diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db76a6fa..15ab9914 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ information on what to include when reporting a bug.
    (#442)
  - [EGL] Added ANGLE backend selection via `EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle` extension
    (#1380)
+   [EGL] Added loading of glvnd `libOpenGL.so.0` where available for OpenGL
  - [EGL] Bugfix: The `GLFW_DOUBLEBUFFER` context attribute was ignored (#1843)
  - [GLX] Bugfix: Context creation failed if GLX 1.4 was not exported by GLX library
 
diff --git a/src/egl_context.c b/src/egl_context.c
index f8850fa2..490770cd 100644
--- a/src/egl_context.c
+++ b/src/egl_context.c
@@ -737,6 +737,7 @@ GLFWbool _glfwCreateContextEGL(_GLFWwindow* window,
 #elif defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
             "libGL.so",
 #else
+            "libOpenGL.so.0",
             "libGL.so.1",
 #endif
             NULL