diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index c6f287ffa1..a120cb0ceb 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -762,10 +762,19 @@ video_output_features = [
             check_statement('GL/gl.h', '(void)GL_RGB32F'),     # arbitrary OpenGL 3.0 symbol
             check_statement('GL/gl.h', '(void)GL_LUMINANCE16') # arbitrary OpenGL legacy-only symbol
         ),
+    }, {
+        'name': '--plain-gl',
+        'desc': 'OpenGL without platform-specific code (e.g. for libmpv)',
+        'deps_any': [ 'libmpv-shared', 'libmpv-static' ],
+        'func': compose_checks(
+            check_statement('GL/gl.h', '(void)GL_RGB32F'),     # arbitrary OpenGL 3.0 symbol
+            check_statement('GL/gl.h', '(void)GL_LUMINANCE16') # arbitrary OpenGL legacy-only symbol
+        ),
     } , {
         'name': '--gl',
         'desc': 'OpenGL video outputs',
-        'deps_any': [ 'gl-cocoa', 'gl-x11', 'egl-x11', 'egl-drm', 'gl-win32', 'gl-wayland', 'rpi' ],
+        'deps_any': [ 'gl-cocoa', 'gl-x11', 'egl-x11', 'egl-drm',
+                      'gl-win32', 'gl-wayland', 'rpi', 'plain-gl' ],
         'func': check_true
     }, {
         'name': 'egl-helpers',