diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp
index d7017a7e0a..6a4d384ba6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp
@@ -528,24 +528,6 @@ const char *GeneratePixelShaderCode(DSTALPHA_MODE dstAlphaMode, API_TYPE ApiType
 
 	if (ApiType == API_OPENGL)
 	{
-		// A few required defines and ones that will make our lives a lot easier
-		WRITE(p, "#version 130\n");
-		if (g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO)
-			WRITE(p, "#extension GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object : enable\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define ATTRIN in\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define ATTROUT out\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define VARYIN in\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define VARYOUT out\n");
-
-		// Silly differences
-		WRITE(p, "#define float2 vec2\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define float3 vec3\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define float4 vec4\n");
-
-		// cg to glsl function translation
-		WRITE(p, "#define frac(x) fract(x)\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define saturate(x) clamp(x, 0.0f, 1.0f)\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define lerp(x, y, z) mix(x, y, z)\n");
 
 		// A function here
 		// Fmod implementation gleaned from Nvidia
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureConversionShader.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureConversionShader.cpp
index 3dbb3aaa38..b20b6aeea0 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureConversionShader.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureConversionShader.cpp
@@ -822,27 +822,6 @@ const char *GenerateEncodingShader(u32 format,API_TYPE ApiType)
 
 	char *p = text;
 
-	if (ApiType == API_OPENGL)
-	{
-		// A few required defines and ones that will make our lives a lot easier
-		WRITE(p, "#version 130\n");
-		if (g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO)
-			WRITE(p, "#extension GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object : enable\n");
-		
-		// Silly differences
-		WRITE(p, "#define float2 vec2\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define float3 vec3\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define float4 vec4\n");
-
-		// cg to glsl function translation
-		WRITE(p, "#define frac(x) fract(x)\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define saturate(x) clamp(x, 0.0f, 1.0f)\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define lerp(x, y, z) mix(x, y, z)\n");
-
-		// We require this here
-		WRITE(p, "#ifdef GL_ARB_texture_rectangle\n     #extension GL_ARB_texture_rectangle : require\n#endif\n");
-	}
-
 	switch (format)
 	{
 	case GX_TF_I4:
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp
index 42b63f0929..a84d680855 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp
@@ -184,29 +184,6 @@ const char *GenerateVertexShaderCode(u32 components, API_TYPE ApiType)
 	char *p = text;
 	WRITE(p, "//Vertex Shader: comp:%x, \n", components);
 	
-	if (ApiType == API_OPENGL)
-	{
-		// A few required defines and ones that will make our lives a lot easier
-		
-		WRITE(p, "#version 130\n");
-		if (g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO)
-			WRITE(p, "#extension GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object : enable\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define ATTRIN in\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define ATTROUT out\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define VARYIN in\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define VARYOUT out\n");
-		
-		// Silly differences
-		WRITE(p, "#define float2 vec2\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define float3 vec3\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define float4 vec4\n");
-
-		// cg to glsl function translation
-		WRITE(p, "#define frac(x) fract(x)\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define saturate(x) clamp(x, 0.0f, 1.0f)\n");
-		WRITE(p, "#define lerp(x, y, z) mix(x, y, z)\n");
-	}
-	
 	// uniforms
 	if (g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO)
 		WRITE(p, "layout(std140) uniform VSBlock {\n");
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp
index 0fe2ef1d68..51a7887308 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp
@@ -26,20 +26,21 @@ namespace OGL
 
 static const u32 UBO_LENGTH = 4*1024*1024;
 
-static GLuint CurrentProgram = 0;
-ProgramShaderCache::PCache ProgramShaderCache::pshaders;
 GLintptr ProgramShaderCache::s_vs_data_offset;
 u8 *ProgramShaderCache::s_ubo_buffer;
 u32 ProgramShaderCache::s_ubo_buffer_size;
 bool ProgramShaderCache::s_ubo_dirty;
 
