diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d2c174c7..4517d3f09 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ option(USE_HOST_LIBZIP "Use host libzip" ON)
 option(USE_OPENMP "Use OpenMP if available" ON)
 option(USE_VULKAN "Build with Vulkan support" ON)
 option(LIBRETRO "Build libretro core" OFF)
+option(USE_VIDEOCORE "RPI: use the legacy Broadcom GLES libraries" OFF)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/shell/cmake")
 
@@ -97,7 +98,12 @@ elseif(LIBRETRO)
 		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "-lGLESv3")
     elseif(USE_GLES2)
 		target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE GLES GLES2 HAVE_OPENGLES HAVE_OPENGLES2)
-		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "-lGLESv2")
+		if(USE_VIDEOCORE)
+			target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "-lbrcmGLESv2")
+			target_link_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "/opt/vc/lib")
+		else()
+			target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "-GLESv2")
+		endif()
     else()
 		target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE HAVE_OPENGL)
 	    if(APPLE)
@@ -346,7 +352,12 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID)
 
 	if(USE_GLES2)
 		target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE GLES GLES2)
-		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE GLESv2)
+		if(USE_VIDEOCORE)
+			target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "-lbrcmGLESv2")
+			target_link_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "/opt/vc/lib")
+		else()
+			target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE GLESv2)
+		endif()
 	elseif(USE_GLES)
 		target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE GLES GLES3)
 		if(NOT SDL2_FOUND)