diff --git a/src/dispatch_common.c b/src/dispatch_common.c
index 483782c..df167d4 100644
--- a/src/dispatch_common.c
+++ b/src/dispatch_common.c
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ static struct api api = {
 
 static bool library_initialized;
 
+static bool epoxy_current_context_is_glx(void);
+
 #if PLATFORM_HAS_EGL
 static EGLenum
 epoxy_egl_get_current_gl_context_api(void);
@@ -269,6 +271,24 @@ epoxy_is_desktop_gl(void)
     const char *es_prefix = "OpenGL ES";
     const char *version;
 
+#if PLATFORM_HAS_EGL
+    /* PowerVR's OpenGL ES implementation (and perhaps other) don't
+     * comply with the standard, which states that
+     * "glGetString(GL_VERSION)" should return a string starting with
+     * "OpenGL ES". Therefore, to distinguish desktop OpenGL from
+     * OpenGL ES, we must also check the context type through EGL (we
+     * can do that as PowerVR is only usable through EGL).
+     */
+    if (!epoxy_current_context_is_glx()) {
+        switch (epoxy_egl_get_current_gl_context_api()) {
+        case EGL_OPENGL_API:     return true;
+        case EGL_OPENGL_ES_API:  return false;
+        case EGL_NONE:
+        default:  break;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (api.begin_count)
         return true;