diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/EglContext.cpp b/src/SFML/Window/EglContext.cpp
index 093fc6fd2..bc7ecb91c 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/EglContext.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/EglContext.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,35 @@
     #include <SFML/System/Android/Activity.hpp>
 #endif
 
+namespace
+{
+    EGLDisplay getInitializedDisplay()
+    {
+#if defined(SFML_SYSTEM_LINUX)
+
+        static EGLDisplay display = EGL_NO_DISPLAY;
+        
+        if (display == EGL_NO_DISPLAY)
+        {
+            eglCheck(eglGetDisplay(EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY));
+            eglCheck(eglInitialize(display, NULL, NULL));
+        }
+        
+        return display;
+    
+#elif defined(SFML_SYSTEM_ANDROID)
+
+    // On Android, its native activity handles this for us
+    sf::priv::ActivityStates* states = sf::priv::getActivity(NULL);
+    sf::Lock lock(states->mutex);
+
+    return states->display;
+    
+#endif
+    }
+}
+
+
 namespace sf
 {
 namespace priv
@@ -47,7 +76,7 @@ m_context (EGL_NO_CONTEXT),
 m_surface (EGL_NO_SURFACE)
 {
     // Get the intialized EGL display
-    m_display = eglGetDisplay(EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
+    m_display = getInitializedDisplay();
 
     // Create the EGL surface
     const EGLint attribs[] = {
@@ -90,7 +119,7 @@ m_surface (EGL_NO_SURFACE)
 #endif
 
     // Get the intialized EGL display
-    m_display = eglGetDisplay(EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
+    m_display = getInitializedDisplay();
 
     // Create the EGL surface
     const EGLint attribs[] = {
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/Unix/GlxContext.cpp b/src/SFML/Window/Unix/GlxContext.cpp
index 405c57a8a..a5c91df39 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/Unix/GlxContext.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/Unix/GlxContext.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ XVisualInfo GlxContext::selectBestVisual(::Display* display, unsigned int bitsPe
     XVisualInfo* visuals = XGetVisualInfo(display, 0, NULL, &count);
     if (visuals)
     {
-        // Evaluate all the returned visuals, and pick the best one1
+        // Evaluate all the returned visuals, and pick the best one
         int bestScore = 0xFFFF;
         XVisualInfo bestVisual;
         for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i)
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/iOS/EaglContext.mm b/src/SFML/Window/iOS/EaglContext.mm
index 9ce0c0e5f..758bbac21 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/iOS/EaglContext.mm
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/iOS/EaglContext.mm
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ m_depthbuffer (0),
 m_vsyncEnabled(false),
 m_clock       ()
 {
-    // This constructor shoult never be used by implementation
+    // This constructor should never be used by implementation
     err() << "Calling bad EaglContext constructor, please contact your developer :)" << std::endl;
 }