diff --git a/gfx/gl.c b/gfx/gl.c
index eb3ab282a7..3d6bd32ca9 100644
--- a/gfx/gl.c
+++ b/gfx/gl.c
@@ -1485,11 +1485,53 @@ static bool gl_read_viewport(void *data, uint8_t *buffer)
    glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, vp);
 
    glPixelStorei(GL_PACK_ALIGNMENT, get_alignment(vp[2]));
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENGLES
+   glReadPixels(vp[0], vp[1],
+         vp[2], vp[3],
+         GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, buffer);
+
+   unsigned numbytes = vp[2] * vp[3];
+   unsigned count = numbytes / 4;
+   unsigned remainder = numbytes % 4;
+   uint32_t *pixels = (uint32_t *)buffer;
+   // convert RGB to BGR
+   for (unsigned i = 0; i <= count; pixels += 3, i++)
+   {
+      uint8_t p[12];
+      memcpy(p, pixels, 12);
+      pixels[0] = p[2] | p[1] << 8 | p[0] << 16 | p[5] << 24;
+      pixels[1] = p[4] | p[3] << 8 | p[8] << 16 | p[7] << 24;
+      pixels[2] = p[6] | p[11] << 8 | p[10] << 16 | p[9] << 24;
+   }
+
+   uint8_t *rem = (uint8_t *)pixels;
+   uint8_t tmp;
+   switch (remainder)
+   {
+   case 3:
+      tmp = rem[8];
+      rem[6] = rem[8];
+      rem[8] = tmp;
+   case 2:
+      tmp = rem[5];
+      rem[3] = rem[5];
+      rem[5] = tmp;
+   case 1:
+      tmp = rem[2];
+      rem[2] = rem[0];
+      rem[0] = tmp;
+      break;
+   default:
+      break;
+   }
+#else
    glPixelStorei(GL_PACK_ROW_LENGTH, vp[2]);
 
    glReadPixels(vp[0], vp[1],
          vp[2], vp[3],
          GL_BGR, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, buffer);
+#endif
 
    return true;
 }
diff --git a/gfx/gl_common.h b/gfx/gl_common.h
index 165bafac86..cb90dcec3c 100644
--- a/gfx/gl_common.h
+++ b/gfx/gl_common.h
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ extern PFNGLACTIVETEXTUREPROC pglActiveTexture;
 #endif
 
 // Platform specific workarounds/hacks.
-#if defined(__CELLOS_LV2__) || defined(HAVE_OPENGLES)
+#if defined(__CELLOS_LV2__)
 #define NO_GL_READ_VIEWPORT
 #endif