diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index e99adbdd9..44fbef801 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -86,9 +86,14 @@ enum FurnaceGUIRenderBackend {
 #define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT GUI_BACKEND_GL1
 #define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT_NAME "OpenGL 1.1"
 #else
+#ifdef USE_GLES
+#define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT GUI_BACKEND_GL3
+#define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT_NAME "OpenGL ES 2.0"
+#else
 #define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT GUI_BACKEND_GL3
 #define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT_NAME "OpenGL 3.0"
 #endif
+#endif
 #else
 #ifdef HAVE_RENDER_SDL
 #define GUI_BACKEND_DEFAULT GUI_BACKEND_SDL
diff --git a/src/gui/render.cpp b/src/gui/render.cpp
index fcda254fc..5472f8331 100644
--- a/src/gui/render.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/render.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ bool FurnaceGUI::initRender() {
     case GUI_BACKEND_GL2:
       logI("render backend: OpenGL ES 2.0");
       rend=new FurnaceGUIRenderGL;
-      ((FurnaceGUIRenderGL*)rend)->setVersion(2);
+      ((FurnaceGUIRenderGL*)rend)->setVersion(3);
       break;
 #else
     case GUI_BACKEND_GL3:
diff --git a/src/gui/render/renderGL.cpp b/src/gui/render/renderGL.cpp
index 2c7395f2c..f83380a1e 100644
--- a/src/gui/render/renderGL.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/render/renderGL.cpp
@@ -725,4 +725,4 @@ bool FurnaceGUIRenderGL::isDead() {
 
 void FurnaceGUIRenderGL::setVersion(unsigned char ver) {
   glVer=ver;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}