDelegate(QEvent *event, bool &result);
 
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp b/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp
index 576e675b5..5efd013cc 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 #include "qt_openglrenderer.hpp"
 #include "qt_softwarerenderer.hpp"
 #include "qt_vulkanwindowrenderer.hpp"
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#include "qt_d3d9renderer.hpp"
+#endif
 
 #include "qt_mainwindow.hpp"
 #include "qt_util.hpp"
@@ -223,12 +226,18 @@ RendererStack::switchRenderer(Renderer renderer)
 {
     startblit();
     if (current) {
+        if (rendererWindow->hasBlitFunc()) {
+            while (directBlitting) {}
+            disconnect(this, &RendererStack::blit, this, &RendererStack::blitRenderer);
+            video_blit_complete();
+        }
         rendererWindow->finalize();
+
         removeWidget(current.get());
         disconnect(this, &RendererStack::blitToRenderer, nullptr, nullptr);
 
         /* Create new renderer only after previous is destroyed! */
-        connect(current.get(), &QObject::destroyed, [this, renderer](QObject *) { createRenderer(renderer); });
+        connect(current.get(), &QObject::destroyed, [this, renderer](QObject *) { video_blit_complete(); createRenderer(renderer); video_blit_complete(); });
 
         current.release()->deleteLater();
     } else {
@@ -292,6 +301,31 @@ RendererStack::createRenderer(Renderer renderer)
                 current.reset(this->createWindowContainer(hw, this));
                 break;
             }
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+        case Renderer::Direct3D9:
+        {
+            this->createWinId();
+            auto hw = new D3D9Renderer(this);
+            rendererWindow = hw;
+            connect(hw, &D3D9Renderer::error, this, [this](QString str)
+            {
+                auto msgBox = new QMessageBox(QMessageBox::Critical, "86Box", QString("Failed to initialize D3D9 renderer. Falling back to software rendering.\n\n") + str, QMessageBox::Ok);
+                msgBox->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
+                msgBox->show();
+                imagebufs = {};
+                endblit();
+                QTimer::singleShot(0, this, [this]() { switchRenderer(Renderer::Software); });
+            });
+            connect(hw, &D3D9Renderer::initialized, this, [this]()
+            {
+                qDebug() << "initialized";
+                endblit();
+                emit rendererChanged();
+            });
+            current.reset(hw);
+            break;
+        }
+#endif
 #if QT_CONFIG(vulkan)
         case Renderer::Vulkan:
         {
@@ -340,16 +374,31 @@ RendererStack::createRenderer(Renderer renderer)
 
     currentBuf = 0;
 
-    if (renderer != Renderer::OpenGL3 && renderer != Renderer::Vulkan) {
+    if (rendererWindow->hasBlitFunc()) {
+        connect(this, &RendererStack::blit, this, &RendererStack::blitRenderer, Qt::DirectConnection);
+    }
+    else {
+        connect(this, &RendererStack::blit, this, &RendererStack::blitCommon, Qt::DirectConnection);
+    }
+
+    if (renderer != Renderer::OpenGL3 && renderer != Renderer::Vulkan && renderer != Renderer::Direct3D9) {
         imagebufs = rendererWindow->getBuffers();
         endblit();
         emit rendererChanged();
     }
 }
 
+void
+RendererStack::blitRenderer(int x, int y, int w, int h)
+{
+    directBlitting = true;
+    rendererWindow->blit(x, y, w, h);
+    directBlitting = false;
+}
+
 // called from blitter thread
 void
-RendererStack::blit(int x, int y, int w, int h)
+RendererStack::blitCommon(int x, int y, int w, int h)
 {
     if ((x < 0) || (y < 0) || (w <= 0) || (h <= 0) || (w > 2048) || (h > 2048) || (buffer32 == NULL) || imagebufs.empty() || std::get<std::atomic_flag *>(imagebufs[currentBuf])->test_and_set()) {
         video_blit_complete();
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.hpp b/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.hpp
index 45daf838d..f54cd6f66 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.hpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_rendererstack.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ public:
         OpenGL,
         OpenGLES,
         OpenGL3,
-        Vulkan
+        Vulkan,
+        Direct3D9
     };
     void switchRenderer(Renderer renderer);
 
@@ -72,10 +73,12 @@ public:
 
 signals:
     void blitToRenderer(int buf_idx, int x, int y, int w, int h);
+    void blit(int x, int y, int w, int h);
     void rendererChanged();
 
 public slots:
-    void blit(int x, int y, int w, int h);
+    void blitCommon(int x, int y, int w, int h);
+    void blitRenderer(int x, int y, int w, int h);
     void mousePoll();
 
 private:
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ private:
 
     RendererCommon          *rendererWindow { nullptr };
     std::unique_ptr<QWidget> current;
+    std::atomic<bool> directBlitting{false};
 };
 
 #endif // QT_RENDERERCONTAINER_HPP