diff --git a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/OpenGL/OpenGLRenderer.cpp b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/OpenGL/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
index f09f04f1..8548fa1c 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/OpenGL/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/OpenGL/OpenGLRenderer.cpp
@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@
 #define STRINGIFY2(X) #X
 #define STRINGIFY(X) STRINGIFY2(X)
 
+namespace CemuGL
+{
 #define GLFUNC(__type, __name)	__type __name;
 #define EGLFUNC(__type, __name)	__type __name;
 #include "Common/GLInclude/glFunctions.h"
 #undef GLFUNC
 #undef EGLFUNC
+}
 
 #include "config/ActiveSettings.h"
 #include "config/LaunchSettings.h"
@@ -241,6 +244,17 @@ void LoadOpenGLImports()
 #undef GLFUNC
 #undef EGLFUNC
 }
+
+#if BOOST_OS_LINUX
+// dummy function for all code that is statically linked with cemu and attempts to use eglSwapInterval
+// used to suppress wxWidgets calls to eglSwapInterval
+extern "C"
+EGLAPI EGLBoolean EGLAPIENTRY eglSwapInterval(EGLDisplay dpy, EGLint interval)
+{
+	return EGL_TRUE;
+}
+#endif
+
 #elif BOOST_OS_MACOS
 void LoadOpenGLImports()
 {
diff --git a/src/Common/GLInclude/GLInclude.h b/src/Common/GLInclude/GLInclude.h
index bf7a6bf8..86df0232 100644
--- a/src/Common/GLInclude/GLInclude.h
+++ b/src/Common/GLInclude/GLInclude.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ typedef struct __GLXFBConfigRec *GLXFBConfig;
 
 #endif
 
+namespace CemuGL
+{
 #define GLFUNC(__type, __name)	extern __type __name;
 #define EGLFUNC(__type, __name) extern __type __name;
 #include "glFunctions.h"
@@ -213,6 +215,8 @@ static void glCompressedTextureSubImage3DWrapper(GLenum target, GLuint texture,
 	glBindTexture(target, originalTexture);
 }
 
+}
+using namespace CemuGL;
 // this prevents Windows GL.h from being included:
 #define __gl_h_
 #define __GL_H__