diff --git a/source/Irrlicht/COGLES2ExtensionHandler.h b/source/Irrlicht/COGLES2ExtensionHandler.h
index 1bad89b0..c66aebb0 100644
--- a/source/Irrlicht/COGLES2ExtensionHandler.h
+++ b/source/Irrlicht/COGLES2ExtensionHandler.h
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 
 #include <EGL/egl.h>
 #include <GLES2/gl2.h>
-#include <GLES2/gl2ext.h>
+// seems to be missing...
+typedef char GLchar;
+#if defined(_IRR_OGLES2_USE_EXTPOINTER_)
+#include "gles2-ext.h"
+#endif
 
 namespace irr
 {