diff --git a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyr_glamor_glx.c b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyr_glamor_glx.c
index eaf565496..8fe751693 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyr_glamor_glx.c
+++ b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyr_glamor_glx.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 static Display *dpy;
 static XVisualInfo *visual_info;
 static GLXFBConfig fb_config;
+Bool ephyr_glamor_gles2;
 /** @} */
 
 /**
@@ -145,6 +146,10 @@ ephyr_glamor_setup_texturing_shader(struct ephyr_glamor *glamor)
         "}\n";
 
     const char *fs_source =
+        "#ifdef GL_ES\n"
+        "precision mediump float;\n"
+        "#endif\n"
+        "\n"
         "varying vec2 t;\n"
         "uniform sampler2D s; /* initially 0 */\n"
         "\n"
@@ -276,7 +281,24 @@ ephyr_glamor_glx_screen_init(xcb_window_t win)
 
     glx_win = glXCreateWindow(dpy, fb_config, win, NULL);
 
-    ctx = glXCreateContext(dpy, visual_info, NULL, True);
+    if (ephyr_glamor_gles2) {
+        static const int context_attribs[] = {
+            GLX_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION_ARB, 2,
+            GLX_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION_ARB, 0,
+            GLX_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK_ARB, GLX_CONTEXT_ES_PROFILE_BIT_EXT,
+            0,
+        };
+        if (epoxy_has_glx_extension(dpy, DefaultScreen(dpy),
+                                    "GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile")) {
+            ctx = glXCreateContextAttribsARB(dpy, fb_config, NULL, True,
+                                             context_attribs);
+        } else {
+            FatalError("Xephyr -glamor_gles2 rquires "
+                       "GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile\n");
+        }
+    } else {
+        ctx = glXCreateContext(dpy, visual_info, NULL, True);
+    }
     if (ctx == NULL)
         FatalError("glXCreateContext failed\n");
 
diff --git a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrinit.c b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrinit.c
index fac84cd13..17f070dcb 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrinit.c
+++ b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/ephyrinit.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern Bool EphyrWantGrayScale;
 extern Bool EphyrWantResize;
 extern Bool kdHasPointer;
 extern Bool kdHasKbd;
-extern Bool ephyr_glamor;
+extern Bool ephyr_glamor, ephyr_glamor_gles2;
 
 #ifdef GLXEXT
 extern Bool ephyrNoDRI;
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ ddxUseMsg(void)
     ErrorF("-resizeable          Make Xephyr windows resizeable\n");
 #ifdef GLAMOR
     ErrorF("-glamor              Enable 2D acceleration using glamor\n");
+    ErrorF("-glamor_gles2        Enable 2D acceleration using glamor (with GLES2 only)\n");
 #endif
     ErrorF
         ("-fakexa              Simulate acceleration using software rendering\n");
@@ -251,6 +252,15 @@ ddxProcessArgument(int argc, char **argv, int i)
         ephyrFuncs.finiAccel = ephyr_glamor_fini;
         return 1;
     }
+    else if (!strcmp (argv[i], "-glamor_gles2")) {
+        ephyr_glamor = TRUE;
+        ephyr_glamor_gles2 = TRUE;
+        ephyrFuncs.initAccel = ephyr_glamor_init;
+        ephyrFuncs.enableAccel = ephyr_glamor_enable;
+        ephyrFuncs.disableAccel = ephyr_glamor_disable;
+        ephyrFuncs.finiAccel = ephyr_glamor_fini;
+        return 1;
+    }
 #endif
     else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-fakexa")) {
         ephyrFuncs.initAccel = ephyrDrawInit;