diff --git a/src/bbconfig.h b/src/bbconfig.h
index 7cfb8ae..88ad944 100644
--- a/src/bbconfig.h
+++ b/src/bbconfig.h
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ const char *bb_pm_method_string[PM_METHODS_COUNT];
 /* String buffer size */
 #define BUFFER_SIZE 1024
 
+enum card_type {
+    CARD_UNKNOWN,
+    CARD_NVIDIA,
+    CARD_ATI,
+};
+
 /* Structure containing the status of the application */
 struct bb_status_struct {
     enum verbosity_level verbosity; ///Verbosity level of messages.
@@ -115,6 +121,7 @@ struct bb_status_struct {
     int x_pipe[2];//pipes for reading/writing output from X's stdout/stderr
     gboolean use_syslog;
     char *program_name;
+    enum card_type card_type;
 };
 
 /* Structure containing the configuration. */
diff --git a/src/bumblebeed.c b/src/bumblebeed.c
index 143eed0..a35ae86 100644
--- a/src/bumblebeed.c
+++ b/src/bumblebeed.c
@@ -458,30 +458,49 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   init_config();
   bbconfig_parse_opts(argc, argv, PARSE_STAGE_PRECONF);
 
-  /* First look for an intel card */
-  struct pci_bus_id *pci_id_igd = pci_find_gfx_by_vendor(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0);
-  if (!pci_id_igd) {
-    /* This is no Optimus configuration. But maybe it's a
-       dual-nvidia configuration. Let us test that.
-    */
-    pci_id_igd = pci_find_gfx_by_vendor(PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA, 1);
-    bb_log(LOG_INFO, "No Intel video card found, testing for dual-nvidia system.\n");
-
-    if (!pci_id_igd) {
-      /* Ok, this is not a double gpu setup supported (there is at most
-         one nvidia and no intel cards */
-      bb_log(LOG_ERR, "No integrated video card found, quitting.\n");
-      return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+  pci_bus_id_discrete = pci_find_gfx_by_vendor(PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA, 0);
+  if (pci_bus_id_discrete) {
+    bb_status.card_type = CARD_NVIDIA;
+  } else {
+    pci_bus_id_discrete = pci_find_gfx_by_vendor(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI, 0);
+    if (pci_bus_id_discrete) {
+      bb_status.card_type = CARD_ATI;
     }
   }
-  pci_bus_id_discrete = pci_find_gfx_by_vendor(PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA, 0);
   if (!pci_bus_id_discrete) {
-    bb_log(LOG_ERR, "No discrete video card found, quitting\n");
+    bb_log(LOG_ERR, "No nVidia nor AMD/ATI graphics card found, quitting.\n");
     return (EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
-  bb_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Found card: %02x:%02x.%x (discrete)\n", pci_bus_id_discrete->bus, pci_bus_id_discrete->slot, pci_bus_id_discrete->func);
-  bb_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Found card: %02x:%02x.%x (integrated)\n", pci_id_igd->bus, pci_id_igd->slot, pci_id_igd->func);
+  struct pci_bus_id *pci_id_igd;
+  pci_id_igd = pci_find_gfx_by_vendor(PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, 0);
+  if (!pci_id_igd) {
+    if (bb_status.card_type == CARD_ATI) {
+      /* assume the first AMD video card to be integrated */
+      pci_id_igd = pci_bus_id_discrete;
+      pci_bus_id_discrete = pci_find_gfx_by_vendor(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI, 1);
+      if (!pci_bus_id_discrete) {
+        bb_log(LOG_ERR, "No AMD Switchable Graphics detected, quitting.\n");
+        return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+    } else {
+      /* maybe it is a nvidia/nvidia setup. Assume the second card to be the
+       * iGPU (as is the case with MacBook Pro 2009 */
+      pci_id_igd = pci_find_gfx_by_vendor(PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA, 1);
+      if (!pci_id_igd) {
+        bb_log(LOG_ERR, "No hybrid Nvidia graphics detected, quitting.\n");
+        return (EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  bb_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Found card: %02x:%02x.%x (discrete %s)\n",
+    pci_bus_id_discrete->bus, pci_bus_id_discrete->slot,
+    pci_bus_id_discrete->func,
+    (bb_status.card_type == CARD_NVIDIA ? "nvidia" :
+    (bb_status.card_type == CARD_ATI ? "amd" : "unknown")));
+  bb_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Found card: %02x:%02x.%x (integrated)\n", pci_id_igd->bus,
+    pci_id_igd->slot, pci_id_igd->func);
 
   free(pci_id_igd);
 
diff --git a/src/pci.h b/src/pci.h
index aa10359..c121563 100644
--- a/src/pci.h
+++ b/src/pci.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <sys/types.h> /* necessary for int32_t */
 
+#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI     0x1002
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA  0x10de
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL   0x8086
 #define PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA 0x0300