diff --git a/poky/scripts/runqemu b/poky/scripts/runqemu
index a05facd..5c56c3f 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/poky/scripts/runqemu
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@
     nographic - disable video console
     sdl - choose the SDL UI frontend
     gtk - choose the Gtk UI frontend
-    gl - enable virgl-based GL acceleration (also needs gtk option)
-    gl-es - enable virgl-based GL acceleration, using OpenGL ES (also needs gtk option)
-    egl-headless - enable headless EGL output; use vnc or spice to see it
+    gl - enable virgl-based GL acceleration (also needs gtk or sdl options)
+    gl-es - enable virgl-based GL acceleration, using OpenGL ES (also needs gtk or sdl options)
+    egl-headless - enable headless EGL output; use vnc (via publicvnc option) or spice to see it
     serial - enable a serial console on /dev/ttyS0
     serialstdio - enable a serial console on the console (regardless of graphics mode)
     slirp - enable user networking, no root privileges is required
@@ -437,7 +437,12 @@
                 self.qemu_opt_script += ' -nographic'
                 self.kernel_cmdline_script += ' console=ttyS0'
             elif arg == 'sdl':
-                self.qemu_opt_script += ' -display sdl'
+                if 'gl' in sys.argv[1:]:
+                    self.qemu_opt_script += ' -vga virtio -display sdl,gl=on'
+                elif 'gl-es' in sys.argv[1:]:
+                    self.qemu_opt_script += ' -vga virtio -display sdl,gl=es'
+                else:
+                    self.qemu_opt_script += ' -display sdl'
             elif arg == 'gtk':
                 if 'gl' in sys.argv[1:]:
                     self.qemu_opt_script += ' -vga virtio -display gtk,gl=on'