diff --git a/source/blender/src/drawview.c b/source/blender/src/drawview.c
index e6b1c7e48f3..01fba8eb27f 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/drawview.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/drawview.c
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ void drawview3d_render(struct View3D *v3d)
 		/* XXXXXXXX live and die by the hack */
 	free_all_realtime_images();
 	mywindow_build_and_set_renderwin();
-	
+		
 	v3d_windowmode= 1;
 	setwinmatrixview3d(0);
 	v3d_windowmode= 0;
diff --git a/source/blender/src/renderwin.c b/source/blender/src/renderwin.c
index 5bf5c765262..0d46658837d 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/renderwin.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/renderwin.c
@@ -761,7 +761,12 @@ static void do_render(View3D *ogl_render_view3d, int anim, int force_dispwin)
 	RE_set_timecursor_callback(set_timecursor);
 	RE_set_printrenderinfo_callback(printrenderinfo_cb);
 	
-	if (render_win) window_set_cursor(render_win->win, CURSOR_WAIT);
+	if (render_win) {
+		window_set_cursor(render_win->win, CURSOR_WAIT);
+		// when opening new window... not cross platform identical behaviour, so
+		// for now call it each time
+		if(ogl_render_view3d) init_gl_stuff();
+	}
 	waitcursor(1);
 
 	G.afbreek= 0;