diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a38c21..b0b6ce2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ INCLUDE (FindPkgConfig)
 
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux|FreeBSD")
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux|FreeBSD|Android")
 	set(DEFAULT_EGL ON)
 	set(DEFAULT_GLX ON)
 	set(DEFAULT_WGL OFF)
@@ -499,13 +499,18 @@ if(GBM_FOUND)
 	endif(HAVE_LIBCACA)
 endif(GBM_FOUND)
 
-if(PIGLIT_BUILD_EGL_TESTS)
-	pkg_check_modules(EGL REQUIRED egl)
+# EGL *support* (PIGLIT_HAS_EGL, e.g. the surfaceless_egl waffle platform) is
+# independent of building the EGL test binaries, which additionally need X11.
+pkg_check_modules(EGL egl)
+if(EGL_FOUND)
 	set(PIGLIT_HAS_EGL True)
 	add_definitions(-DPIGLIT_HAS_EGL)
 	include_directories(${EGL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	add_definitions (${EGL_CFLAGS_OTHER})
 endif()
+if(PIGLIT_BUILD_EGL_TESTS AND NOT EGL_FOUND)
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "PIGLIT_BUILD_EGL_TESTS requires EGL")
+endif()
 
 # Put all executables into the bin subdirectory
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${piglit_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index e3c964a..36e2109 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ add_subdirectory (llvmpipe)
 add_subdirectory (perf)
 add_subdirectory (wgl)
 
-IF(EGL_FOUND)
+IF(PIGLIT_BUILD_EGL_TESTS)
 	add_subdirectory (egl)
-ENDIF(EGL_FOUND)
+ENDIF(PIGLIT_BUILD_EGL_TESTS)
 
 IF(PIGLIT_BUILD_CL_TESTS)
 	add_subdirectory (cl)
diff --git a/tests/util/piglit-dispatch-init.c b/tests/util/piglit-dispatch-init.c
index 3d9772d..e036eac 100644
--- a/tests/util/piglit-dispatch-init.c
+++ b/tests/util/piglit-dispatch-init.c
@@ -322,14 +322,19 @@ piglit_dispatch_default_init(piglit_dispatch_api api)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (gl_fw) {
-		piglit_dispatch_init(api,
-				     get_wfl_core_proc,
-				     get_wfl_ext_proc,
-				     default_unsupported,
-				     default_get_proc_address_failure);
-	} else
-#endif
+	/* MobileGL piglit harness: always use the waffle resolvers in waffle
+	 * builds. This function runs while the waffle framework is still being
+	 * constructed, so gl_fw is NULL here and the gl_fw branch never fired;
+	 * the fallback resolvers bind GL functions via the SYSTEM libEGL's
+	 * eglGetProcAddress (a DT_NEEDED symbol), which on Android is the raw
+	 * GLES driver rather than the waffle-selected EGL implementation.
+	 */
+	piglit_dispatch_init(api,
+			     get_wfl_core_proc,
+			     get_wfl_ext_proc,
+			     default_unsupported,
+			     default_get_proc_address_failure);
+#else
 	{
 
 		piglit_dispatch_init(api,
@@ -338,6 +343,7 @@ piglit_dispatch_default_init(piglit_dispatch_api api)
 				     default_unsupported,
 				     default_get_proc_address_failure);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	already_initialized = true;
 }
diff --git a/tests/util/piglit-util-gl.c b/tests/util/piglit-util-gl.c
index 16eb425..7f2796c 100644
--- a/tests/util/piglit-util-gl.c
+++ b/tests/util/piglit-util-gl.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ bool piglit_is_core_profile;
 bool piglit_is_gles(void)
 {
 	const char *version_string = (const char *) glGetString(GL_VERSION);
+	if (getenv("PIGLIT_DEBUG_VERSION_STRING"))
+		printf("piglit: debug: GL_VERSION = \"%s\"\n",
+		       version_string ? version_string : "(null)");
 	return strncmp("OpenGL ES", version_string, 9) == 0;
 }