diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a533f612..383188d1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
-CFLAGS +=  -Wall -g $(shell pkg-config --cflags libffi libdrm)
-LDLIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs libffi libdrm)
+CFLAGS = -Wall -g
 
 EAGLE_CFLAGS = -I../eagle
 EAGLE_LDLIBS = -L../eagle -leagle
 
 clients = flower pointer background window
+compositors = egl-compositor.so glx-compositor.so
 
-all : wayland $(clients)
+all : wayland libwayland.so $(compositors) $(clients)
 
-wayland_objs = wayland.o event-loop.o connection.o hash.o input.o egl-compositor.o
-wayland : CFLAGS += $(EAGLE_CFLAGS)
-wayland : LDLIBS += $(EAGLE_LDLIBS)
+wayland_objs =					\
+	wayland.o				\
+	event-loop.o				\
+	connection.o				\
+	hash.o					\
+	input.o
+
+wayland : CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags libffi)
+wayland : LDLIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs libffi) -ldl -rdynamic
 
 wayland : $(wayland_objs)
 	gcc -o $@ $(LDLIBS) $(wayland_objs)
@@ -18,7 +24,23 @@ wayland : $(wayland_objs)
 libwayland_objs = wayland-client.o connection.o
 
 libwayland.so : $(libwayland_objs)
-	gcc -o $@ $(libwayland_objs) -shared
+
+$(compositors) $(clients) : CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags libdrm)
+
+egl_compositor_objs = egl-compositor.o
+egl-compositor.so : CFLAGS += $(EAGLE_CFLAGS)
+egl-compositor.so : LDLIBS += $(EAGLE_LDLIBS) -rdynamic
+
+egl-compositor.so : $(egl_compositor_objs)
+
+glx_compositor_objs = glx-compositor.o
+glx-compositor.so : LDLIBS += -lGL
+
+glx-compositor.so : $(glx_compositor_objs)
+
+
+libwayland.so $(compositors) :
+	gcc -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS) -shared 
 
 flower_objs = flower.o
 pointer_objs = pointer.o
@@ -26,7 +48,7 @@ background_objs = background.o
 window_objs = window.o gears.o
 
 $(clients) : CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags cairo)
-$(clients) : LDLIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs cairo gdk-pixbuf-2.0) -lrt
+$(clients) : LDLIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs cairo) -lrt
 
 background : CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags gdk-pixbuf-2.0)
 background : LDLIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs gdk-pixbuf-2.0)
@@ -44,4 +66,4 @@ $(clients) :
 	gcc -o $@ -L. -lwayland $(LDLIBS) $^
 
 clean :
-	rm -f $(clients) wayland *.o libwayland.so
\ No newline at end of file
+	rm -f $(clients) wayland *.o *.so
diff --git a/egl-compositor.c b/egl-compositor.c
index 40ffc4cf..c37ea120 100644
--- a/egl-compositor.c
+++ b/egl-compositor.c
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ repaint(void *data)
 	eglSwapBuffers(ec->display, ec->surface);
 }
 
-static void schedule_repaint(struct egl_compositor *ec)
+static void
+schedule_repaint(struct egl_compositor *ec)
 {
 	struct wl_event_loop *loop;
 
@@ -93,8 +94,9 @@ static void schedule_repaint(struct egl_compositor *ec)
 	wl_event_loop_add_idle(loop, repaint, ec);
 }
 
-void notify_surface_create(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
-			   struct wl_surface *surface)
+static void
+notify_surface_create(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
+		      struct wl_surface *surface)
 {
 	struct surface_data *sd;
 
@@ -108,8 +110,9 @@ void notify_surface_create(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
 	glGenTextures(1, &sd->texture);
 }
 				   
-void notify_surface_destroy(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
-			    struct wl_surface *surface)
+static void
+notify_surface_destroy(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
+		       struct wl_surface *surface)
 {
 	struct egl_compositor *ec = (struct egl_compositor *) compositor;
 	struct surface_data *sd;
@@ -128,9 +131,10 @@ void notify_surface_destroy(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
 	schedule_repaint(ec);
 }
 
