diff --git a/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.cxx b/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.cxx
index fbc6df7863..15ec7f8a11 100644
--- a/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.cxx
@@ -349,12 +349,24 @@ reset() {
   _supports_3d_texture = 
     has_extension("GL_EXT_texture3D") || is_at_least_version(1, 2);
 
-  if (_supports_3d_texture) {
+  if (is_at_least_version(1, 2)) {
+    _supports_3d_texture = true;
+
     _glTexImage3D = (PFNGLTEXIMAGE3DPROC)
       get_extension_func(GLPREFIX_QUOTED, "TexImage3D");
     _glTexSubImage3D = (PFNGLTEXSUBIMAGE3DPROC)
       get_extension_func(GLPREFIX_QUOTED, "TexSubImage3D");
 
+  } else if (has_extension("GL_EXT_texture3D")) {
+    _supports_3d_texture = true;
+
+    _glTexImage3D = (PFNGLTEXIMAGE3DPROC)
+      get_extension_func(GLPREFIX_QUOTED, "TexImage3DEXT");
+    _glTexSubImage3D = (PFNGLTEXSUBIMAGE3DPROC)
+      get_extension_func(GLPREFIX_QUOTED, "TexSubImage3DEXT");
+  }
+
+  if (_supports_3d_texture) {
     if (_glTexImage3D == NULL || _glTexSubImage3D == NULL) {
       GLCAT.warning()
         << "3-D textures advertised as supported by OpenGL runtime, but could not get pointers to extension functions.\n";
diff --git a/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.h b/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.h
index c151dd4d1d..a8530fe719 100644
--- a/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.h
+++ b/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class Light;
 // system GL version matches or exceeds the GL version in which these
 // functions are defined, and the system gl.h sometimes doesn't
 // declare these typedefs.
+typedef void (APIENTRYP PFNGLTEXIMAGE3DPROC) (GLenum target, GLint level, GLint internalformat, GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLsizei depth, GLint border, GLenum format, GLenum type, const GLvoid *pixels);
+typedef void (APIENTRYP PFNGLTEXSUBIMAGE3DPROC) (GLenum target, GLint level, GLint xoffset, GLint yoffset, GLint zoffset, GLsizei width, GLsizei height, GLsizei depth, GLenum format, GLenum type, const GLvoid *pixels);
 typedef void (APIENTRYP PFNGLACTIVETEXTUREPROC) (GLenum texture);
 typedef void (APIENTRYP PFNGLMULTITEXCOORD2FVPROC) (GLenum target, const GLfloat *v);
 typedef void (APIENTRYP PFNGLBLENDEQUATIONPROC) (GLenum mode);