diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindEGL.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindEGL.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb90be483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindEGL.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# Try to find EGL library and include path.
+# Once done this will define
+#
+# EGL_FOUND
+# EGL_INCLUDE_PATH
+# EGL_LIBRARY
+#
+
+find_path(EGL_INCLUDE_DIR EGL/egl.h)
+find_library(EGL_LIBRARY NAMES EGL)
+	
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(EGL DEFAULT_MSG EGL_LIBRARY EGL_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindGLES.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindGLES.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8149e2ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindGLES.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# Try to find GLES library and include path.
+# Once done this will define
+#
+# GLES_FOUND
+# GLES_INCLUDE_PATH
+# GLES_LIBRARY
+#
+
+find_path(GLES_INCLUDE_DIR GLES/gl.h)
+find_library(GLES_LIBRARY NAMES GLESv1_CM)
+	
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(GLES DEFAULT_MSG GLES_LIBRARY GLES_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/include/SFML/OpenGL.hpp b/include/SFML/OpenGL.hpp
index 6345c6edb..3295eb9bb 100644
--- a/include/SFML/OpenGL.hpp
+++ b/include/SFML/OpenGL.hpp
@@ -48,8 +48,13 @@
 
 #elif defined(SFML_SYSTEM_LINUX) || defined(SFML_SYSTEM_FREEBSD)
 
-    #include <GL/gl.h>
-    #include <GL/glu.h>
+    #if defined(SFML_OPENGL_ES)
+        #include <GLES/gl.h>
+        #include <GLES/glext.h>
+    #else
+        #include <GL/gl.h>
+        #include <GL/glu.h>
+    #endif
 
 #elif defined(SFML_SYSTEM_MACOS)
 
diff --git a/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt b/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt
index 59ae577db..005d8d8f4 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ if(NOT SFML_OPENGL_ES)
     endif()
     include_directories(${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GLEW_INCLUDE_PATH} ${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR} ${OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 endif()
+if(SFML_OPENGL_ES AND SFML_OS_LINUX)
+    find_package(EGL REQUIRED)
+    find_package(GLES REQUIRED)
+    include_directories(${EGL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${GLES_INCLUDE_DIR})
+endif()
 if(SFML_OS_ANDROID)
     find_host_package(JPEG REQUIRED)
     find_host_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
@@ -133,6 +138,9 @@ if(NOT SFML_OPENGL_ES)
         list(APPEND GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS ${X11_LIBRARIES})
     endif()
 endif()
+if(SFML_OPENGL_ES AND SFML_OS_LINUX)
+    list(APPEND GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS ${EGL_LIBRARY} ${GLES_LIBRARY})
+endif()
 if(SFML_OS_IOS)
     list(APPEND GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS "-framework OpenGLES")
 elseif(SFML_OS_ANDROID)
diff --git a/src/SFML/Graphics/GLExtensions.cpp b/src/SFML/Graphics/GLExtensions.cpp
index 1b7862de6..ed0c7d548 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Graphics/GLExtensions.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Graphics/GLExtensions.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace priv
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void ensureExtensionsInit()
 {
-#if !(defined SFML_SYSTEM_IOS || defined SFML_SYSTEM_ANDROID)
+#if !defined(SFML_OPENGL_ES)
     static bool initialized = false;
     if (!initialized)
     {
diff --git a/src/SFML/System/Android/Activity.hpp b/src/SFML/System/Android/Activity.hpp
index a552fbf71..ff1eeb29f 100644
--- a/src/SFML/System/Android/Activity.hpp
+++ b/src/SFML/System/Android/Activity.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 // Headers
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #include <SFML/Window/Event.hpp>
-#include <SFML/Window/Android/EglContext.hpp>
+#include <SFML/Window/EglContext.hpp>
 #include <SFML/System/Mutex.hpp>
 #include <android/native_activity.h>
 #include <android/configuration.h>
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/Android/WindowImplAndroid.hpp b/src/SFML/Window/Android/WindowImplAndroid.hpp
index b7c2c32a1..290f8c5eb 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/Android/WindowImplAndroid.hpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/Android/WindowImplAndroid.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #include <SFML/Window/Event.hpp>
 #include <SFML/Window/WindowImpl.hpp>
-#include <SFML/Window/Android/EglContext.hpp>
+#include <SFML/Window/EglContext.hpp>
 #include <SFML/System/Android/Activity.hpp>
 #include <android/input.h>
 