-void notify_surface_attach(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
-			   struct wl_surface *surface, uint32_t name, 
-			   uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t stride)
+static void
+notify_surface_attach(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
+		      struct wl_surface *surface, uint32_t name, 
+		      uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t stride)
 {
 	struct egl_compositor *ec = (struct egl_compositor *) compositor;
 	struct surface_data *sd;
@@ -158,8 +162,9 @@ void notify_surface_attach(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
 	schedule_repaint(ec);
 }
 
-void notify_surface_map(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
-			struct wl_surface *surface, struct wl_map *map)
+static void
+notify_surface_map(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
+		   struct wl_surface *surface, struct wl_map *map)
 {
 	struct egl_compositor *ec = (struct egl_compositor *) compositor;
 	struct surface_data *sd;
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ void notify_surface_map(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
 	schedule_repaint(ec);
 }
 
-struct wl_compositor_interface interface = {
+static const struct wl_compositor_interface interface = {
 	notify_surface_create,
 	notify_surface_destroy,
 	notify_surface_attach,
diff --git a/glx-compositor.c b/glx-compositor.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..574caaf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glx-compositor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <i915_drm.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+#include <X11/keysym.h>
+#include <GL/gl.h>
+#include <GL/glx.h>
+
+#include "wayland.h"
+
+#define ARRAY_LENGTH(a) (sizeof (a) / sizeof (a)[0])
+
+struct glx_compositor {
+	struct wl_compositor base;
+	Display *display;
+	GLXContext context;
+	Window window;
+	struct wl_display *wl_display;
+	int gem_fd;
+	struct wl_event_source *x_source;
+};
+
+struct surface_data {
+	GLuint texture;
+	struct wl_map map;
+};
+
+static void
+repaint(void *data)
+{
+	struct glx_compositor *gc = data;
+	struct wl_surface_iterator *iterator;
+	struct wl_surface *surface;
+	struct surface_data *sd;
+	GLint vertices[12];
+	GLint tex_coords[12] = { 0, 0,  0, 1,  1, 0,  1, 1 };
+	GLuint indices[4] = { 0, 1, 2, 3 };
+
+	iterator = wl_surface_iterator_create(gc->wl_display, 0);
+	while (wl_surface_iterator_next(iterator, &surface)) {
+		sd = wl_surface_get_data(surface);
+		if (sd == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		vertices[0] = sd->map.x;
+		vertices[1] = sd->map.y;
+		vertices[2] = 0;
+
+		vertices[3] = sd->map.x;
+		vertices[4] = sd->map.y + sd->map.height;
+		vertices[5] = 0;
+
+		vertices[6] = sd->map.x + sd->map.width;
+		vertices[7] = sd->map.y;
+		vertices[8] = 0;
+
+		vertices[9] = sd->map.x + sd->map.width;
+		vertices[10] = sd->map.y + sd->map.height;
+		vertices[11] = 0;
+
+		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, sd->texture);
+		glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+		glEnable(GL_BLEND);
+		/* Assume pre-multiplied alpha for now, this probably
+		 * needs to be a wayland visual type of thing. */
+		glBlendFunc(GL_ONE, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+
+		glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
+		glEnableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
+		glVertexPointer(3, GL_INT, 0, vertices);
+		glTexCoordPointer(2, GL_INT, 0, tex_coords);
+		glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP, 4, GL_UNSIGNED_INT, indices);
+	}
+	wl_surface_iterator_destroy(iterator);
+
+	glXSwapBuffers(gc->display, gc->window);
+}
+
+static void
+schedule_repaint(struct glx_compositor *gc)
+{
+	struct wl_event_loop *loop;
+
+	loop = wl_display_get_event_loop(gc->wl_display);
+	wl_event_loop_add_idle(loop, repaint, gc);
+}
+
+static void
+notify_surface_create(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
+		      struct wl_surface *surface)
+{
+	struct surface_data *sd;
+
+	sd = malloc(sizeof *sd);
+	if (sd == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	wl_surface_set_data(surface, sd);
+
+	glGenTextures(1, &sd->texture);
+}
+				   
+static void
+notify_surface_destroy(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
+		       struct wl_surface *surface)
+{
+	struct glx_compositor *gc = (struct glx_compositor *) compositor;
+	struct surface_data *sd;
+
+	sd = wl_surface_get_data(surface);
+	if (sd == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	glDeleteTextures(1, &sd->texture);
+
+	free(sd);
+
+	schedule_repaint(gc);
+}
+
+static void
+notify_surface_attach(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
+		      struct wl_surface *surface, uint32_t name, 
+		      uint32_t width, uint32_t height,
+		      uint32_t stride)
+{
+	struct glx_compositor *gc = (struct glx_compositor *) compositor;
+	struct surface_data *sd;
+	struct drm_gem_open open_arg;
