diff --git a/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp b/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
index 1efdf7759f32a..6b6bc9728b7f4 100644
--- a/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
+++ b/cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ public:
 
 EGLConfig BootAnimation::getEglConfig(const EGLDisplay& display) {
     const EGLint attribs[] = {
+        EGL_RENDERABLE_TYPE, EGL_OPENGL_ES2_BIT,
         EGL_RED_SIZE,   8,
         EGL_GREEN_SIZE, 8,
         EGL_BLUE_SIZE,  8,