diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a72bdc39..d3b772ba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -573,6 +573,13 @@ endif()
 # Copy bundled SDL library to the etl.exe location
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------
 if(BUNDLED_SDL AND BUILD_CLIENT)
+	# GL render builds (not GLES) for RPI require VIDEO_OPENGLES=1
+	if(ARM AND NOT FEATURE_RENDERER_GLES)
+		set(SDL_WITH_GLES, "ON")
+	else()
+		set(SDL_WITH_GLES, "${SDL_WITH_GLES}")
+	endif()
+
 	# ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libs/sdl2
 	# ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/sdl2
 	ExternalProject_Add(bundled_sdl
@@ -582,7 +589,7 @@ if(BUNDLED_SDL AND BUILD_CLIENT)
 		BINARY_DIR	${LIBS_BINARYDIR_DIR}/sdl2
 		CMAKE_ARGS	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}
 		-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.7"
-		-DSDL_SHARED=OFF -DSDL_RENDER=OFF -DRENDER_D3D=OFF -DFORCE_STATIC_VCRT=ON
+		-DVIDEO_OPENGLES=${SDL_WITH_GLES} -DSDL_SHARED=OFF -DSDL_RENDER=OFF -DRENDER_D3D=OFF -DFORCE_STATIC_VCRT=ON
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBS_BINARYDIR_DIR}/sdl2
 		PREFIX ${LIBS_BINARYDIR_DIR}/sdl2
 	)