diff --git a/interface/src/GLCanvas.cpp b/interface/src/GLCanvas.cpp
index 705a98b855..57c6ae40a7 100644
--- a/interface/src/GLCanvas.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/GLCanvas.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,22 @@
 
 const int MSECS_PER_FRAME_WHEN_THROTTLED = 66;
 
-GLCanvas::GLCanvas() : QGLWidget(QGL::NoDepthBuffer | QGL::NoStencilBuffer),
+static QGLFormat& getDesiredGLFormat() {
+    // Specify an OpenGL 3.3 format using the Core profile.
+    // That is, no old-school fixed pipeline functionality
+    static QGLFormat glFormat;
+    static std::once_flag once;
+    std::call_once(once, [] {
+        glFormat.setVersion(4, 1);
+        glFormat.setProfile(QGLFormat::CoreProfile); // Requires >=Qt-4.8.0
+        glFormat.setSampleBuffers(false);
+        glFormat.setDepth(false);
+        glFormat.setStencil(false);
+    });
+    return glFormat;
+}
+
+GLCanvas::GLCanvas() : QGLWidget(getDesiredGLFormat()),
     _throttleRendering(false),
     _idleRenderInterval(MSECS_PER_FRAME_WHEN_THROTTLED)
 {
diff --git a/tests/render-utils/src/main.cpp b/tests/render-utils/src/main.cpp
index 97b66e5e18..940218e64e 100644
--- a/tests/render-utils/src/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/render-utils/src/main.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 //  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
 //
 
-#include <unordered_map>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <memory>
-
 #include <mutex>
+#include <unordered_map>
 
 #include <QWindow>
 #include <QtGlobal>