diff --git a/ui/console-gl.c b/ui/console-gl.c
index 0a6478161f..7c9894a51d 100644
--- a/ui/console-gl.c
+++ b/ui/console-gl.c
@@ -73,11 +73,20 @@ void surface_gl_create_texture(QemuGLShader *gls,
     glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, surface->texture);
     glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ROW_LENGTH_EXT,
                   surface_stride(surface) / surface_bytes_per_pixel(surface));
-    glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGB,
-                 surface_width(surface),
-                 surface_height(surface),
-                 0, surface->glformat, surface->gltype,
-                 surface_data(surface));
+    if (epoxy_is_desktop_gl()) {
+        glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGB,
+                     surface_width(surface),
+                     surface_height(surface),
+                     0, surface->glformat, surface->gltype,
+                     surface_data(surface));
+    } else {
+        glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, surface->glformat,
+                     surface_width(surface),
+                     surface_height(surface),
+                     0, surface->glformat, surface->gltype,
+                     surface_data(surface));
+        glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_SWIZZLE_A, GL_ONE);
+    }
 
     glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
     glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);