diff --git a/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/Builder/X11HostBuilder.cs b/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/Builder/X11HostBuilder.cs
index 3bb2ed455bd2..d667df3df6fa 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/Builder/X11HostBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/Builder/X11HostBuilder.cs
@@ -10,15 +10,26 @@ internal partial class X11HostBuilder : IPlatformHostBuilder
 	[GeneratedRegex(@"^(?:(?<hostname>[\w\.-]+))?:(?<displaynumber>\d+)(?:\.(?<screennumber>\d+))?$")]
 	private static partial Regex DisplayRegex();
 
+	private int _renderFrameRate = 60;
+
 	public X11HostBuilder()
 	{
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Sets the FPS that the application should try to achieve.
+	/// </summary>
+	public X11HostBuilder RenderFrameRate(int renderFrameRate)
+	{
+		_renderFrameRate = renderFrameRate;
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	public bool IsSupported
 		=> OperatingSystem.IsLinux() &&
 			Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DISPLAY") is { } displayString &&
 			DisplayRegex().Match(displayString).Success;
 
 	public SkiaHost Create(Func<Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Application> appBuilder)
-		=> new X11ApplicationHost(appBuilder);
+		=> new X11ApplicationHost(appBuilder, _renderFrameRate);
 }
diff --git a/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/X11ApplicationHost.cs b/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/X11ApplicationHost.cs
index f40b91496cd6..71376b4296f3 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/X11ApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/X11ApplicationHost.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace Uno.WinUI.Runtime.Skia.X11;
 public partial class X11ApplicationHost : SkiaHost, ISkiaApplicationHost, IDisposable
 {
 	[ThreadStatic] private static bool _isDispatcherThread;
+	[ThreadStatic] private static int _renderFrameRate;
 	private readonly EventLoop _eventLoop;
 
 	private readonly Func<Application> _appBuilder;
@@ -70,18 +71,24 @@ static X11ApplicationHost()
 		ApiExtensibility.Register<XamlRoot>(typeof(Uno.Graphics.INativeOpenGLWrapper), xamlRoot => new X11NativeOpenGLWrapper(xamlRoot));
 	}
 
-	public X11ApplicationHost(Func<Application> appBuilder)
+	public X11ApplicationHost(Func<Application> appBuilder, int renderFrameRate = 60)
 	{
 		_appBuilder = appBuilder;
 
 		_eventLoop = new EventLoop();
 		_eventLoop.Schedule(() => { Thread.CurrentThread.Name = "Uno Event Loop"; }, UI.Dispatching.NativeDispatcherPriority.Normal);
 
-		_eventLoop.Schedule(() => _isDispatcherThread = true, UI.Dispatching.NativeDispatcherPriority.Normal);
+		_eventLoop.Schedule(() =>
+		{
+			_isDispatcherThread = true;
+			_renderFrameRate = renderFrameRate;
+		}, UI.Dispatching.NativeDispatcherPriority.Normal);
 		CoreDispatcher.DispatchOverride = _eventLoop.Schedule;
 		CoreDispatcher.HasThreadAccessOverride = () => _isDispatcherThread;
 	}
 
+	internal static int RenderFrameRate => _renderFrameRate;
+
 	[LibraryImport("libc", StringMarshallingCustomType = typeof(AnsiStringMarshaller))]
 	private static partial void setlocale(int type, string s);
 
diff --git a/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/X11XamlRootHost.cs b/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/X11XamlRootHost.cs
index 194927936de8..e02190e9f70f 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/X11XamlRootHost.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI.Runtime.Skia.X11/X11XamlRootHost.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public X11XamlRootHost(X11WindowWrapper wrapper, Window winUIWindow, XamlRoot xa
 		_configureCallback = configureCallback;
 
 		_renderTimer = new DispatcherTimer();
-		_renderTimer.Interval = new TimeSpan(1000 / 16);
+		_renderTimer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1.0 / X11ApplicationHost.RenderFrameRate); // we're on the UI thread
 		_renderTimer.Tick += (sender, o) =>
 		{
 			if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _needsConfigureCallback, 0) == 1)
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ public X11XamlRootHost(X11WindowWrapper wrapper, Window winUIWindow, XamlRoot xa
 
 			if (_renderDirty)
 			{
-				_renderer?.Render();
 				_renderDirty = false;
+				_renderer?.Render();
 			}
 		};
 		_renderTimer.Start();