diff --git a/src/render/opengles/SDL_render_gles.c b/src/render/opengles/SDL_render_gles.c
index 51a12e8dc..70d93e414 100755
--- a/src/render/opengles/SDL_render_gles.c
+++ b/src/render/opengles/SDL_render_gles.c
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ GLES_CreateRenderer(SDL_Window * window, Uint32 flags)
     GLint value;
     Uint32 windowFlags;
     
+    SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_EGL, 1);
     SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION, 1);
     SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION, 1);
     
diff --git a/src/render/opengles2/SDL_render_gles2.c b/src/render/opengles2/SDL_render_gles2.c
index 73e136ca9..fbf4eaffc 100755
--- a/src/render/opengles2/SDL_render_gles2.c
+++ b/src/render/opengles2/SDL_render_gles2.c
@@ -1600,6 +1600,7 @@ GLES2_CreateRenderer(SDL_Window *window, Uint32 flags)
     Uint32 windowFlags;
     GLint window_framebuffer;
 
+    SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_EGL, 1);
     SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION, 2);
     SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION, 0);