diff --git a/winrt/lib/drawing/CanvasDevice.cpp b/winrt/lib/drawing/CanvasDevice.cpp
index aef9d475b..4108818f8 100644
--- a/winrt/lib/drawing/CanvasDevice.cpp
+++ b/winrt/lib/drawing/CanvasDevice.cpp
@@ -1348,6 +1348,7 @@ namespace ABI { namespace Microsoft { namespace Graphics { namespace Canvas
         swapChainDesc.Scaling = DXGI_SCALING_STRETCH;
         swapChainDesc.SwapEffect = DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT_FLIP_SEQUENTIAL;
         swapChainDesc.AlphaMode = ToDxgiAlphaMode(alphaMode);
+        swapChainDesc.Flags = DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_FLAG_ALLOW_TEARING;
 
         ComPtr<IDXGISwapChain1> swapChain;
         ThrowIfCreateSurfaceFailed(
diff --git a/winrt/lib/drawing/CanvasSwapChain.cpp b/winrt/lib/drawing/CanvasSwapChain.cpp
index 1d99c29d3..9f6098bff 100644
--- a/winrt/lib/drawing/CanvasSwapChain.cpp
+++ b/winrt/lib/drawing/CanvasSwapChain.cpp
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ namespace ABI { namespace Microsoft { namespace Graphics { namespace Canvas
             widthInPixels,
             heightInPixels,
             static_cast<DXGI_FORMAT>(newFormat), 
-            0));
+            DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_FLAG_ALLOW_TEARING));
 
         if (m_isCoreWindowSwapChain)
         {