diff --git a/video/out/opengl/context_x11egl.c b/video/out/opengl/context_x11egl.c
index f0cfe378f1..e86b99bb36 100644
--- a/video/out/opengl/context_x11egl.c
+++ b/video/out/opengl/context_x11egl.c
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@
 #include <EGL/egl.h>
 #include <EGL/eglext.h>
 
-#ifndef EGL_VERSION_1_5
-#define EGL_CONTEXT_OPENGL_PROFILE_MASK         0x30FD
-#define EGL_CONTEXT_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE_BIT     0x00000001
-#endif
-
 #include "common/common.h"
 #include "video/out/x11_common.h"
 #include "context.h"
@@ -109,7 +104,8 @@ static bool mpegl_init(struct ra_ctx *ctx)
     if (!vo_x11_init(vo))
         goto uninit;
 
-    p->egl_display = eglGetDisplay(vo->x11->display);
+    p->egl_display = eglGetPlatformDisplay(EGL_PLATFORM_X11_KHR,
+                                           vo->x11->display, NULL);
     if (!eglInitialize(p->egl_display, NULL, NULL)) {
         MP_MSG(ctx, msgl, "Could not initialize EGL.\n");
         goto uninit;
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 24e30b2613..74ece8234a 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -646,12 +646,20 @@ video_output_features = [
         'func': check_libs(['GL', 'GL Xdamage'],
                    check_cc(fragment=load_fragment('gl_x11.c'),
                             use=['x11', 'libdl', 'pthreads']))
+    } , {
+        'name': '--egl15',
+        'desc': 'EGL 1.5',
+        'groups': [ 'gl' ],
+        'func': compose_checks(
+            check_pkg_config('egl'),
+            check_statement(['EGL/egl.h'], 'int x[EGL_VERSION_1_5]')
+            ),
     } , {
         'name': '--egl-x11',
         'desc': 'OpenGL X11 EGL Backend',
-        'deps': 'x11',
+        'deps': 'x11 && egl15',
         'groups': [ 'gl' ],
-        'func': check_pkg_config('egl'),
+        'func': check_true,
     } , {
         'name': '--egl-drm',
         'desc': 'OpenGL DRM EGL Backend',