diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4de9551f..ee1f1dd8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -474,6 +474,8 @@ if is_libretro
         cmake.subproject('libsndfile', options: libsndfile_options).dependency('sndfile'),
         cmake.subproject('pixman-region', options: pixman_region_options).dependency('pixman-region'),
         cmake.subproject('libpng', options: libpng_options).dependency('png_static'),
+        subproject('stb').get_variable('stb'),
+        subproject('portablegl').get_variable('portablegl'),
     ]
     if host_system == 'darwin'
         libretro_deps += compilers['cpp'].find_library('iconv')
@@ -544,7 +546,9 @@ if is_libretro
         sources: global_sources + [
             'src/core.cpp',
             'src/mkxp-threads.cpp',
+            'src/portablegl.cpp',
             'src/sharedstate.cpp',
+            'src/stb_image.cpp',
             'src/audio/alstream.cpp',
             'src/audio/audio.cpp',
             'src/audio/audiostream.cpp',
diff --git a/src/portablegl.cpp b/src/portablegl.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26b4408c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/portablegl.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#define PORTABLEGL_IMPLEMENTATION
+#include <portablegl.h>
diff --git a/src/stb_image.cpp b/src/stb_image.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91772883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stb_image.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION
+#include <stb_image.h>
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/portablegl/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/portablegl/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b15fd417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/portablegl/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+project('portablegl', 'c', meson_version: '>=1.3.0')
+portablegl = declare_dependency(include_directories: '.')
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/stb/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/stb/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23bf6e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/stb/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+project('stb', 'c', meson_version: '>=1.3.0')
+stb = declare_dependency(include_directories: '.')
diff --git a/subprojects/portablegl.wrap b/subprojects/portablegl.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5bc1db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/portablegl.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[wrap-git]
+url = https://github.com/rswinkle/PortableGL
+revision = 0.98.0
+depth = 1
+patch_directory = portablegl
diff --git a/subprojects/stb.wrap b/subprojects/stb.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66c5e711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/stb.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[wrap-git]
+url = https://github.com/nothings/stb
+revision = 5c205738c191bcb0abc65c4febfa9bd25ff35234
+depth = 1
+patch_directory = stb