diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index 4df1496101..a6c17fa39c 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static struct {
     { .driver = "virtio-vga",           .flag = &default_vga       },
     { .driver = "ati-vga",              .flag = &default_vga       },
     { .driver = "vhost-user-vga",       .flag = &default_vga       },
+    { .driver = "virtio-vga-gl",        .flag = &default_vga       },
 };
 
 static QemuOptsList qemu_rtc_opts = {