diff --git a/cogl/configure.ac b/cogl/configure.ac
index 3be282fc2..38edde861 100644
--- a/cogl/configure.ac
+++ b/cogl/configure.ac
@@ -749,6 +749,12 @@ AS_IF([test "x$NEED_EGL" = "xyes" && test "x$EGL_CHECKED" != "xyes"],
               [],
               [AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to locate required EGL headers])],
               [#include <EGL/egl.h>])
+            AC_CHECK_HEADERS(
+              [EGL/eglmesaext.h],
+              [],
+              [AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to locate required EGL headers])],
+              [#include <EGL/egl.h>
+#include <EGL/eglext.h>])
 
             AC_CHECK_LIB(EGL, [eglInitialize],
               [COGL_EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$COGL_EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lEGL"],
@@ -759,7 +765,8 @@ AS_IF([test "x$NEED_EGL" = "xyes" && test "x$EGL_CHECKED" != "xyes"],
           )
 
         COGL_EGL_INCLUDES="#include <EGL/egl.h>
-#include <EGL/eglext.h>"
+#include <EGL/eglext.h>
+#include <EGL/eglmesaext.h>"
         AC_SUBST([COGL_EGL_INCLUDES])
       ])
 
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-egl-ext.h b/src/backends/meta-egl-ext.h
index 8705e7d5b..db0b74f76 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-egl-ext.h
+++ b/src/backends/meta-egl-ext.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <EGL/egl.h>
 #include <EGL/eglext.h>
+#include <EGL/eglmesaext.h>
 
 /*
  * This is a little different to the tests shipped with EGL implementations,
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-egl.c b/src/backends/meta-egl.c
index 755ec4908..bd253c956 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-egl.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-egl.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include <EGL/egl.h>
 #include <EGL/eglext.h>
+#include <EGL/eglmesaext.h>
 #include <gio/gio.h>
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <glib-object.h>
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-egl.h b/src/backends/meta-egl.h
index 060c7cd2d..2fef2642e 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-egl.h
+++ b/src/backends/meta-egl.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include <EGL/egl.h>
 #include <EGL/eglext.h>
+#include <EGL/eglmesaext.h>
 #include <glib-object.h>
 
 #define META_EGL_ERROR meta_egl_error_quark ()