diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_shader.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_shader.c
index f587c98712..ad41ecd451 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_shader.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_shader.c
@@ -933,6 +933,15 @@ _evas_gl_common_shader_program_binary_init(Evas_GL_Program *p,
 
    p->prog = glCreateProgram();
 
+#if 1
+   // TODO: invalid rendering error occurs when attempting to use a 
+   // glProgramBinary. in order to render correctly we should create a dummy 
+   // vertex shader.
+   p->vert = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
+   glAttachShader(p->prog, p->vert);
+   p->frag = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
+   glAttachShader(p->prog, p->frag);
+#endif
    glsym_glProgramBinary(p->prog, formats[0], data, length);
 
    glBindAttribLocation(p->prog, SHAD_VERTEX, "vertex");
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_texture.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_texture.c
index 8162cd12cb..327c395f0c 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_texture.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_texture.c
@@ -116,12 +116,19 @@ _tex_2d(int intfmt, int w, int h, int fmt, int type)
    GLERR(__FUNCTION__, __FILE__, __LINE__, "");
 #ifdef GL_TEXTURE_INTERNAL_FORMAT
 // this is not in opengles!!! hrrrm   
-   glGetTexLevelParameteriv(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 
-                            GL_TEXTURE_INTERNAL_FORMAT, &intfmtret);
-   if (intfmtret != intfmt)
+   if (glGetTexLevelParameteriv)
      {
-        ERR("Fail tex alloc %ix%i", w, h);
-//        XXX send async err to evas
+        glGetTexLevelParameteriv(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0,
+                                 GL_TEXTURE_INTERNAL_FORMAT, &intfmtret);
+        if (intfmtret != intfmt)
+          {
+             ERR("Fail tex alloc %ix%i", w, h);
+             //        XXX send async err to evas
+          }
+     }
+   else
+     {
+        ERR("GL_TEXTURE_INTERNAL_FORMAT defined but no symbol loaded.");
      }
 #endif   
 }