diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp
index 9bb897dcc9..2cf1a33fed 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp
@@ -572,6 +572,9 @@ const char *GeneratePixelShaderCode(DSTALPHA_MODE dstAlphaMode, API_TYPE ApiType
 			}
 			else
 				WRITE(p, "#version 120\n");
+
+			if(g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLATTRBind)
+				WRITE(p, "#extension GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location : enable\n");
 			// Silly differences
 			WRITE(p, "#define float2 vec2\n");
 			WRITE(p, "#define float3 vec3\n");
@@ -630,7 +633,7 @@ const char *GeneratePixelShaderCode(DSTALPHA_MODE dstAlphaMode, API_TYPE ApiType
 
 	WRITE(p, "\n");
 	if(ApiType == API_GLSL && g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO)
-		WRITE(p, "layout(std140%s) uniform PSBlock {\n", g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLBinding ? ", binding = 1" : "");
+		WRITE(p, "layout(std140) uniform PSBlock {\n");
 		
 		WRITE(p, "%sfloat4 "I_COLORS"[4] %s;\n", WriteLocation(ApiType), WriteRegister(ApiType, "c", C_COLORS));
 		WRITE(p, "%sfloat4 "I_KCOLORS"[4] %s;\n", WriteLocation(ApiType), WriteRegister(ApiType, "c", C_KCOLORS));
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp
index 415ff4614c..5ae3e84f56 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ const char *GenerateVertexShaderCode(u32 components, API_TYPE ApiType)
 				WRITE(p, "#define ATTRIN attribute\n");
 				WRITE(p, "#define ATTROUT attribute\n");
 			}
+			if(g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLATTRBind)
+				WRITE(p, "#extension GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location : enable\n");
 			// Silly differences
 			WRITE(p, "#define float2 vec2\n");
 			WRITE(p, "#define float3 vec3\n");
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ const char *GenerateVertexShaderCode(u32 components, API_TYPE ApiType)
 	
 	// uniforms
 	if(ApiType == API_GLSL && g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO)
-		WRITE(p, "layout(std140%s) uniform VSBlock {\n", g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLBinding ? ", binding = 2" : "");
+		WRITE(p, "layout(std140) uniform VSBlock {\n");
 		
 		WRITE(p, "%sfloat4 "I_POSNORMALMATRIX"[6] %s;\n", WriteLocation(ApiType), WriteRegister(ApiType, "c", C_POSNORMALMATRIX));
 		WRITE(p, "%sfloat4 "I_PROJECTION"[4] %s;\n", WriteLocation(ApiType), WriteRegister(ApiType, "c", C_PROJECTION));	
@@ -241,21 +243,33 @@ const char *GenerateVertexShaderCode(u32 components, API_TYPE ApiType)
 		if (components & VB_HAS_NRM0)
 				WRITE(p, " float3 rawnorm0 = gl_Normal; // NORMAL0,\n");
 
-		if (components & VB_HAS_POSMTXIDX)
+		if(g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLATTRBind)
+		{
+			if (components & VB_HAS_POSMTXIDX)
+				WRITE(p, "layout(location = %d) ATTRIN float fposmtx;\n", SHADER_POSMTX_ATTRIB);
+			if (components & VB_HAS_NRM1)
+				WRITE(p, "layout(location = %d) ATTRIN float3 rawnorm1;\n", SHADER_NORM1_ATTRIB);
+			if (components & VB_HAS_NRM2)
+				WRITE(p, "layout(location = %d) ATTRIN float3 rawnorm2;\n", SHADER_NORM2_ATTRIB);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (components & VB_HAS_POSMTXIDX)
 				WRITE(p, "ATTRIN float fposmtx; // ATTR%d,\n", SHADER_POSMTX_ATTRIB);
-		if (components & VB_HAS_NRM1)
+			if (components & VB_HAS_NRM1)
 				WRITE(p, "ATTRIN float3 rawnorm1; // ATTR%d,\n", SHADER_NORM1_ATTRIB);
-		if (components & VB_HAS_NRM2)
+			if (components & VB_HAS_NRM2)
 				WRITE(p, "ATTRIN float3 rawnorm2; // ATTR%d,\n", SHADER_NORM2_ATTRIB);
+		}
 
 		if (components & VB_HAS_COL0)
-				WRITE(p, "  float4 color0 = gl_Color; // COLOR0,\n");
+			WRITE(p, "  float4 color0 = gl_Color; // COLOR0,\n");
 		if (components & VB_HAS_COL1)
-				WRITE(p, "  float4 color1 = gl_SecondaryColor; // COLOR1,\n");
+			WRITE(p, "  float4 color1 = gl_SecondaryColor; // COLOR1,\n");
 		for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
-				u32 hastexmtx = (components & (VB_HAS_TEXMTXIDX0<<i));
-				if ((components & (VB_HAS_UV0<<i)) || hastexmtx)
-						WRITE(p, "  float%d tex%d = gl_MultiTexCoord%d.xy%s; // TEXCOORD%d,\n", hastexmtx ? 3 : 2, i, i, hastexmtx ? "z" : "", i);
+			u32 hastexmtx = (components & (VB_HAS_TEXMTXIDX0<<i));
+			if ((components & (VB_HAS_UV0<<i)) || hastexmtx)
+				WRITE(p, "  float%d tex%d = gl_MultiTexCoord%d.xy%s; // TEXCOORD%d,\n", hastexmtx ? 3 : 2, i, i, hastexmtx ? "z" : "", i);
 		}
 		WRITE(p, "  float4 rawpos = gl_Vertex;\n") ;
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VideoConfig.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VideoConfig.h
index b27893f0ae..6476317efc 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VideoConfig.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VideoConfig.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ struct VideoConfig
 		bool bSupportsGLSL;
 		bool bSupportsGLSLBinding;
 		bool bSupportsGLSLUBO;
+		bool bSupportsGLSLATTRBind;
 		bool bSupportsGLSLCache;
 	} backend_info;
 };
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp
index 70655294c7..5c143c010c 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/ProgramShaderCache.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace OGL
 			}
 
 		// Need to get some attribute locations
-		if(uid.uid.vsid != 0) // We have no vertex Shader
+		if(uid.uid.vsid != 0 && !g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLATTRBind) // We have no vertex Shader
 		{
 			glBindAttribLocation(entry.program.glprogid, SHADER_NORM1_ATTRIB, "rawnorm1");
 			glBindAttribLocation(entry.program.glprogid, SHADER_NORM2_ATTRIB, "rawnorm2");
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
index 2a24bf1138..da9ba40108 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/Render.cpp
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ Renderer::Renderer()
 	// TODO: Switch over to using glew once 1.6/1.7 becomes more mainstream, seems most people are stuck in 1.5
 	if (strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack") != NULL)
 		g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLBinding = true;
+	if (strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location") != NULL)
+		g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLATTRBind = true;
 	if (strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object") != NULL)
 		g_Config.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLUBO = true;
 	if (strstr((const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS), "GL_ARB_get_program_binary") != NULL)
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp
index 7631fd9f05..21e2476df8 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/VertexManager.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ void VertexManager::vFlush()
 		&& bpmem.zcontrol.pixel_format == PIXELFMT_RGBA6_Z24;
 
 	// Makes sure we can actually do Dual source blending
-	bool dualSourcePossible = g_ActiveConfig.bUseGLSL && g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLBinding;
+	bool dualSourcePossible = g_ActiveConfig.bUseGLSL && g_ActiveConfig.backend_info.bSupportsGLSLATTRBind;
 
 	// finally bind
 	FRAGMENTSHADER* ps;