diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f4f3a50dc7e8555e3713f9180914a6f043445e02..cf77d141a1caa2b83381f51dd6b1b7b86cae28c1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -858,6 +858,7 @@ option (WALBERLA_ENABLE_GUI "This flag builds the graphical user interface, depe
 if ( WALBERLA_ENABLE_GUI )
 
     find_package( Qt4 COMPONENTS QtCore QtGui QtOpenGL QtXml REQUIRED )
+    set( OpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE LEGACY )
     find_package( OpenGL REQUIRED )
 
     INCLUDE( ${QT_USE_FILE} )