diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT OpenGL/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/opengl/GLCanvas.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT OpenGL/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/opengl/GLCanvas.java
index e5a11132cce..5c24f7d02c9 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT OpenGL/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/opengl/GLCanvas.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT OpenGL/cocoa/org/eclipse/swt/opengl/GLCanvas.java	
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public class GLCanvas extends Canvas {
 	static final int MAX_ATTRIBUTES = 32;
 	static final String GLCONTEXT_KEY = "org.eclipse.swt.internal.cocoa.glcontext"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
+	static final int NSOpenGLPFAOpenGLProfile = 99;
+	static final int NSOpenGLProfileVersion3_2Core = 0x3200;
+	static final int NSOpenGLProfileVersionLegacy = 0x1000;
+	static final int NSOpenGLProfileVersion4_1Core = 0x4100;
+
 /**
  * Create a GLCanvas widget using the attributes described in the GLData
  * object provided.
@@ -82,6 +87,26 @@ public GLCanvas (Composite parent, int style, GLData data) {
 		attrib [pos++] = data.stencilSize;
 	}
 
+	if (data.profile == Profile.CORE) {
+		attrib[pos++] = NSOpenGLPFAOpenGLProfile;
+		attrib[pos++] = NSOpenGLProfileVersion3_2Core;
+	}
+	if (data.profile == Profile.COMPATIBILITY) {
+		attrib[pos++] = NSOpenGLPFAOpenGLProfile;
+		attrib[pos++] = NSOpenGLProfileVersionLegacy;
+	} else {
+		if (data.majorVersion >= 4) {
+			attrib[pos++] = NSOpenGLPFAOpenGLProfile;
+			attrib[pos++] = NSOpenGLProfileVersion4_1Core;
+		} else if (data.majorVersion >= 3) {
+			attrib[pos++] = NSOpenGLPFAOpenGLProfile;
+			attrib[pos++] = NSOpenGLProfileVersion3_2Core;
+		} else {
+			attrib[pos++] = NSOpenGLPFAOpenGLProfile;
+			attrib[pos++] = NSOpenGLProfileVersionLegacy;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Feature in Cocoa: NSOpenGL/CoreOpenGL only supports specifying the total number of bits
 	 * in the size of the color accumulator component. If specified, the color size is the sum of the red, green,
@@ -195,6 +220,19 @@ public GLData getGLData () {
 	data.accumBlueSize = accumColorSize;
 	data.accumAlphaSize = accumColorSize;
 
+	pixelFormat.getValues(value, NSOpenGLPFAOpenGLProfile, 0);
+	if (value[0] == NSOpenGLProfileVersion3_2Core) {
+		data.majorVersion = 3;
+		data.minorVersion = 2;
+		data.profile = Profile.CORE;
+	} else if (value[0] == NSOpenGLProfileVersionLegacy) {
+		data.profile = Profile.COMPATIBILITY;
+	} else if (value[0] == NSOpenGLProfileVersion4_1Core) {
+		data.majorVersion = 4;
+		data.minorVersion = 1;
+		data.profile = Profile.CORE;
+	}
+
 	pixelFormat.getValues(value, OS.NSOpenGLPFASampleBuffers, 0);
 	data.sampleBuffers = (int)value [0];
 	pixelFormat.getValues(value, OS.NSOpenGLPFASamples, 0);
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT OpenGL/common/org/eclipse/swt/opengl/GLData.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT OpenGL/common/org/eclipse/swt/opengl/GLData.java
index 041218a4efb..89eee4a0b96 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT OpenGL/common/org/eclipse/swt/opengl/GLData.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT OpenGL/common/org/eclipse/swt/opengl/GLData.java	
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
  */
 
 public class GLData {
+
+	public static enum Profile {
+		CORE, COMPATIBILITY;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Specifies a double-buffered surface.  During context
 	 * creation, only double-buffered formats are considered
@@ -133,6 +138,24 @@ public class GLData {
 	 */
 	public GLCanvas shareContext;
 
+	/**
+	 * The major GL context version to use. It defaults to 0 for
+	 * "not specified".
+	 */
+	public int majorVersion;
+
+	/**
+	 * The minor GL context version to use. If {@link #majorVersion}
+	 * is 0 this field is unused.
+	 */
+	public int minorVersion;
+
+	/**
+	 * The profile to use. This is only valid when
+	 * ({@link #majorVersion}.{@link #minorVersion}) is at least 3.0.
+	 */
+	public Profile profile;
+
 /**
  * Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable
  * description of the receiver.
@@ -146,6 +169,7 @@ public String toString() {
 		"r:" + redSize + " g:" + greenSize + " b:" + blueSize + " a:" + alphaSize + "," +
 		"depth:" + depthSize + ",stencil:" + stencilSize +
 		",accum r:" + accumRedSize + "g:" + accumGreenSize + "b:" + accumBlueSize + "a:" + accumAlphaSize +
-		",sampleBuffers:" + sampleBuffers + ",samples:" + samples;
+		",sampleBuffers:" + sampleBuffers + ",samples:" + samples +
+		",majorVersion:" + majorVersion + ",minorVersion:" + minorVersion + ",profile:" + profile;
 }
 }