diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/Linux/GlxContext.cpp b/src/SFML/Window/Linux/GlxContext.cpp
index 020f018f..52c9e0a4 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/Linux/GlxContext.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/Linux/GlxContext.cpp
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ void GlxContext::CreateContext(GlxContext* shared, unsigned int bitsPerPixel, co
     // If the OpenGL >= 3.0 context failed or if we don't want one, create a regular OpenGL 1.x/2.x context
     if (!myContext)
     {
+        // set the context version to 2.0 (arbitrary)
+        mySettings.MajorVersion = 2;
+        mySettings.MinorVersion = 0;
+
         myContext = glXCreateContext(myDisplay, bestVisual, toShare, true);
         if (!myContext)
         {
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/Win32/WglContext.cpp b/src/SFML/Window/Win32/WglContext.cpp
index 54f32e4a..da7a1dc6 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/Win32/WglContext.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/Win32/WglContext.cpp
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@ void WglContext::CreateContext(WglContext* shared, unsigned int bitsPerPixel, co
     // If the OpenGL >= 3.0 context failed or if we don't want one, create a regular OpenGL 1.x/2.x context
     if (!myContext)
     {
+        // set the context version to 2.0 (arbitrary)
+        mySettings.MajorVersion = 2;
+        mySettings.MinorVersion = 0;
+
         myContext = wglCreateContext(myDeviceContext);
         if (!myContext)
         {