diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/ui.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/ui.cc
index 43396b7522..40ade50df0 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/ui.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/ui.cc
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+  QSurfaceFormat fmt;
+  fmt.setRenderableType(QSurfaceFormat::OpenGLES);
+  QSurfaceFormat::setDefaultFormat(fmt);
+
   QApplication a(argc, argv);
 
   MainWindow w;
-
   w.setFixedSize(vwp_w, vwp_h);
   w.show();