diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16f7b0f06..7cd6f31e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ guide in the GLFW documentation.
  - Renamed configuration header to `glfw_config.h` to avoid conflicts
  - Bugfix: The `glfw3.pc` file did not respect the `LIB_SUFFIX` CMake option
  - Bugfix: The `joysticks` test would segfault if a controller had no axes
+ - [Win32] Allowed swap interval to be explicitly set to zero on DWM systems
  - [Win32] Bugfix: Removed joystick axis value negation left over from GLFW 2
  - [Win32] Bugfix: Restoring windows using the Win+D hot key did not trigger the
                    focus callback
diff --git a/src/wgl_context.c b/src/wgl_context.c
index ccd7f574b..0b3610bd9 100644
--- a/src/wgl_context.c
+++ b/src/wgl_context.c
@@ -272,9 +272,21 @@ static GLboolean choosePixelFormat(_GLFWwindow* window,
         usableCount++;
     }
 
+    if (!usableCount)
+    {
+        _glfwInputError(GLFW_API_UNAVAILABLE,
+                        "WGL: The driver does not appear to support OpenGL");
+
+        free(usableConfigs);
+        return GL_FALSE;
+    }
+
     closest = _glfwChooseFBConfig(desired, usableConfigs, usableCount);
     if (!closest)
     {
+        _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
+                        "WGL: Failed to find a suitable pixel format");
+
         free(usableConfigs);
         return GL_FALSE;
     }
@@ -355,11 +367,7 @@ int _glfwCreateContext(_GLFWwindow* window,
     }
 
     if (!choosePixelFormat(window, fbconfig, &pixelFormat))
-    {
-        _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "WGL: Failed to find a suitable pixel format");
         return GL_FALSE;
-    }
 
     if (!DescribePixelFormat(window->wgl.dc, pixelFormat, sizeof(pfd), &pfd))
     {
@@ -598,7 +606,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformSwapInterval(int interval)
     _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext();
 
 #if !defined(_GLFW_USE_DWM_SWAP_INTERVAL)
-    if (_glfwIsCompositionEnabled())
+    if (_glfwIsCompositionEnabled() && interval)
     {
         // Don't enabled vsync when desktop compositing is enabled, as it leads
         // to frame jitter