+	struct drm_gem_close close_arg;
+	struct drm_i915_gem_pread pread;
+	uint32_t size;
+	void *data;
+	int ret;
+
+	sd = wl_surface_get_data(surface);
+	if (sd == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	open_arg.name = name;
+	ret = ioctl(gc->gem_fd, DRM_IOCTL_GEM_OPEN, &open_arg);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"failed to gem_open name %d, fd=%d: %m\n",
+			name, gc->gem_fd);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	size = height * stride;
+	data = malloc(size);
+	if (data == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "malloc for gem_pread failed\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	pread.handle = open_arg.handle;
+	pread.pad = 0;
+	pread.offset = 0;
+	pread.size = size;
+	pread.data_ptr = (long) data;
+
+	if (ioctl(gc->gem_fd, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_PREAD, &pread)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "gem_pread failed");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	close_arg.handle = open_arg.handle;
+	ret = ioctl(gc->gem_fd, DRM_IOCTL_GEM_CLOSE, &close_arg);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to gem_close name %d: %m\n", name);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, sd->texture);
+	glTexEnvf(GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL_REPLACE);
+	glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_R, GL_REPEAT);
+	glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
+	glTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
+	glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, width, height, 0,
+		     GL_BGRA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data);
+
+	free(data);
+
+	schedule_repaint(gc);
+}
+
+static void
+notify_surface_map(struct wl_compositor *compositor,
+		   struct wl_surface *surface, struct wl_map *map)
+{
+	struct glx_compositor *gc = (struct glx_compositor *) compositor;
+	struct surface_data *sd;
+
+	sd = wl_surface_get_data(surface);
+	if (sd == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	sd->map = *map;
+
+	schedule_repaint(gc);
+}
+
+static const struct wl_compositor_interface interface = {
+	notify_surface_create,
+	notify_surface_destroy,
+	notify_surface_attach,
+	notify_surface_map
+};
+
+static const char gem_device[] = "/dev/dri/card0";
+
+static void
+display_data(int fd, uint32_t mask, void *data)
+{
+	struct glx_compositor *gc = data;
+	XEvent ev;
+
+	while (XPending(gc->display) > 0) {
+		XNextEvent(gc->display, &ev);
+		/* Some day we'll do something useful with these events. */
+	}
+}
+
+struct wl_compositor *
+wl_compositor_create(struct wl_display *display)
+{
+	static int attribs[] = {
+		GLX_RGBA,
+		GLX_RED_SIZE, 1,
+		GLX_GREEN_SIZE, 1,
+		GLX_BLUE_SIZE, 1,
+		GLX_DOUBLEBUFFER,
+		GLX_DEPTH_SIZE, 1,
+		None
+	};
+	struct glx_compositor *gc;
+	const int x = 100, y = 100, width = 1024, height = 768;
+	XSetWindowAttributes attr;
+	unsigned long mask;
+	Window root;
+	XVisualInfo *visinfo;
+	int screen;
+	struct wl_event_loop *loop;
+
+	gc = malloc(sizeof *gc);
+	if (gc == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	gc->base.interface = &interface;
+	gc->wl_display = display;
+	gc->display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
+	if (gc->display == NULL) {
+		free(gc);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	loop = wl_display_get_event_loop(gc->wl_display);
+	gc->x_source = wl_event_loop_add_fd(loop,
+					    ConnectionNumber(gc->display),
+					    WL_EVENT_READABLE,
+					    display_data, gc);
+
+	screen = DefaultScreen(gc->display);
+	root = RootWindow(gc->display, screen);
+
+	visinfo = glXChooseVisual(gc->display, screen, attribs);
+
+	/* window attributes */
+	attr.background_pixel = 0;
+	attr.border_pixel = 0;
+	attr.colormap = XCreateColormap(gc->display,
+					root, visinfo->visual, AllocNone);
+	attr.event_mask = StructureNotifyMask | ExposureMask | KeyPressMask;
+	mask = CWBackPixel | CWBorderPixel | CWColormap | CWEventMask;
+	gc->window = XCreateWindow(gc->display, root, x, y, width, height,
+				   0, visinfo->depth, InputOutput,
+				   visinfo->visual, mask, &attr);
+
+	gc->context = glXCreateContext(gc->display, visinfo, NULL, True);
+
+	XMapWindow(gc->display, gc->window);
+	glXMakeCurrent(gc->display, gc->window, gc->context);
+
+	glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
+	glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
+	glLoadIdentity();
+	glOrtho(0, width, height, 0, 0, 1000.0);
+	glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
+	glClearColor(0.0, 0.05, 0.2, 0.0);
+
+	gc->gem_fd = open(gem_device, O_RDWR);
+	if (gc->gem_fd < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to open drm device\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	schedule_repaint(gc);
+
+	return &gc->base;
+}
diff --git a/wayland.c b/wayland.c
index 765a443c..b51d3877 100644
--- a/wayland.c
+++ b/wayland.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <ffi.h>
 