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/CMakeLists.txt b/src/SFML/Window/CMakeLists.txt
index 9732ac069..29555bb06 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ set(SRC
     ${SRCROOT}/WindowImpl.hpp
     ${INCROOT}/WindowStyle.hpp
 )
+if(SFML_OPENGL_ES)
+    list(APPEND SRC ${SRCROOT}/EglContext.cpp)
+    list(APPEND SRC ${SRCROOT}/EglContext.hpp)
+endif()
 source_group("" FILES ${SRC})
 
 # add platform specific sources
@@ -58,14 +62,19 @@ elseif(SFML_OS_LINUX OR SFML_OS_FREEBSD)
     set(PLATFORM_SRC
         ${SRCROOT}/Unix/Display.cpp
         ${SRCROOT}/Unix/Display.hpp
-        ${SRCROOT}/Unix/GlxContext.cpp
-        ${SRCROOT}/Unix/GlxContext.hpp
         ${SRCROOT}/Unix/InputImpl.cpp
         ${SRCROOT}/Unix/InputImpl.hpp
         ${SRCROOT}/Unix/VideoModeImpl.cpp
         ${SRCROOT}/Unix/WindowImplX11.cpp
         ${SRCROOT}/Unix/WindowImplX11.hpp
     )
+    if(NOT SFML_OPENGL_ES)
+        set(PLATFORM_SRC
+            ${PLATFORM_SRC}
+            ${SRCROOT}/Unix/GlxContext.cpp
+            ${SRCROOT}/Unix/GlxContext.hpp
+        )
+    endif()
     if(SFML_OS_LINUX)
         set(PLATFORM_SRC
             ${PLATFORM_SRC}
@@ -144,8 +153,6 @@ elseif(SFML_OS_ANDROID)
     set(PLATFORM_SRC
         ${SRCROOT}/Android/WindowImplAndroid.hpp
         ${SRCROOT}/Android/WindowImplAndroid.cpp
-        ${SRCROOT}/Android/EglContext.hpp
-        ${SRCROOT}/Android/EglContext.cpp
         ${SRCROOT}/Android/VideoModeImpl.cpp
         ${SRCROOT}/Android/InputImpl.hpp
         ${SRCROOT}/Android/InputImpl.cpp
@@ -171,6 +178,11 @@ if(NOT SFML_OPENGL_ES)
         include_directories(${UDEV_INCLUDE_DIR})
     endif()
 endif()
+if(SFML_OPENGL_ES AND SFML_OS_LINUX)
+    find_package(EGL REQUIRED)
+    find_package(GLES REQUIRED)
+    include_directories(${EGL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${GLES_INCLUDE_DIR})
+endif()
 
 # build the list of external libraries to link
 if(SFML_OS_WINDOWS)
@@ -188,7 +200,9 @@ elseif(SFML_OS_ANDROID)
     list(APPEND WINDOW_EXT_LIBS "-landroid")
 endif()
 if(SFML_OPENGL_ES)
-    if(SFML_OS_IOS)
+    if(SFML_OS_LINUX)
+        list(APPEND WINDOW_EXT_LIBS ${EGL_LIBRARY} ${GLES_LIBRARY})
+    elseif(SFML_OS_IOS)
         list(APPEND WINDOW_EXT_LIBS "-framework OpenGLES")
     elseif(SFML_OS_ANDROID)
         list(APPEND WINDOW_EXT_LIBS "-lEGL -lGLESv1_CM")
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/Android/EglContext.cpp b/src/SFML/Window/EglContext.cpp
similarity index 85%
rename from src/SFML/Window/Android/EglContext.cpp
rename to src/SFML/Window/EglContext.cpp
index fb8f866db..093fc6fd2 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/Android/EglContext.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/EglContext.cpp
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Headers
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-#include <SFML/Window/Android/EglContext.hpp>
-#include <SFML/System/Android/Activity.hpp>
+#include <SFML/Window/EglContext.hpp>
 #include <SFML/OpenGL.hpp>
 #include <SFML/System/Err.hpp>
 #include <SFML/System/Sleep.hpp>
 #include <SFML/System/Mutex.hpp>
 #include <SFML/System/Lock.hpp>
-
-#include <android/native_window.h>
+#ifdef SFML_SYSTEM_ANDROID
+    #include <SFML/System/Android/Activity.hpp>
+#endif
 
