diff --git a/filament/backend/CMakeLists.txt b/filament/backend/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a07c82836d..9a70983d794 100644
--- a/filament/backend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/filament/backend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -378,10 +378,6 @@ set(LINUX_LINKER_OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS
 if (LINUX AND FILAMENT_SUPPORTS_OSMESA)
     set(OSMESA_COMPILE_FLAGS
         -I${FILAMENT_OSMESA_PATH}/include/GL)
-    set(OSMESA_LINKER_FLAGS
-        -Wl,-L${FILAMENT_OSMESA_PATH}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
-        -lOSMesa
-    )
 endif()
 
 if (MSVC)
diff --git a/filament/backend/include/backend/platforms/PlatformOSMesa.h b/filament/backend/include/backend/platforms/PlatformOSMesa.h
index bcb82195a4c..a1a72fc6f77 100644
--- a/filament/backend/include/backend/platforms/PlatformOSMesa.h
+++ b/filament/backend/include/backend/platforms/PlatformOSMesa.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "bluegl/BlueGL.h"
 
-#include "osmesa.h"
+#include <osmesa.h>
 
 #include <backend/platforms/OpenGLPlatform.h>
 #include <backend/DriverEnums.h>
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class PlatformOSMesa : public OpenGLPlatform {
 
 private:
     OSMesaContext mContext;
+    void* mOsMesaApi = nullptr;
 };
 
 } // namespace filament::backend
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/opengl/platforms/PlatformOSMesa.cpp b/filament/backend/src/opengl/platforms/PlatformOSMesa.cpp
index 9a34577dc1c..fdeccfe110f 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/opengl/platforms/PlatformOSMesa.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/opengl/platforms/PlatformOSMesa.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 #include <utils/Panic.h>
 
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <memory>
 
 namespace filament::backend {
@@ -41,13 +42,56 @@ struct OSMesaSwapchain {
     std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> buffer;
 };
 
-} // anonymous namespace
+struct OSMesaAPI {
+private:
+    using CreateContextFunc = OSMesaContext (*)(GLenum format, OSMesaContext);
+    using DestroyContextFunc = GLboolean (*)(OSMesaContext);
+    using MakeCurrentFunc = GLboolean (*)(OSMesaContext ctx, void* buffer, GLenum type,
+            GLsizei width, GLsizei height);
+    using GetProcAddressFunc = OSMESAproc (*)(const char* funcName);
+
+public:
+    CreateContextFunc OSMesaCreateContext;
+    DestroyContextFunc OSMesaDestroyContext;
+    MakeCurrentFunc OSMesaMakeCurrent;
+    GetProcAddressFunc OSMesaGetProcAddress;
+
+    OSMesaAPI() {
+        constexpr char const* libraryNames[] = {"libOSMesa.so", "libosmesa.so"};
+        for (char const* libName: libraryNames) {
+            mLib = dlopen(libName, RTLD_GLOBAL | RTLD_NOW);
+            if (mLib) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        FILAMENT_CHECK_PRECONDITION(mLib)
+                << "Unable to dlopen libOSMesa to create a software GL context";
+
+        OSMesaGetProcAddress = (GetProcAddressFunc) dlsym(mLib, "OSMesaGetProcAddress");
+
+        OSMesaCreateContext = (CreateContextFunc) OSMesaGetProcAddress("OSMesaCreateContext");
+        OSMesaDestroyContext =
+                (DestroyContextFunc) OSMesaGetProcAddress("OSMesaDestroyContext");
+        OSMesaMakeCurrent = (MakeCurrentFunc) OSMesaGetProcAddress("OSMesaMakeCurrent");
+    }
+
+    ~OSMesaAPI() {
+        dlclose(mLib);
+    }
+private:
+    void* mLib = nullptr;
+};
+
+}// anonymous namespace
 
