diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9a507c6c4..3f5b70866 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -680,7 +680,18 @@ def determine_gl_flags():
         c_options['use_x11'] = True
         c_options['use_egl'] = True
     else:
-        flags['libraries'] = ['GL']
+        if cross_sysroot:
+            flags['include_dirs'] = [cross_sysroot + '/usr/include']
+            flags['library_dirs'] = [cross_sysroot + '/usr/lib']
+
+        if c_options['use_opengl_es2']:
+            print("using GLESv2 libraries")
+            flags['libraries'] = ['GLESv2']
+        else:
+            flags['libraries'] = ['GL']
+
+
+    print("cross_sysroot: " + str(cross_sysroot))
     return flags, base_flags