 namespace sf
 {
@@ -46,12 +46,8 @@ m_display (EGL_NO_DISPLAY),
 m_context (EGL_NO_CONTEXT),
 m_surface (EGL_NO_SURFACE)
 {
-    // Get the activity states and protect it from concurent access
-    ActivityStates* states = getActivity(NULL);
-    Lock lock(states->mutex);
-
     // Get the intialized EGL display
-    m_display = states->display;
+    m_display = eglGetDisplay(EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
 
     // Create the EGL surface
     const EGLint attribs[] = {
@@ -83,14 +79,18 @@ m_display (EGL_NO_DISPLAY),
 m_context (EGL_NO_CONTEXT),
 m_surface (EGL_NO_SURFACE)
 {
-    // Get the activity states and protect it from concurent access
+#ifdef SFML_SYSTEM_ANDROID
+
+    // On Android, we must save the created context
     ActivityStates* states = getActivity(NULL);
     Lock lock(states->mutex);
 
     states->context = this;
 
+#endif
+
     // Get the intialized EGL display
-    m_display = states->display;
+    m_display = eglGetDisplay(EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
 
     // Create the EGL surface
     const EGLint attribs[] = {
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ m_surface (EGL_NO_SURFACE)
 
     // Create the context
     createContext(shared, 0, config[0]);
+    
+#ifdef SFML_OS_LINUX
+    createSurface((EGLNativeWindowType)owner->getSystemHandle());
+#endif
 }
 
 
@@ -148,8 +152,7 @@ EglContext::~EglContext()
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 bool EglContext::makeCurrent()
 {
-    bool success = m_surface != EGL_NO_SURFACE && eglCheck(eglMakeCurrent(m_display, m_surface, m_surface, m_context));
-    return success;
+    return m_surface != EGL_NO_SURFACE && eglCheck(eglMakeCurrent(m_display, m_surface, m_surface, m_context));
 }
 
 
@@ -166,6 +169,8 @@ void EglContext::setVerticalSyncEnabled(bool enabled)
     eglCheck(eglSwapInterval(m_display, enabled ? 1 : 0));
 }
 
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void EglContext::createContext(EglContext* shared, unsigned int bitsPerPixel, const EGLConfig settings)
 {
     EGLint contextVersion[] = { EGL_CONTEXT_CLIENT_VERSION, 1, EGL_NONE };
@@ -182,7 +187,8 @@ void EglContext::createContext(EglContext* shared, unsigned int bitsPerPixel, co
 }
 
 
-void EglContext::createSurface(ANativeWindow* window)
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+void EglContext::createSurface(EGLNativeWindowType window)
 {
     // Create the EGL surface
     const EGLint attribs[] = {
@@ -201,6 +207,8 @@ void EglContext::createSurface(ANativeWindow* window)
     m_surface = eglCheck(eglCreateWindowSurface(m_display, config[0], window, NULL));
 }
 
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void EglContext::destroySurface()
 {
     eglCheck(eglDestroySurface(m_display, m_surface));
@@ -210,6 +218,15 @@ void EglContext::destroySurface()
     setActive(false);
 }
 
+
+#ifdef SFML_SYSTEM_LINUX
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+XVisualInfo EglContext::selectBestVisual(::Display* display, unsigned int bitsPerPixel, const ContextSettings& settings)
+{
+    return XVisualInfo();
+}
+#endif
+
 } // namespace priv
 
 } // namespace sf
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/Android/EglContext.hpp b/src/SFML/Window/EglContext.hpp
similarity index 89%
rename from src/SFML/Window/Android/EglContext.hpp
rename to src/SFML/Window/EglContext.hpp
index a8e1f24f6..302b51c6f 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/Android/EglContext.hpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/EglContext.hpp
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ public :
     /// This function must be called when the activity (re)start, or
     /// when the orientation change.
     ///
-    /// \param window : The Android window
+    /// \param window : The native window type
     ///
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    void createSurface(ANativeWindow* window);
+    void createSurface(EGLNativeWindowType window);
 
