diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f40a6e59..1802d78b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ information on what to include when reporting a bug.
 
  - [Wayland] Bugfix: Connecting a mouse after `glfwInit` would segfault (#1450)
  - [Linux] Bugfix: Joysticks without buttons were ignored (#2042,#2043)
+   [EGL] Added loading of glvnd `libOpenGL.so.0` where available for OpenGL
 
 
 ## Contact
diff --git a/src/egl_context.c b/src/egl_context.c
index 58d9557b..ec0ff49e 100644
--- a/src/egl_context.c
+++ b/src/egl_context.c
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ GLFWbool _glfwCreateContextEGL(_GLFWwindow* window,
 #elif defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
             "libGL.so",
 #else
+            "libOpenGL.so.0",
             "libGL.so.1",
 #endif
             NULL