 Driver* PlatformOSMesa::createDriver(void* const sharedGLContext,
         const DriverConfig& driverConfig) noexcept {
+    OSMesaAPI* api = new OSMesaAPI();
+    mOsMesaApi = api;
+
     FILAMENT_CHECK_PRECONDITION(sharedGLContext == nullptr)
             << "shared GL context is not supported with PlatformOSMesa";
-    mContext = OSMesaCreateContext(GL_RGBA, NULL);
+    mContext = api->OSMesaCreateContext(GL_RGBA, NULL);
 
     // We need to do a no-op makecurrent here so that the context will be in a correct state before
     // any GL calls.
@@ -62,7 +106,11 @@ Driver* PlatformOSMesa::createDriver(void* const sharedGLContext,
 }
 
 void PlatformOSMesa::terminate() noexcept {
-    OSMesaDestroyContext(mContext);
+    OSMesaAPI* api = (OSMesaAPI*) mOsMesaApi;
+    api->OSMesaDestroyContext(mContext);
+    delete api;
+    mOsMesaApi = nullptr;
+
     bluegl::unbind();
 }
 
@@ -84,11 +132,12 @@ void PlatformOSMesa::destroySwapChain(Platform::SwapChain* swapChain) noexcept {
 
 bool PlatformOSMesa::makeCurrent(ContextType type, SwapChain* drawSwapChain,
         SwapChain* readSwapChain) noexcept {
+    OSMesaAPI* api = (OSMesaAPI*) mOsMesaApi;
     OSMesaSwapchain* impl = (OSMesaSwapchain*) drawSwapChain;
 
-    auto result = OSMesaMakeCurrent(mContext, (BackingType*) impl->buffer.get(), BACKING_GL_TYPE,
-            impl->width, impl->height);
-    FILAMENT_CHECK_POSTCONDITION(result) << "OSMesaMakeCurrent failed!";
+    auto result = api->OSMesaMakeCurrent(mContext, (BackingType*) impl->buffer.get(),
+            BACKING_GL_TYPE, impl->width, impl->height);
+    FILAMENT_CHECK_POSTCONDITION(result == GL_TRUE) << "OSMesaMakeCurrent failed!";
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/libs/bluegl/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/bluegl/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ce75c177dd..704432cd15a 100644
--- a/libs/bluegl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/bluegl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ elseif (APPLE AND NOT IOS)
 elseif(LINUX)
     if(FILAMENT_SUPPORTS_EGL_ON_LINUX)
         set(SRCS ${SRCS} src/BlueGLLinuxEGL.cpp)
+    elseif(FILAMENT_SUPPORTS_OSMESA)
+        set(SRCS ${SRCS} src/BlueGLLinuxOSMesa.cpp)
     else()
         set(SRCS ${SRCS} src/BlueGLLinux.cpp)
     endif()
diff --git a/libs/bluegl/src/BlueGLLinuxOSMesa.cpp b/libs/bluegl/src/BlueGLLinuxOSMesa.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..182f5b2a528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/bluegl/src/BlueGLLinuxOSMesa.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <GL/gl.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+namespace bluegl {
+
+namespace {
+using ProcAddressFunc = void*(*)(char const* funcName);
+}
+
+struct Driver {
+    ProcAddressFunc OSMesaGetProcAddress;
+    void* library;
+} g_driver = {nullptr, nullptr};
+
+bool initBinder() {
+    constexpr char const* libraryNames[] = {"libOSMesa.so", "libosmesa.so"};
+    for (char const* name : libraryNames) {
+        g_driver.library = dlopen(name, RTLD_GLOBAL | RTLD_NOW);
+        if (g_driver.library) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (!g_driver.library) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    g_driver.OSMesaGetProcAddress = (ProcAddressFunc)
+            dlsym(g_driver.library, "OSMesaGetProcAddress");
+
+    return g_driver.OSMesaGetProcAddress;
+}
+
+void* loadFunction(const char* name) {
+    return (void*) g_driver.OSMesaGetProcAddress(name);
+}
+
+void shutdownBinder() {
+    dlclose(g_driver.library);
+    memset(&g_driver, 0, sizeof(g_driver));
+}
+
+} // namespace bluegl