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /// \brief Destroy the EGL surface
@@ -137,6 +137,20 @@ public :
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     void destroySurface();
 
+#ifdef SFML_SYSTEM_LINUX
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    /// \brief Select the best EGL visual for a given set of settings
+    ///
+    /// \param display      X display
+    /// \param bitsPerPixel Pixel depth, in bits per pixel
+    /// \param settings     Requested context settings
+    ///
+    /// \return The best visual
+    ///
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    static XVisualInfo selectBestVisual(::Display* display, unsigned int bitsPerPixel, const ContextSettings& settings);
+#endif
+
 private :
 
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/GlContext.cpp b/src/SFML/Window/GlContext.cpp
index 058f031ce..f76f6c526 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/GlContext.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/GlContext.cpp
@@ -39,30 +39,38 @@
     #include <SFML/Window/glext/glext.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(SFML_SYSTEM_WINDOWS)
+#if !defined(SFML_OPENGL_ES)
 
-    #include <SFML/Window/Win32/WglContext.hpp>
-    typedef sf::priv::WglContext ContextType;
+    #if defined(SFML_SYSTEM_WINDOWS)
 
-#elif defined(SFML_SYSTEM_LINUX) || defined(SFML_SYSTEM_FREEBSD)
+        #include <SFML/Window/Win32/WglContext.hpp>
+        typedef sf::priv::WglContext ContextType;
 
-    #include <SFML/Window/Unix/GlxContext.hpp>
-    typedef sf::priv::GlxContext ContextType;
+    #elif defined(SFML_SYSTEM_LINUX) || defined(SFML_SYSTEM_FREEBSD)
 
-#elif defined(SFML_SYSTEM_MACOS)
+        #include <SFML/Window/Unix/GlxContext.hpp>
+        typedef sf::priv::GlxContext ContextType;
 
-    #include <SFML/Window/OSX/SFContext.hpp>
-    typedef sf::priv::SFContext ContextType;
+    #elif defined(SFML_SYSTEM_MACOS)
 
-#elif defined(SFML_SYSTEM_IOS)
+        #include <SFML/Window/OSX/SFContext.hpp>
+        typedef sf::priv::SFContext ContextType;
 
-    #include <SFML/Window/iOS/EaglContext.hpp>
-    typedef sf::priv::EaglContext ContextType;
+    #endif
 
-#elif defined(SFML_SYSTEM_ANDROID)
+#else
 
-    #include <SFML/Window/Android/EglContext.hpp>
-    typedef sf::priv::EglContext ContextType;
+    #if defined(SFML_SYSTEM_IOS)
+
+        #include <SFML/Window/iOS/EaglContext.hpp>
+        typedef sf::priv::EaglContext ContextType;
+
+    #else
+
+        #include <SFML/Window/EglContext.hpp>
+        typedef sf::priv::EglContext ContextType;
+
+    #endif
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/SFML/Window/Unix/WindowImplX11.cpp b/src/SFML/Window/Unix/WindowImplX11.cpp
index 7e9394fa8..77624d4c2 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Window/Unix/WindowImplX11.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Window/Unix/WindowImplX11.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #include <SFML/Window/WindowStyle.hpp> // important to be included first (conflict with None)
 #include <SFML/Window/Unix/WindowImplX11.hpp>
-#include <SFML/Window/Unix/GlxContext.hpp>
 #include <SFML/Window/Unix/Display.hpp>
 #include <SFML/System/Utf.hpp>
 #include <SFML/System/Err.hpp>
@@ -42,6 +41,13 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <iterator>
 
+#ifdef SFML_OPENGL_ES
+    #include <SFML/Window/EglContext.hpp>
+    typedef sf::priv::EglContext ContextType;
+#else
+    #include <SFML/Window/Unix/GlxContext.hpp>
+    typedef sf::priv::GlxContext ContextType;
+#endif
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Private data
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ m_useSizeHints(false)
         switchToFullscreen(mode);
 
     // Choose the visual according to the context settings
-    XVisualInfo visualInfo = GlxContext::selectBestVisual(m_display, mode.bitsPerPixel, settings);
+    XVisualInfo visualInfo = ContextType::selectBestVisual(m_display, mode.bitsPerPixel, settings);
 
     // Define the window attributes
     XSetWindowAttributes attributes;