diff --git a/OpenGL/platform/ctypesloader.py b/OpenGL/platform/ctypesloader.py
index 82ec8e69..d9ff0069 100644
--- a/OpenGL/platform/ctypesloader.py
+++ b/OpenGL/platform/ctypesloader.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _loadLibraryPosix(dllType, name, mode):
     suffix = '.so'
     base_name = prefix + name + suffix
     
-    filenames_to_try = []
+    filenames_to_try = [base_name]
     # If a .so is missing, let's try libs with so version (e.g libGLU.so.9, libGLU.so.8 and so on)
     filenames_to_try.extend(list(reversed([
         base_name + '.%i' % i for i in range(0, 10)
diff --git a/OpenGL/platform/egl.py b/OpenGL/platform/egl.py
index e74f3dd8..55fbb0be 100644
--- a/OpenGL/platform/egl.py
+++ b/OpenGL/platform/egl.py
@@ -104,3 +104,19 @@ def GLE( self ):
     @baseplatform.lazy_property
     def GetCurrentContext( self ):
         return self.EGL.eglGetCurrentContext
+
+    def getGLUTFontPointer( self, constant ):
+        """Platform specific function to retrieve a GLUT font pointer
+
+        GLUTAPI void *glutBitmap9By15;
+        #define GLUT_BITMAP_9_BY_15		(&glutBitmap9By15)
+
+        Key here is that we want the addressof the pointer in the DLL,
+        not the pointer in the DLL.  That is, our pointer is to the
+        pointer defined in the DLL, we don't want the *value* stored in
+        that pointer.
+        """
+        name = [ x.title() for x in constant.split( '_' )[1:] ]
+        internal = 'glut' + "".join( [x.title() for x in name] )
+        pointer = ctypes.c_void_p.in_dll( self.GLUT, internal )
+        return ctypes.c_void_p(ctypes.addressof(pointer))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bb444e62..57a656b3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 """PyOpenGL setup script (setuptools-based)
 """
 import sys, os
-
-extra_commands = {}
-
 from setuptools import setup
-
 from distutils.command.install_data import install_data
 
+extra_commands = {}
+
 
 class smart_install_data(install_data):
     def run(self):