diff --git a/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/fft/fft.cpp b/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/fft/fft.cpp
index a66c2a2b5a..1c6bdeefb6 100644
--- a/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/fft/fft.cpp
+++ b/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/fft/fft.cpp
@@ -150,16 +150,7 @@ static const char fragment_program_heightmap[] =
    "   FragColor = vec4(color, 1.0);\n"
    "}";
 
-static const char vertex_program[] =
-   "#version 300 es\n"
-   "layout(location = 0) in vec2 aVertex;\n"
-   "layout(location = 1) in vec2 aTexCoord;\n"
-   "uniform vec4 uOffsetScale;\n"
-   "out vec2 vTex;\n"
-   "void main() {\n"
-   "   vTex = uOffsetScale.xy + aTexCoord * uOffsetScale.zw;\n"
-   "   gl_Position = vec4(aVertex, 0.0, 1.0);\n"
-   "}";
+#include "gl_shaders/fft_vertex_program.glsl.vert.h"
 
 static const char fragment_program_resolve[] =
    "#version 300 es\n"
@@ -614,10 +605,10 @@ static void fft_init(glfft_t *fft)
    GLushort *window;
    static const GLfloat unity[] = { 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f };
 
-   fft->prog_real    = fft_compile_program(fft, vertex_program, fragment_program_real);
-   fft->prog_complex = fft_compile_program(fft, vertex_program, fragment_program_complex);
-   fft->prog_resolve = fft_compile_program(fft, vertex_program, fragment_program_resolve);
-   fft->prog_blur    = fft_compile_program(fft, vertex_program, fragment_program_blur);
+   fft->prog_real    = fft_compile_program(fft, fft_vertex_program, fragment_program_real);
+   fft->prog_complex = fft_compile_program(fft, fft_vertex_program, fragment_program_complex);
+   fft->prog_resolve = fft_compile_program(fft, fft_vertex_program, fragment_program_resolve);
+   fft->prog_blur    = fft_compile_program(fft, fft_vertex_program, fragment_program_blur);
    GL_CHECK_ERROR();
 
    glUseProgram(fft->prog_real);
diff --git a/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/fft/gl_shaders/fft_vertex_program.glsl.vert.h b/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/fft/gl_shaders/fft_vertex_program.glsl.vert.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f56c6667f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/fft/gl_shaders/fft_vertex_program.glsl.vert.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include "shaders_common.h"
+
+static const char *fft_vertex_program = GLSL_300(
+   layout(location = 0) in vec2 aVertex;
+   layout(location = 1) in vec2 aTexCoord;
+   uniform vec4 uOffsetScale;
+   out vec2 vTex;
+   void main() {
+      vTex = uOffsetScale.xy + aTexCoord * uOffsetScale.zw;
+      gl_Position = vec4(aVertex, 0.0, 1.0);
+   }
+);
diff --git a/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/fft/gl_shaders/shaders_common.h b/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/fft/gl_shaders/shaders_common.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3d27f0e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/fft/gl_shaders/shaders_common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef _SHADERS_COMMON
+#define _SHADERS_COMMON
+
+#if defined(HAVE_OPENGLES)
+#define CG(src)   "" #src
+#define GLSL(src) "precision mediump float;\n" #src
+#define GLSL_330(src)   "#version 330 es\nprecision mediump float;\n"   #src
+#define GLSL_300(src)   "#version 300 es\nprecision mediump float;\n"   #src
+#else
+#define CG(src)   "" #src
+#define GLSL(src) "" #src
+#define GLSL_300(src)   "#version 300 es\n"   #src
+#define GLSL_330(src)   "#version 330 core\n"   #src
+#endif
+
+#endif