diff --git a/legacy/evas/ChangeLog b/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
index b1681e12a0..5583bb20c3 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
@@ -1024,3 +1024,8 @@
 2012-09-05  ChunEon Park (Hermet)
 
        * Added EVAS_CALLBACK_IMAGE_RESIZE. Now user have a notify when image data size of the image object is changed.
+
+2012-09-05  Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
+
+       * Fix EGL/GLES bug when setting up rgba dest alpha windows where they
+       cease to be rendered to. use a shared context and it works.
diff --git a/legacy/evas/NEWS b/legacy/evas/NEWS
index fb0bc688d2..871a260f86 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/NEWS
+++ b/legacy/evas/NEWS
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Improvements:
    * Function to rotate an evas map with a quaternion: evas_map_util_quat_rotate().
 
 Fixes:
+
    * Fix segmentation fault with the esvg loader.
+   * Fix EGL/GLES dest alpha rendering bug (no rendering).
 
 Evas 1.7.0
 
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_x11/evas_x_main.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_x11/evas_x_main.c
index c7ed1c0c59..6959774d23 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_x11/evas_x_main.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_x11/evas_x_main.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ static Evas_GL_X11_Window *_evas_gl_x11_window = NULL;
 
 #if defined (GLES_VARIETY_S3C6410) || defined (GLES_VARIETY_SGX)
 static EGLContext context = EGL_NO_CONTEXT;
-static EGLContext rgba_context = EGL_NO_CONTEXT;
 #else
 // FIXME: this will only work for 1 display connection (glx land can have > 1)
 static GLXContext context = 0;
@@ -197,26 +196,17 @@ eng_window_new(Display *disp,
         eng_window_free(gw);
         return NULL;
      }
-   if (gw->alpha)
-     {
-        if (rgba_context == EGL_NO_CONTEXT)
-          rgba_context = eglCreateContext(gw->egl_disp, gw->egl_config, NULL,
-                                          context_attrs);
-        gw->egl_context[0] = rgba_context;
-     }
-   else
-     {
-        if (context == EGL_NO_CONTEXT)
-          context = eglCreateContext(gw->egl_disp, gw->egl_config, NULL,
-                                     context_attrs);
-        gw->egl_context[0] = context;
-     }
+   
+   gw->egl_context[0] = eglCreateContext
+     (gw->egl_disp, gw->egl_config, context, context_attrs);
    if (gw->egl_context[0] == EGL_NO_CONTEXT)
      {
         ERR("eglCreateContext() fail. code=%#x", eglGetError());
         eng_window_free(gw);
         return NULL;
      }
+   if (context == EGL_NO_CONTEXT) context = gw->egl_context[0];
+   
    if (eglMakeCurrent(gw->egl_disp,
                       gw->egl_surface[0],
                       gw->egl_surface[0],
@@ -560,13 +550,13 @@ eng_window_free(Evas_GL_X11_Window *gw)
    eglMakeCurrent(gw->egl_disp, EGL_NO_SURFACE, EGL_NO_SURFACE, EGL_NO_CONTEXT);
    if (gw->egl_surface[0] != EGL_NO_SURFACE)
       eglDestroySurface(gw->egl_disp, gw->egl_surface[0]);
+   if (gw->egl_context[0] != context)
+     eglDestroyContext(gw->egl_disp, gw->egl_context[0]);
    if (ref == 0)
      {
         if (context) eglDestroyContext(gw->egl_disp, context);
-        if (rgba_context) eglDestroyContext(gw->egl_disp, rgba_context);
         eglTerminate(gw->egl_disp);
         context = EGL_NO_CONTEXT;
-        rgba_context = EGL_NO_CONTEXT;
      }
 #else
    if (gw->glxwin) glXDestroyWindow(gw->disp, gw->glxwin);