diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c3d2c9b..c1e600b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -47,11 +47,18 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
     parser.addHelpOption();
     parser.addVersionOption();
 
+    QStringList glModes;
+    QMetaEnum glMode = MainWindow::staticMetaObject.enumerator(MainWindow::staticMetaObject.indexOfEnumerator("GlMode"));
+    for (int value = 0; value < glMode.keyCount(); value++) {
+        glModes.append(QString(glMode.valueToKey(value)));
+    }
+
     QList<QCommandLineOption> options = QList<QCommandLineOption>({
             {{"clear-cache","C"}, "Clear cached request data"},
             {{"uri","u"}, "Set starting url to <uri>", "uri"},
             {{"monitor", "m"}, "Display window on the <n>th monitor", "n"},
-            {{"config", "c"}, "Use <file> to configure this instance of qt-webengine-kiosk", "file"}
+            {{"config", "c"}, "Use <file> to configure this instance of qt-webengine-kiosk", "file"},
+            {"opengl", QString()+"Use <"+glModes.join('|')+"> for hardware accelerated rendering", "system"}
             });
 
     parser.addOptions(options);
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 889ae2d..fe6e996 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ void MainWindow::init(QCommandLineParser &options)
         {"application/name", "Qt WebEngine Kiosk"},
         {"application/version", VERSION},
         {"application/icon", ICON },
+        {"application/opengl_mode", "auto"},
         {"proxy/enable", false },
         {"proxy/system", true },
         {"proxy/host", "proxy.example.com" },
@@ -176,6 +177,30 @@ void MainWindow::init(QCommandLineParser &options)
         manualScreen = ok ? monitorNum : 0;
     }
 
+    QMetaEnum glModeEnum = MainWindow::staticMetaObject.enumerator(MainWindow::staticMetaObject.indexOfEnumerator("GlMode"));
+
+    QString glMode;
+    if ((glMode = options.value("opengl")).isEmpty()) {
+        glMode = mainSettings->value("application/opengl_mode").toString();
+    }
+    switch (glModeEnum.keyToValue(glMode.toUpper().toLatin1())) {
+    case NATIVE:
+        qApp->setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseDesktopOpenGL);
+        qDebug() << "attempting to use native OpenGL";
+        break;
+    case ANGLE:
+        qApp->setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseOpenGLES);
+        qDebug() << "attempting to use OpenGL ES (or ANGLE, on Windows)";
+        break;
+    case SOFTWARE:
+        qDebug() << "using software rendering";
+        qApp->setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseSoftwareOpenGL);
+        break;
+    case AUTO:
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+
     if (mainSettings->value("signals/enable").toBool()) {
         connect(handler, SIGNAL(sigUSR1()), SLOT(unixSignalUsr1()));
         connect(handler, SIGNAL(sigUSR2()), SLOT(unixSignalUsr2()));
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.h b/src/mainwindow.h
index 3d8c13a..b6e0a87 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.h
+++ b/src/mainwindow.h
@@ -69,11 +69,13 @@ struct keyFunction {
 class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 {
     Q_OBJECT
+    Q_ENUMS(GlMode)
 
 public:
     explicit MainWindow();
 
     void init(QCommandLineParser&);
+    enum GlMode {  AUTO, NATIVE, ANGLE, SOFTWARE };
 
     void clearCache();
     void clearCacheOnExit();
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ protected slots:
     void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event);
     void updatePixelRatio();
 
+
 private:
     WebView* view;                      // Webkit Page View
     QProgressBar *loadProgress;         // progress bar to display page loading