diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index 0e57cc97b..e99adbdd9 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -82,8 +82,13 @@ enum FurnaceGUIRenderBackend {
 #define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT_NAME "DirectX 11"
 #else
 #ifdef HAVE_RENDER_GL
+#ifdef SUPPORT_XP
+#define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT GUI_BACKEND_GL1
+#define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT_NAME "OpenGL 1.1"
+#else
 #define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT GUI_BACKEND_GL3
-#define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT_NAME "OpenGL"
+#define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT_NAME "OpenGL 3.0"
+#endif
 #else
 #ifdef HAVE_RENDER_SDL
 #define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT GUI_BACKEND_SDL