diff --git a/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLContext.cpp b/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLContext.cpp
index 695900de7a..69efd2ecce 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLContext.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLContext.cpp
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ void OpenGLContext::initExtensionsGLES() noexcept {
     ext.EXT_texture_cube_map_array = exts.has("GL_EXT_texture_cube_map_array"sv) || exts.has("GL_OES_texture_cube_map_array"sv);
     ext.GOOGLE_cpp_style_line_directive = exts.has("GL_GOOGLE_cpp_style_line_directive"sv);
     ext.KHR_debug = exts.has("GL_KHR_debug"sv);
+    ext.KHR_parallel_shader_compile = exts.has("GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile"sv);
     ext.KHR_texture_compression_astc_hdr = exts.has("GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_hdr"sv);
     ext.KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr = exts.has("GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr"sv);
     ext.OES_depth_texture = exts.has("GL_OES_depth_texture"sv);
@@ -544,6 +545,7 @@ void OpenGLContext::initExtensionsGL() noexcept {
     ext.EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic = exts.has("GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic"sv);
     ext.EXT_texture_sRGB = exts.has("GL_EXT_texture_sRGB"sv);
     ext.GOOGLE_cpp_style_line_directive = exts.has("GL_GOOGLE_cpp_style_line_directive"sv);
+    ext.KHR_parallel_shader_compile = exts.has("GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile"sv);
     ext.KHR_texture_compression_astc_hdr = exts.has("GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_hdr"sv);
     ext.KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr = exts.has("GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr"sv);
     ext.OES_depth_texture = true;
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLContext.h b/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLContext.h
index 262b60f883..48902e24ec 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLContext.h
+++ b/filament/backend/src/opengl/OpenGLContext.h
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ public:
         bool EXT_texture_sRGB;
         bool GOOGLE_cpp_style_line_directive;
         bool KHR_debug;
+        bool KHR_parallel_shader_compile;
         bool KHR_texture_compression_astc_hdr;
         bool KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr;
         bool OES_depth_texture;
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/opengl/gl_headers.cpp b/filament/backend/src/opengl/gl_headers.cpp
index 864de4278a..f35331f99e 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/opengl/gl_headers.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/opengl/gl_headers.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ PFNGLCLIPCONTROLEXTPROC glClipControlEXT;
 #ifdef GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer
 PFNGLDISCARDFRAMEBUFFEREXTPROC glDiscardFramebufferEXT;
 #endif
+#ifdef GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile
+PFNGLMAXSHADERCOMPILERTHREADSKHRPROC glMaxShaderCompilerThreadsKHR;
+#endif
 
 #if defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(FILAMENT_SILENCE_NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_ES2)
 // On Android, If we want to support a build system less than ANDROID_API 21, we need to
@@ -109,6 +112,9 @@ void importGLESExtensionsEntryPoints() {
 #ifdef GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer
         getProcAddress(glDiscardFramebufferEXT, "glDiscardFramebufferEXT");
 #endif
+#ifdef GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile
+        getProcAddress(glMaxShaderCompilerThreadsKHR, "glMaxShaderCompilerThreadsKHR");
+#endif
 #if defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(FILAMENT_SILENCE_NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_ES2)
         getProcAddress(glDispatchCompute, "glDispatchCompute");
 #endif
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/opengl/gl_headers.h b/filament/backend/src/opengl/gl_headers.h
index 5a45da674e..f00351fcb0 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/opengl/gl_headers.h
+++ b/filament/backend/src/opengl/gl_headers.h
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ extern PFNGLGENVERTEXARRAYSOESPROC glGenVertexArraysOES;
 #ifdef GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer
 extern PFNGLDISCARDFRAMEBUFFEREXTPROC glDiscardFramebufferEXT;
 #endif
+#ifdef GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile
+extern PFNGLMAXSHADERCOMPILERTHREADSKHRPROC glMaxShaderCompilerThreadsKHR;
+#endif
 #if defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(FILAMENT_SILENCE_NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_ES2)
 extern PFNGLDISPATCHCOMPUTEPROC glDispatchCompute;
 #endif