diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 21902d197..10b280172 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     make \
     ocl-icd-opencl-dev \
     opencl-headers  \
+    libegl-dev \
     python-openssl \
     tk-dev \
     wget \
diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index e40d3ba1a..4d9fb38bc 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ if arch == "Darwin":
   vipc_frameworks.append('OpenCL')
 else:
   vipc_libs.append('OpenCL')
+  vipc_libs.append('EGL')
 envCython.Program('visionipc/visionipc_pyx.so', 'visionipc/visionipc_pyx.pyx',
                   LIBS=vipc_libs, FRAMEWORKS=vipc_frameworks)
 
diff --git a/visionipc/visionbuf.h b/visionipc/visionbuf.h
index fe546a64e..e3872ca02 100644
--- a/visionipc/visionbuf.h
+++ b/visionipc/visionbuf.h
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 #include <CL/cl.h>
 #endif
 
+#define EGL_EGLEXT_PROTOTYPES
+#define EGL_NO_X11
+#include <EGL/egl.h>
+#include <EGL/eglext.h>
+#include <drm/drm_fourcc.h>
+
 #define VISIONBUF_SYNC_FROM_DEVICE 0
 #define VISIONBUF_SYNC_TO_DEVICE 1
 
@@ -51,12 +57,16 @@ class VisionBuf {
   cl_mem buf_cl = nullptr;
   cl_command_queue copy_q = nullptr;
 
+  // OpenGL
+  EGLImageKHR egl_image = EGL_NO_IMAGE_KHR;
+
   // ion
   int handle = 0;
 
   void allocate(size_t len);
   void import();
   void init_cl(cl_device_id device_id, cl_context ctx);
+  void init_gl();
   void init_rgb(size_t width, size_t height, size_t stride);
   void init_yuv(size_t width, size_t height, size_t stride, size_t uv_offset);
   int sync(int dir);
diff --git a/visionipc/visionbuf_cl.cc b/visionipc/visionbuf_cl.cc
index 0286d28fd..08d768df7 100644
--- a/visionipc/visionbuf_cl.cc
+++ b/visionipc/visionbuf_cl.cc
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ void VisionBuf::init_cl(cl_device_id device_id, cl_context ctx){
   assert(err == 0);
 }
 
+void VisionBuf::init_gl() {
+  assert(false);  // only used for visionbuf_ion
+};
 
 void VisionBuf::import(){
   assert(this->fd >= 0);
diff --git a/visionipc/visionbuf_ion.cc b/visionipc/visionbuf_ion.cc
index c66b668c6..157ed8901 100644
--- a/visionipc/visionbuf_ion.cc
+++ b/visionipc/visionbuf_ion.cc
@@ -117,6 +117,24 @@ void VisionBuf::init_cl(cl_device_id device_id, cl_context ctx) {
   assert(err == 0);
 }
 
+void VisionBuf::init_gl() {
+  EGLDisplay display = eglGetCurrentDisplay();
+
+  EGLint img_attrs[] = {
+    EGL_WIDTH, (int)this->width,
+    EGL_HEIGHT, (int)this->height,
+    EGL_LINUX_DRM_FOURCC_EXT, DRM_FORMAT_NV12,
+    EGL_DMA_BUF_PLANE0_FD_EXT, this->fd,
+    EGL_DMA_BUF_PLANE0_OFFSET_EXT, 0,
+    EGL_DMA_BUF_PLANE0_PITCH_EXT, (int)this->stride,
+    EGL_DMA_BUF_PLANE1_FD_EXT, this->fd,
+    EGL_DMA_BUF_PLANE1_OFFSET_EXT, (int)this->uv_offset,
+    EGL_DMA_BUF_PLANE1_PITCH_EXT, (int)this->stride,
+    EGL_NONE
+  };
+  this->egl_image = eglCreateImageKHR(display, EGL_NO_CONTEXT, EGL_LINUX_DMA_BUF_EXT, 0, img_attrs);
+  assert(eglGetError() == EGL_SUCCESS);
+}
 
 int VisionBuf::sync(int dir) {
   struct ion_flush_data flush_data = {0};
@@ -142,6 +160,11 @@ int VisionBuf::sync(int dir) {
 int VisionBuf::free() {
   int err = 0;
 
+  if (this->egl_image) {
+    EGLDisplay display = eglGetCurrentDisplay();
+    eglDestroyImageKHR(display, this->egl_image);
+  }
+
   if (this->buf_cl){
     err = clReleaseMemObject(this->buf_cl);
     if (err != 0) return err;