diff --git a/src/cam/drm.cpp b/src/cam/drm.cpp
index 42c5a3b1..47d9d50c 100644
--- a/src/cam/drm.cpp
+++ b/src/cam/drm.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "drm.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -393,9 +394,13 @@ Device::~Device()
 
 int Device::init()
 {
-	constexpr size_t NODE_NAME_MAX = sizeof("/dev/dri/card255");
-	char name[NODE_NAME_MAX];
-	int ret;
+	constexpr size_t DIR_NAME_MAX = sizeof("/dev/dri/");
+	constexpr size_t PRE_NODE_NAME_MAX = sizeof("card");
+	constexpr size_t POST_NODE_NAME_MAX = sizeof("255");
+	constexpr size_t NODE_NAME_MAX =
+		DIR_NAME_MAX + PRE_NODE_NAME_MAX + POST_NODE_NAME_MAX - 2;
+	char name[NODE_NAME_MAX] = "/dev/dri/";
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Open the first DRM/KMS device. The libdrm drmOpen*() functions
@@ -404,14 +409,35 @@ int Device::init()
 	 * from drmOpen() is of no practical use as any modern system will
 	 * handle that through udev or an equivalent component.
 	 */
-	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "/dev/dri/card%u", 0);
-	fd_ = open(name, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+	DIR *folder = opendir(name);
+	strncpy(name + DIR_NAME_MAX - 1, "card", PRE_NODE_NAME_MAX);
+	if (folder) {
+		for (struct dirent *res; (res = readdir(folder));) {
+			if (!strncmp(res->d_name, "card", 4)) {
+				strncpy(name + DIR_NAME_MAX +
+						PRE_NODE_NAME_MAX - 2,
+					res->d_name + PRE_NODE_NAME_MAX - 1,
+					POST_NODE_NAME_MAX);
+				fd_ = open(name, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+				if (fd_ < 0) {
+					ret = -errno;
+					std::cerr
+						<< "Failed to open DRM/KMS device "
+						<< name << ": "
+						<< strerror(-ret) << std::endl;
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		closedir(folder);
+	}
+
 	if (fd_ < 0) {
-		ret = -errno;
-		std::cerr
-			<< "Failed to open DRM/KMS device " << name << ": "
-			<< strerror(-ret) << std::endl;
-		return ret;
+		std::cerr << "Unable to open any DRM/KMS device" << std::endl;
+		return ret ? ret : -ENOENT;
 	}
 
 	/*