-LinearDiskCache<SHADERUID, u8> g_program_disk_cache;
-
 static StreamBuffer *s_buffer;
 
+LinearDiskCache<SHADERUID, u8> g_program_disk_cache;
+static GLuint CurrentProgram = 0;
+ProgramShaderCache::PCache ProgramShaderCache::pshaders;
 ProgramShaderCache::PCacheEntry* ProgramShaderCache::last_entry;
 SHADERUID ProgramShaderCache::last_uid;
 
+static char s_glsl_header[1024] = "";
+
 const char *UniformNames[NUM_UNIFORMS] =
 {
 	// PIXEL SHADER UNIFORMS
@@ -291,7 +292,9 @@ bool ProgramShaderCache::CompileShader ( SHADER& shader, const char* vcode, cons
 		FILE *fp = fopen(szTemp, "wb");
 		fwrite(infoLog, length, 1, fp);
 		delete[] infoLog;
+		fwrite(s_glsl_header, strlen(s_glsl_header), 1, fp);
 		fwrite(vcode, strlen(vcode), 1, fp);
+		fwrite(s_glsl_header, strlen(s_glsl_header), 1, fp);
 		fwrite(pcode, strlen(pcode), 1, fp);
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
@@ -318,9 +321,9 @@ GLuint ProgramShaderCache::CompileSingleShader (GLuint type, const char* code )
 {
 	GLuint result = glCreateShader(type);
 
-	const char *src[] = {code};
+	const char *src[] = {s_glsl_header, code};
 	
-	glShaderSource(result, 1, src, NULL);
+	glShaderSource(result, 2, src, NULL);
 	glCompileShader(result);
 #if defined(_DEBUG) || defined(DEBUGFAST) || defined(DEBUG_GLSL)
 	GLsizei length = 0;
@@ -335,6 +338,7 @@ GLuint ProgramShaderCache::CompileSingleShader (GLuint type, const char* code )
 		sprintf(szTemp, "ps_%d.txt", result);
 		FILE *fp = fopen(szTemp, "wb");
 		fwrite(infoLog, strlen(infoLog), 1, fp);
+		fwrite(s_glsl_header, strlen(s_glsl_header), 1, fp);
 		fwrite(code, strlen(code), 1, fp);
 		fclose(fp);
 		delete[] infoLog;
@@ -433,6 +437,8 @@ void ProgramShaderCache::Init(void)
 		SETSTAT(stats.numPixelShadersAlive, pshaders.size());
 	}
 	
+	CreateHeader();
+	
 	CurrentProgram = 0;
 	last_entry = NULL;
 }
@@ -480,6 +486,36 @@ void ProgramShaderCache::Shutdown(void)
 	}
 }
 
+void ProgramShaderCache::CreateHeader ( void )
+{
+	snprintf(s_glsl_header, sizeof(s_glsl_header), 
+		"#version %s\n"
+		"#extension GL_ARB_texture_rectangle : enable\n"
+		"%s\n" // ubo
+		
+		"\n"// A few required defines and ones that will make our lives a lot easier
+		"#define ATTRIN in\n"
+		"#define ATTROUT out\n"
+		"#define VARYIN in\n"
+		"#define VARYOUT out\n"
+
+		// Silly differences
+		"#define float2 vec2\n"
+		"#define float3 vec3\n"
+		"#define float4 vec4\n"
+
+		// hlsl to glsl function translation
+		"#define frac(x) fract(x)\n"
+		"#define saturate(x) clamp(x, 0.0f, 1.0f)\n"
+		"#define lerp(x, y, z) mix(x, y, z)\n"
+		
+		
+		, "130"
+		, g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO ? "#extension GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object : enable" : "// ubo disabled"
+	);
+}
+
+
 void ProgramShaderCache::ProgramShaderCacheInserter::Read ( const SHADERUID& key, const u8* value, u32 value_size )
 {
 	const u8 *binary = value+sizeof(GLenum);
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.h
index b8fbe40ef1..8903e800ba 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ public:
 
