diff --git a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
index 2bd6df9015..05d213bbfa 100644
--- a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
@@ -3610,6 +3610,9 @@
 		<member name="xr/openxr/submit_depth_buffer" type="bool" setter="" getter="" default="false">
 			If [code]true[/code], OpenXR will manage the depth buffer and use the depth buffer for advanced reprojection provided this is supported by the XR runtime. Note that some rendering features in Godot can't be used with this feature.
 		</member>
+		<member name="xr/openxr/target_api_version" type="String" setter="" getter="" default="&quot;&quot;">
+			Optionally sets a specific API version of OpenXR to initialize in [code]major.minor.patch[/code] notation. Some XR runtimes gate old behavior behind version checks. This is non-standard OpenXR behavior.
+		</member>
 		<member name="xr/openxr/view_configuration" type="int" setter="" getter="" default="&quot;1&quot;" keywords="mono, stereo">
 			Specify the view configuration with which to configure OpenXR setting up either Mono or Stereo rendering.
 		</member>
diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index 064c20dab4..026ab12d5a 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -2788,6 +2788,7 @@ Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_ph
 #ifndef _3D_DISABLED
 	// XR project settings.
 	GLOBAL_DEF_RST_BASIC("xr/openxr/enabled", false);
+	GLOBAL_DEF(PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "xr/openxr/target_api_version"), "");
 	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC(PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "xr/openxr/default_action_map", PROPERTY_HINT_FILE, "*.tres"), "res://openxr_action_map.tres");
 	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "xr/openxr/form_factor", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Head Mounted,Handheld"), "0");
 	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "xr/openxr/view_configuration", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Mono,Stereo"), "1"); // "Mono,Stereo,Quad,Observer"
diff --git a/modules/openxr/openxr_api.cpp b/modules/openxr/openxr_api.cpp
index e9d23d6da2..759eec8250 100644
--- a/modules/openxr/openxr_api.cpp
+++ b/modules/openxr/openxr_api.cpp
@@ -659,12 +659,21 @@ XrResult OpenXRAPI::attempt_create_instance(XrVersion p_version) {
 bool OpenXRAPI::create_instance() {
 	// Create our OpenXR instance, this will query any registered extension wrappers for extensions we need to enable.
 
-	XrResult result = attempt_create_instance(XR_API_VERSION_1_1);
-	if (result == XR_ERROR_API_VERSION_UNSUPPORTED) {
-		// Couldn't initialize OpenXR 1.1, try 1.0
+	XrVersion init_version = XR_API_VERSION_1_1;
+
+	String custom_version = GLOBAL_GET("xr/openxr/target_api_version");
+	if (!custom_version.is_empty()) {
+		Vector<int> ints = custom_version.split_ints(".", false);
+		ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(ints.size() != 3, false, "OpenXR target API version must be major.minor.patch.");
+		init_version = XR_MAKE_VERSION(ints[0], ints[1], ints[2]);
+	}
+
+	XrResult result = attempt_create_instance(init_version);
+	if (result == XR_ERROR_API_VERSION_UNSUPPORTED && init_version == XR_API_VERSION_1_1) {
 		print_verbose("OpenXR: Falling back to OpenXR 1.0");
 
-		result = attempt_create_instance(XR_API_VERSION_1_0);
+		init_version = XR_API_VERSION_1_0;
+		result = attempt_create_instance(init_version);
 	}
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(XR_FAILED(result), false, "Failed to create XR instance [" + get_error_string(result) + "].");