diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 431d35273..904fd5579 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -216,12 +216,12 @@ if (BUILD_RECORDER)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT SERVER_ONLY AND NOT USE_GLES2)
+if(NOT SERVER_ONLY)
     add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/graphics_utils")
     include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/graphics_utils")
 endif()
 
-if(NOT SERVER_ONLY AND NOT USE_GLES2)
+if(NOT SERVER_ONLY)
     find_library(SQUISH_LIBRARY NAMES squish libsquish)
     find_path(SQUISH_INCLUDEDIR NAMES squish.h PATHS)
     if (NOT SQUISH_LIBRARY OR NOT SQUISH_INCLUDEDIR)
@@ -479,14 +479,12 @@ target_link_libraries(supertuxkart
 
 if(NOT SERVER_ONLY)
     if(NOT USE_GLES2)
-        target_link_libraries(supertuxkart ${OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY} ${GLEW_LIBRARIES} graphics_utils)
+        target_link_libraries(supertuxkart ${OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY} ${GLEW_LIBRARIES})
     else()
         target_link_libraries(supertuxkart GLESv2)
     endif()
-endif()
 
-if(NOT SERVER_ONLY AND NOT USE_GLES2)
-    target_link_libraries(supertuxkart ${SQUISH_LIBRARY})
+    target_link_libraries(supertuxkart ${SQUISH_LIBRARY} graphics_utils)
 endif()
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
diff --git a/data/graphical_restrictions.xml b/data/graphical_restrictions.xml
index 3b512b177..46b632a0c 100644
--- a/data/graphical_restrictions.xml
+++ b/data/graphical_restrictions.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   <card contains="ATI"            os="windows"  version="<=3.1.8787" disable="ForceLegacyDevice"/>
   <card                           os="android"                     disable="TextureFormatBGRA8888"/>
   <card                           os="android"                     disable="ColorBufferFloat"/>
+  <card                           os="android"                     disable="TextureCompressionS3TC"/>
   <card contains="Adreno"         os="android"  version="<=19"     disable="VertexIdWorking"/>
   <card contains="Android Emulator" os="android"                   disable="ForceLegacyDevice"/>
   <card contains="Android Emulator" os="android"                   disable="NpotTextures"/>
diff --git a/src/graphics/central_settings.cpp b/src/graphics/central_settings.cpp
index 3b851c42f..c910ce8f7 100644
--- a/src/graphics/central_settings.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/central_settings.cpp
@@ -232,6 +232,13 @@ void CentralVideoSettings::init()
             hasColorBufferFloat = true;
             Log::info("GLDriver", "EXT Color Buffer Float Present");
         }
+        
+        if (!GraphicsRestrictions::isDisabled(GraphicsRestrictions::GR_EXT_TEXTURE_COMPRESSION_S3TC) &&
+            hasGLExtension("GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc"))
+        {
+            hasTextureCompression = true;
+            Log::info("GLDriver", "EXT Texture Compression S3TC Present");
+        }
 
         if (GraphicsRestrictions::isDisabled(GraphicsRestrictions::GR_VERTEX_ID_WORKING))
         {
diff --git a/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.cpp b/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.cpp
index 9364d0ae1..8c7957069 100644
--- a/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/sp/sp_texture.cpp
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
 #include "utils/log.hpp"
 #include "utils/string_utils.hpp"
 
-#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(USE_GLES2))
+#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(ANDROID))
 #include <squish.h>
 static_assert(squish::kColourClusterFit == (1 << 5), "Wrong header");
 static_assert(squish::kColourRangeFit == (1 << 6), "Wrong header");
 static_assert(squish::kColourIterativeClusterFit == (1 << 8), "Wrong header");
 #endif
 
-#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(USE_GLES2))
+#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(ANDROID))
 extern "C"
 {
     #include <mipmap/img.h>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ extern "C"
 
 #include <numeric>
 
-#if !defined(USE_GLES2)
+#if !defined(ANDROID)
 static const uint8_t CACHE_VERSION = 1;
 #endif
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ bool SPTexture::compressedTexImage2d(std::shared_ptr<video::IImage> texture,
                                      <core::dimension2du, unsigned> >&
                                      mipmap_sizes)
 {
-#if !defined(SERVER_ONLY) && !defined(USE_GLES2)
+#if !defined(SERVER_ONLY) && !defined(ANDROID)
     unsigned format = GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT5_EXT;
     if (m_undo_srgb)
     {
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ bool SPTexture::saveCompressedTexture(std::shared_ptr<video::IImage> texture,
                                       <core::dimension2du, unsigned> >& sizes,
                                       const std::string& cache_location)
 {
-#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(USE_GLES2))
+#if !defined(SERVER_ONLY) && !defined(ANDROID)
     const unsigned total_size = std::accumulate(sizes.begin(), sizes.end(), 0,
         [] (const unsigned int previous, const std::pair
         <core::dimension2du, unsigned>& cur_sizes)
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<video::IImage> SPTexture::getTextureCache(const std::string& p,
     std::vector<std::pair<core::dimension2du, unsigned> >* sizes)
 {
     std::shared_ptr<video::IImage> cache;
-#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(USE_GLES2))
+#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(ANDROID))
     io::IReadFile* file = irr::io::createReadFile(p.c_str());
     if (file == NULL)
     {
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ bool SPTexture::threadedLoad()
     }
     else
     {
-#ifndef USE_GLES2
+#ifndef ANDROID
         if (UserConfigParams::m_hq_mipmap && image->getDimension().Width > 1 &&
             image->getDimension().Height > 1)
         {
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ void SPTexture::generateHQMipmap(void* in,
                                  <core::dimension2du, unsigned> >& mms,
                                  uint8_t* out)
 {
-#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(USE_GLES2))
+#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(ANDROID))
     imMipmapCascade cascade;
     imReduceOptions options;
     imReduceSetOptions(&options,
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ void SPTexture::generateHQMipmap(void* in,
 void SPTexture::squishCompressImage(uint8_t* rgba, int width, int height,
                                     int pitch, void* blocks, unsigned flags)
 {
-#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(USE_GLES2))
+#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(ANDROID))
     // This function is copied from CompressImage in libsquish to avoid omp
     // if enabled by shared libsquish, because we are already using
     // multiple thread
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ std::vector<std::pair<core::dimension2du, unsigned> >
 {
     std::vector<std::pair<core::dimension2du, unsigned> > mipmap_sizes;
 
-#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(USE_GLES2))
+#if !(defined(SERVER_ONLY) || defined(ANDROID))
     unsigned width = image->getDimension().Width;
     unsigned height = image->getDimension().Height;
     mipmap_sizes.emplace_back(core::dimension2du(width, height), 0);