diff --git a/src/render/opengl/SDL_render_gl.c b/src/render/opengl/SDL_render_gl.c
index 6a4fa3ecf..ab831e7b3 100644
--- a/src/render/opengl/SDL_render_gl.c
+++ b/src/render/opengl/SDL_render_gl.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ GL_CreateRenderer(SDL_Window * window, Uint32 flags)
     renderer->GL_BindTexture = GL_BindTexture;
     renderer->GL_UnbindTexture = GL_UnbindTexture;
     renderer->info = GL_RenderDriver.info;
-    renderer->info.flags = (SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_TARGETTEXTURE);
+    renderer->info.flags = SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED;
     renderer->driverdata = data;
     renderer->window = window;
 
@@ -664,6 +664,11 @@ GL_CreateTexture(SDL_Renderer * renderer, SDL_Texture * texture)
 
     GL_ActivateRenderer(renderer);
 
+    if (texture->access == SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_TARGET &&
+        !renderdata->GL_EXT_framebuffer_object_supported) {
+        return SDL_SetError("Render targets not supported by OpenGL");
+    }
+
     if (!convert_format(renderdata, texture->format, &internalFormat,
                         &format, &type)) {
         return SDL_SetError("Texture format %s not supported by OpenGL",
@@ -980,6 +985,10 @@ GL_SetRenderTarget(SDL_Renderer * renderer, SDL_Texture * texture)
 
     GL_ActivateRenderer(renderer);
 
+    if (!data->GL_EXT_framebuffer_object_supported) {
+        return SDL_SetError("Render targets not supported by OpenGL");
+    }
+
     if (texture == NULL) {
         data->glBindFramebufferEXT(GL_FRAMEBUFFER_EXT, 0);
         return 0;