diff --git a/qt/qt_common/map_widget.cpp b/qt/qt_common/map_widget.cpp
index a3c26c2549..e18a09eaf9 100644
--- a/qt/qt_common/map_widget.cpp
+++ b/qt/qt_common/map_widget.cpp
@@ -383,8 +383,21 @@ void MapWidget::initializeGL()
     else
     {
       LOG(LINFO, ("Contex is LibGL"));
-      // TODO: Separate apiOpenGL3 from apiOpenGLES3, and use that for the currend shader code.
-      m_apiOpenGLES3 = true;
+      GLint majorVersion = 0, minorVersion = 0;
+      funcs->glGetIntegerv(GL_MAJOR_VERSION, &majorVersion);
+      funcs->glGetIntegerv(GL_MINOR_VERSION, &minorVersion);
+
+      if (majorVersion < 3 || (majorVersion == 3 && minorVersion < 2))
+      {
+        LOG(LINFO, ("OpenGL version is below 3.2, taking the OpenGL 2.1 path"));
+        m_apiOpenGLES3 = false;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        LOG(LINFO, ("OpenGL version is at least 3.2, enabling GLSL '#version 150 core'"));
+        // TODO: Separate apiOpenGL3 from apiOpenGLES3, and use that for the currend shader code.
+        m_apiOpenGLES3 = true;
+      }
     }
 
     auto fmt = context()->format();