 #include "wayland.h"
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ static void
 wl_surface_destroy(struct wl_client *client,
 		   struct wl_surface *surface)
 {
-	struct wl_compositor_interface *interface;
+	const struct wl_compositor_interface *interface;
 
 	interface = client->display->compositor->interface;
 	interface->notify_surface_destroy(client->display->compositor,
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ wl_surface_attach(struct wl_client *client,
 		  struct wl_surface *surface, uint32_t name, 
 		  uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t stride)
 {
-	struct wl_compositor_interface *interface;
+	const struct wl_compositor_interface *interface;
 
 	interface = client->display->compositor->interface;
 	interface->notify_surface_attach(client->display->compositor,
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ void
 wl_surface_map(struct wl_client *client, struct wl_surface *surface,
 	       int32_t x, int32_t y, int32_t width, int32_t height)
 {
-	struct wl_compositor_interface *interface;
+	const struct wl_compositor_interface *interface;
 
 	/* FIXME: This needs to take a tri-mesh argument... - count
 	 * and a list of tris. 0 tris means unmap. */
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ struct wl_surface *
 wl_surface_create(struct wl_display *display, uint32_t id)
 {
 	struct wl_surface *surface;
-	struct wl_compositor_interface *interface;
+	const struct wl_compositor_interface *interface;
 
 	surface = malloc(sizeof *surface);
 	if (surface == NULL)
@@ -706,10 +707,41 @@ wl_surface_iterator_destroy(struct wl_surface_iterator *iterator)
 	free(iterator);
 }
 
+static int
+load_compositor(struct wl_display *display, const char *path)
+{
+	struct wl_compositor *(*create)(struct wl_display *display);
+	struct wl_compositor *compositor;
+	void *p;
+
+	p = dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+	if (p == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to open compositor %s: %s\n",
+			path, dlerror());
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	create = dlsym(p, "wl_compositor_create");
+	if (create == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to look up compositor constructor\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+		
+	compositor = create(display);
+	if (compositor == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "couldn't create compositor\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	wl_display_set_compositor(display, compositor);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct wl_display *display;
-	struct wl_compositor *compositor;
+	const char *compositor = "egl-compositor.so";
 
 	display = wl_display_create();
 
@@ -718,10 +750,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	compositor = wl_compositor_create(display);
-	wl_display_set_compositor(display, compositor);
-
-	printf("wayland online, display is %p\n", display);
+	if (argc == 2)
+		compositor = argv[1];
+	load_compositor(display, compositor);
 
 	wl_display_run(display);
 
diff --git a/wayland.h b/wayland.h
index a7e80a41..ec28a44e 100644
--- a/wayland.h
+++ b/wayland.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ wl_display_post_button_event(struct wl_display *display,
 			     struct wl_object *source, int button, int state);
 
 struct wl_compositor {
-	struct wl_compositor_interface *interface;
+	const struct wl_compositor_interface *interface;
 };
 
 struct wl_compositor_interface {
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ struct wl_compositor_interface {
 				   struct wl_surface *surface, struct wl_map *map);
 };
 
-struct wl_compositor *wl_compositor_create(struct wl_display *display);
-
 void wl_display_set_compositor(struct wl_display *display,
 			       struct wl_compositor *compositor);