diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md
index 539da48..98e09f9 100644
--- a/BUILD.md
+++ b/BUILD.md
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ The minimum gcc/g++ requirements for building various components.
 [newer ParaView-52]:  http://www.paraview.org/files/v5.2/ParaView-v5.2.0.tar.gz
 
 [page mesa]:  http://mesa3d.org/
-[link mesa]:  ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/13.0.1/mesa-13.0.1.tar.xz
+[link mesa]:  ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/13.0.3/mesa-13.0.3.tar.xz
 [older mesa]: ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/11.2.2/mesa-11.2.2.tar.xz
 
 [page Qt]: https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/
diff --git a/makeMesa b/makeMesa
index c1befd4..123c9df 100755
--- a/makeMesa
+++ b/makeMesa
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # =========                 |
 # \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
 #  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2016 OpenCFD Ltd.
+#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2016-2017 OpenCFD Ltd.
 #    \\/     M anipulation  |
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # License
@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ fi
 MESA_SOURCE_DIR=$sourceBASE/$mesaPACKAGE
 MESA_ARCH_PATH=$installBASE/$mesaPACKAGE
 
+#
+# Manual adjustments to mesa
+# - avoid GLES (GLES1) since <GLES/gl.h> may mask the <GL/gl.h> header
+adjustMESA()
+{
+    \rm -rf $MESA_ARCH_PATH/include/GLES $MESA_ARCH_PATH/include/GLES1
+    echo "removed all gles1 includes"
+}
+
 (
     # configuration options:
     unset configOpt
@@ -185,11 +194,13 @@ MESA_ARCH_PATH=$installBASE/$mesaPACKAGE
         --disable-glx \
         --disable-dri \
         --disable-egl \
+        --disable-gles1 \
         --enable-texture-float \
         --enable-gallium-osmesa --with-gallium-drivers=swrast \
         $configOpt \
         && make -j $WM_NCOMPPROCS \
         && make install \
+        && adjustMESA \
         && echo "Built $mesaPACKAGE"
 ) || {
     echo "Error building: MESA"