diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/glx/xlib/xm_api.c b/src/gallium/frontends/glx/xlib/xm_api.c
index 7e43ba2276e..2795ba88bc8 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/glx/xlib/xm_api.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/glx/xlib/xm_api.c
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ void XMesaDestroyVisual( XMesaVisual v )
 const char *
 xmesa_get_name(void)
 {
-   return stapi->name;
+   return "Mesa " PACKAGE_VERSION;
 }