diff --git a/abstract_egl_backend.cpp b/abstract_egl_backend.cpp
index 3e6f0c8820..9f2d5fbdac 100644
--- a/abstract_egl_backend.cpp
+++ b/abstract_egl_backend.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ void AbstractEglBackend::doneCurrent()
 
 bool AbstractEglBackend::isOpenGLES() const
 {
+    if (qstrcmp(qgetenv("KWIN_COMPOSE"), "O2ES") == 0) {
+        return true;
+    }
     return QOpenGLContext::openGLModuleType() == QOpenGLContext::LibGLES;
 }
 
diff --git a/compositingprefs.cpp b/compositingprefs.cpp
index 4d32ad40fc..bb83d45a42 100644
--- a/compositingprefs.cpp
+++ b/compositingprefs.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ bool CompositingPrefs::compositingPossible()
 #endif
     if (QOpenGLContext::openGLModuleType() == QOpenGLContext::LibGLES) {
         return true;
+    } else if (qstrcmp(qgetenv("KWIN_COMPOSE"), "O2ES") == 0) {
+        return true;
     }
     qCDebug(KWIN_CORE) << "No OpenGL or XRender/XFixes support";
     return false;
diff --git a/options.cpp b/options.cpp
index d7332f22c6..b73e792a14 100644
--- a/options.cpp
+++ b/options.cpp
@@ -772,6 +772,9 @@ void Options::setGlPlatformInterface(OpenGLPlatformInterface interface)
     if (QOpenGLContext::openGLModuleType() == QOpenGLContext::LibGLES) {
         qCDebug(KWIN_CORE) << "Forcing EGL native interface as Qt uses OpenGL ES";
         interface = EglPlatformInterface;
+    } else if (qstrcmp(qgetenv("KWIN_COMPOSE"), "O2ES") == 0) {
+        qCDebug(KWIN_CORE) << "Forcing EGL native interface as OpenGL ES requested through KWIN_COMPOSE environment variable.";
+        interface = EglPlatformInterface;
     }
 
     if (m_glPlatformInterface == interface) {
diff --git a/plugins/qpa/abstractplatformcontext.cpp b/plugins/qpa/abstractplatformcontext.cpp
index 4cda66dca1..3ddca9c4e2 100644
--- a/plugins/qpa/abstractplatformcontext.cpp
+++ b/plugins/qpa/abstractplatformcontext.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ namespace QPA
 
 static bool isOpenGLES()
 {
+    if (qstrcmp(qgetenv("KWIN_COMPOSE"), "O2ES") == 0) {
+        return true;
+    }
     return QOpenGLContext::openGLModuleType() == QOpenGLContext::LibGLES;
 }
 
diff --git a/scene_opengl.cpp b/scene_opengl.cpp
index d276194adb..413995494b 100644
--- a/scene_opengl.cpp
+++ b/scene_opengl.cpp
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ bool SceneOpenGL2::supported(OpenGLBackend *backend)
 {
     const QByteArray forceEnv = qgetenv("KWIN_COMPOSE");
     if (!forceEnv.isEmpty()) {
-        if (qstrcmp(forceEnv, "O2") == 0) {
+        if (qstrcmp(forceEnv, "O2") == 0 || qstrcmp(forceEnv, "O2ES") == 0) {
             qCDebug(KWIN_CORE) << "OpenGL 2 compositing enforced by environment variable";
             return true;
         } else {