diff --git a/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/Vulkan.java b/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/Vulkan.java
index cec7af77e..447c640ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/Vulkan.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/Vulkan.java
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ public static long getAllocator() {
     private static final StagingBuffers stagingBuffers = new StagingBuffers();
 
     public static boolean use24BitsDepthFormat = true;
+    public static boolean surfaceCapabilities2Supported = false;
     private static int DEFAULT_DEPTH_FORMAT = 0;
 
     public static void initVulkan(long window) {
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ private static void createInstance() {
         }
 
         try (MemoryStack stack = stackPush()) {
+            checkSurfaceCapabilities2Support(stack);
 
             // Use calloc to initialize the structs with 0s. Otherwise, the program can crash due to random values
 
@@ -357,18 +359,48 @@ private static void createCommandPool() {
         }
     }
 
+    private static void checkSurfaceCapabilities2Support(MemoryStack stack) {
+        if (org.lwjgl.system.Platform.get() != org.lwjgl.system.Platform.WINDOWS) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        IntBuffer propertyCount = stack.ints(0);
+        vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties((String) null, propertyCount, null);
+
+        if (propertyCount.get(0) == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        VkExtensionProperties.Buffer availableExtensions = VkExtensionProperties.malloc(propertyCount.get(0), stack);
+        vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties((String) null, propertyCount, availableExtensions);
+
+        Set<String> availableExtensionNames = availableExtensions.stream()
+                                                                 .map(VkExtensionProperties::extensionNameString)
+                                                                 .collect(toSet());
+
+        if (availableExtensionNames.contains(KHRGetSurfaceCapabilities2.VK_KHR_GET_SURFACE_CAPABILITIES_2_EXTENSION_NAME)) {
+            surfaceCapabilities2Supported = true;
+        }
+    }
+
     private static PointerBuffer getRequiredInstanceExtensions() {
 
         PointerBuffer glfwExtensions = glfwGetRequiredInstanceExtensions();
 
-        if (ENABLE_VALIDATION_LAYERS) {
+        int extraCount = (ENABLE_VALIDATION_LAYERS ? 1 : 0) + (surfaceCapabilities2Supported ? 1 : 0);
+        if (extraCount > 0) {
 
             MemoryStack stack = stackGet();
 
-            PointerBuffer extensions = stack.mallocPointer(glfwExtensions.capacity() + 1);
+            PointerBuffer extensions = stack.mallocPointer(glfwExtensions.capacity() + extraCount);
 
             extensions.put(glfwExtensions);
-            extensions.put(stack.UTF8(VK_EXT_DEBUG_UTILS_EXTENSION_NAME));
+            if (ENABLE_VALIDATION_LAYERS) {
+                extensions.put(stack.UTF8(VK_EXT_DEBUG_UTILS_EXTENSION_NAME));
+            }
+            if (surfaceCapabilities2Supported) {
+                extensions.put(stack.UTF8(KHRGetSurfaceCapabilities2.VK_KHR_GET_SURFACE_CAPABILITIES_2_EXTENSION_NAME));
+            }
 
             // Rewind the buffer before returning it to reset its position back to 0
             return extensions.rewind();
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/device/DeviceManager.java b/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/device/DeviceManager.java
index 39a8ccef8..6c0cc95f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/device/DeviceManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/device/DeviceManager.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import java.nio.IntBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toSet;
 import static net.vulkanmod.vulkan.queue.Queue.findQueueFamilies;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ public abstract class DeviceManager {
     public static VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties memoryProperties;
 
     public static SurfaceProperties surfaceProperties;
+    public static boolean fullScreenExclusiveControl = false;
 
     static GraphicsQueue graphicsQueue;
     static PresentQueue presentQueue;
@@ -209,7 +211,21 @@ public static void createLogicalDevice() {
 //                deviceVulkan13Features.pNext(deviceVulkan11Features.address());
             }
 
-            createInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames(asPointerBuffer(Vulkan.REQUIRED_EXTENSION));
+            fullScreenExclusiveControl = false;
+            List<String> enabledExtensions = new ArrayList<>(Vulkan.REQUIRED_EXTENSION);
+            if (Vulkan.surfaceCapabilities2Supported) {
+                Set<String> availableExtensions = getAvailableExtension(stack, physicalDevice).stream()
+                        .map(VkExtensionProperties::extensionNameString)
+                        .collect(toSet());
+
+                if (availableExtensions.contains(EXTFullScreenExclusive.VK_EXT_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_EXTENSION_NAME)) {
+                    enabledExtensions.add(EXTFullScreenExclusive.VK_EXT_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_EXTENSION_NAME);
+                    fullScreenExclusiveControl = true;
+                    Initializer.LOGGER.info("VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive enabled: opting out of full screen exclusive control");
+                }
+            }
+
+            createInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames(asPointerBuffer(enabledExtensions));
 
 //            Configuration.DEBUG_FUNCTIONS.set(true);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/framebuffer/SwapChain.java b/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/framebuffer/SwapChain.java
index ef7191c1c..e0dab5173 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/framebuffer/SwapChain.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/vulkan/framebuffer/SwapChain.java
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ private void createSwapChain() {
             createInfo.presentMode(presentMode);
             createInfo.clipped(true);
 
+            if (DeviceManager.fullScreenExclusiveControl) {
+                VkSurfaceFullScreenExclusiveInfoEXT fullScreenExclusiveInfo = VkSurfaceFullScreenExclusiveInfoEXT.calloc(stack);
+                fullScreenExclusiveInfo.sType(EXTFullScreenExclusive.VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SURFACE_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_INFO_EXT);
+                fullScreenExclusiveInfo.fullScreenExclusive(EXTFullScreenExclusive.VK_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_DISALLOWED_EXT);
+                createInfo.pNext(fullScreenExclusiveInfo.address());
+            }
+
             if (this.swapChainId != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
                 this.swapChainImages.forEach(image -> vkDestroyImageView(device, image.getImageView(), null));
                 vkDestroySwapchainKHR(device, this.swapChainId, null);