diff --git a/src/mesa/main/context.h b/src/mesa/main/context.h
index 1b256275504..eabb0ffa6f6 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/context.h
+++ b/src/mesa/main/context.h
@@ -303,11 +303,7 @@ _mesa_is_gles1(const struct gl_context *ctx)
 static inline bool
 _mesa_is_gles2(const struct gl_context *ctx)
 {
-#if HAVE_OPENGL_ES_2
-   return ctx->API == API_OPENGLES2;
-#else
-   return false;
-#endif
+   return _mesa_is_api_gles2(ctx->API);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/mesa/main/menums.h b/src/mesa/main/menums.h
index b78fb2634b3..360809e656d 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/menums.h
+++ b/src/mesa/main/menums.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #ifndef MENUMS_H
 #define MENUMS_H
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include "util/macros.h"
 
 /**
@@ -49,6 +50,19 @@ typedef enum
    API_OPENGL_LAST = API_OPENGL_CORE
 } gl_api;
 
+/**
+ * Checks if the api is for GLES 2.0 or later
+ */
+static inline bool
+_mesa_is_api_gles2(gl_api api)
+{
+#if HAVE_OPENGL_ES_2
+   return api == API_OPENGLES2;
+#else
+   return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 /**
  * An index for each type of texture object.  These correspond to the GL
  * texture target enums, such as GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP, etc.