diff --git a/Qt/QtMain.cpp b/Qt/QtMain.cpp
index 74d8be6b2d..c9a9ac53a5 100644
--- a/Qt/QtMain.cpp
+++ b/Qt/QtMain.cpp
@@ -364,24 +364,28 @@ bool MainUI::event(QEvent *e)
     return true;
 }
 
-void MainUI::initializeGL()
-{
+void MainUI::initializeGL() {
+	if (g_Config.iGPUBackend != (int)GPUBackend::OPENGL) {
+		ILOG("Only GL supported under Qt - switching.");
+		g_Config.iGPUBackend = (int)GPUBackend::OPENGL;
+	}
+
 #ifndef USING_GLES2
 	// Some core profile drivers elide certain extensions from GL_EXTENSIONS/etc.
 	// glewExperimental allows us to force GLEW to search for the pointers anyway.
-	if (gl_extensions.IsCoreContext)
+	if (gl_extensions.IsCoreContext) {
 		glewExperimental = true;
+	}
 	glewInit();
 	// Unfortunately, glew will generate an invalid enum error, ignore.
-	if (gl_extensions.IsCoreContext)
+	if (gl_extensions.IsCoreContext) {
 		glGetError();
+	}
 #endif
-	ILOG("Initializing graphics context");
-
-	// OpenGL uses a background thread to do the main processing and only renders on the gl thread.
-	graphicsContext = new QtDummyGraphicsContext();
-
 	if (g_Config.iGPUBackend == (int)GPUBackend::OPENGL) {
+		// OpenGL uses a background thread to do the main processing and only renders on the gl thread.
+		ILOG("Initializing GL graphics context");
+		graphicsContext = new QtGLGraphicsContext();
 		ILOG("Using thread, starting emu thread");
 		EmuThreadStart();
 	} else {
@@ -390,8 +394,7 @@ void MainUI::initializeGL()
 	graphicsContext->ThreadStart();
 }
 
-void MainUI::paintGL()
-{
+void MainUI::paintGL() {
 	#ifdef SDL
 	SDL_PumpEvents();
 	#endif
diff --git a/Qt/QtMain.h b/Qt/QtMain.h
index cc39d5802b..404e50439e 100644
--- a/Qt/QtMain.h
+++ b/Qt/QtMain.h
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ QTM_USE_NAMESPACE
 // Input
 void SimulateGamepad();
 
-class QtDummyGraphicsContext : public DummyGraphicsContext {
+class QtGLGraphicsContext : public GraphicsContext {
 public:
-	QtDummyGraphicsContext() {
+	QtGLGraphicsContext() {
 		CheckGLExtensions();
 		draw_ = Draw::T3DCreateGLContext();
 		SetGPUBackend(GPUBackend::OPENGL);
@@ -55,12 +55,17 @@ public:
 		assert(success);
 	}
 
-	~QtDummyGraphicsContext() {
+	~QtGLGraphicsContext() {
 		delete draw_;
 		draw_ = nullptr;
 		renderManager_ = nullptr;
 	}
 
+	void Shutdown() override {}
+	void SwapInterval(int interval) override {}
+	void SwapBuffers() override {}
+	void Resize() override {}
+
 	Draw::DrawContext *GetDrawContext() override {
 		return draw_;
 	}
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ protected:
 	void EmuThreadJoin();
 
 private:
-	QtDummyGraphicsContext *graphicsContext;
+	QtGLGraphicsContext *graphicsContext;
 
 	float xscale, yscale;
 #if defined(MOBILE_DEVICE)
@@ -139,8 +144,7 @@ extern MainUI* emugl;
 #ifndef SDL
 
 // Audio
-class MainAudio: public QObject
-{
+class MainAudio : public QObject {
 	Q_OBJECT
 public:
 	MainAudio() {}