 	static void Init(void);
 	static void Shutdown(void);
+	static void CreateHeader(void);
 
 private:
 	class ProgramShaderCacheInserter : public LinearDiskCacheReader<SHADERUID, u8>
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/RasterFont.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/RasterFont.cpp
index 19e36b0774..0ba2a5b1ae 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/RasterFont.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/RasterFont.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ const u8 rasters[char_count][char_height] = {
 };
 
 static const char *s_vertexShaderSrc = 
-	"#version 130\n"
 	"uniform vec2 charSize;\n"
 	"in vec2 rawpos;\n"
 	"in vec2 tex0;\n"
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ static const char *s_vertexShaderSrc =
 	"}\n"; 
 
 static const char *s_fragmentShaderSrc =
-	"#version 130\n"
 	"uniform sampler2D samp8;\n"
 	"uniform vec4 color;\n"
 	"in vec2 uv0;\n"
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
index 1383fe648d..847ffa7acf 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ void Renderer::Init()
 	s_pfont = new RasterFont();
 	
 	ProgramShaderCache::CompileShader(s_ShowEFBCopyRegions, 
-		"#version 130\n"
 		"in vec2 rawpos;\n"
 		"in vec3 color0;\n"
 		"out vec4 c;\n"
@@ -446,7 +445,6 @@ void Renderer::Init()
 		"	gl_Position = vec4(rawpos,0,1);\n"
 		"	c = vec4(color0, 1.0);\n"
 		"}\n",
-		"#version 130\n"
 		"in vec4 c;\n"
 		"out vec4 ocol0;\n"
 		"void main(void) {\n"
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp
index 9a6f2c85ec..850bd39471 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -476,8 +476,6 @@ void TextureCache::TCacheEntry::SetTextureParameters(const TexMode0 &newmode, co
 TextureCache::TextureCache()
 {
 	const char *pColorMatrixProg = 
-		"#version 130\n"
-		"#extension GL_ARB_texture_rectangle : enable\n"
 		"uniform sampler2DRect samp9;\n"
 		"uniform vec4 colmat[7];\n"
 		"in vec2 uv0;\n"
@@ -490,8 +488,6 @@ TextureCache::TextureCache()
 		"}\n";
 
 	const char *pDepthMatrixProg =
-		"#version 130\n"
-		"#extension GL_ARB_texture_rectangle : enable\n"
 		"uniform sampler2DRect samp9;\n"
 		"uniform vec4 colmat[5];\n"
 		"in vec2 uv0;\n"
@@ -506,7 +502,6 @@ TextureCache::TextureCache()
 
 	
 	const char *VProgram =
-		"#version 130\n"
 		"in vec2 rawpos;\n"
 		"in vec2 tex0;\n"
 		"out vec2 uv0;\n"
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
index 6914f00379..c076563310 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/TextureConverter.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ static int s_cached_srcWidth = 0;
 static int s_cached_srcHeight = 0;
 
 static const char *VProgram =
-	"#version 130\n"
 	"in vec2 rawpos;\n"
 	"in vec2 tex0;\n"
 	"out vec2 uv0;\n"
@@ -80,8 +79,6 @@ void CreatePrograms()
 {
 	// Output is BGRA because that is slightly faster than RGBA.
 	const char *FProgramRgbToYuyv =
-		"#version 130\n"
-		"#extension GL_ARB_texture_rectangle : enable\n"
 		"uniform sampler2DRect samp9;\n"
 		"in vec2 uv0;\n"
 		"out vec4 ocol0;\n"
@@ -98,8 +95,6 @@ void CreatePrograms()
 		"}\n";
 
 	const char *FProgramYuyvToRgb =
-		"#version 130\n"
-		"#extension GL_ARB_texture_rectangle : enable\n"
 		"uniform sampler2DRect samp9;\n"
 		"in vec2 uv0;\n"
 		"out vec4 ocol0;\n"