diff --git a/src/refresh/gl/gl.h b/src/refresh/gl/gl.h
index 358d2d294..09d2c7078 100644
--- a/src/refresh/gl/gl.h
+++ b/src/refresh/gl/gl.h
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ typedef struct {
     int         stencilbits;
 } glConfig_t;
 
+#define AT_LEAST_OPENGL(major, minor) \
+    (gl_config.version_major > major || (gl_config.version_major == major && gl_config.version_minor >= minor))
+
 extern glStatic_t gl_static;
 extern glConfig_t gl_config;
 extern glRefdef_t glr;
diff --git a/src/refresh/gl/images.c b/src/refresh/gl/images.c
index 551ad92ec..dd8bebda0 100644
--- a/src/refresh/gl/images.c
+++ b/src/refresh/gl/images.c
@@ -618,7 +618,19 @@ static void GL_Upscale8(byte *data, int width, int height, imagetype_t type, ima
     FS_FreeTempMem(buffer);
 
     GL_Upload8(data, width, height, maxlevel, type, flags);
-    qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, maxlevel);
+
+    if (AT_LEAST_OPENGL(1, 2))
+        qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, maxlevel);
+
+    // adjust LOD for non power-of-two textures
+    if ((width & (width - 1)) || (height & (height - 1))) {
+        float du    = npot32(width) / (float)width;
+        float dv    = npot32(height) / (float)height;
+        float bias  = -log2(max(du, dv));
+
+        if (AT_LEAST_OPENGL(1, 4))
+            qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_LOD_BIAS, bias);
+    }
 }
 
 static void GL_SetFilterAndRepeat(imagetype_t type, imageflags_t flags)
@@ -642,7 +654,7 @@ static void GL_SetFilterAndRepeat(imagetype_t type, imageflags_t flags)
             nearest = qfalse;
         }
 
-        if (flags & IF_UPSCALED) {
+        if ((flags & IF_UPSCALED) && AT_LEAST_OPENGL(1, 2)) {
             if (nearest) {
                 qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_NEAREST);
                 qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
@@ -671,9 +683,12 @@ static void GL_SetFilterAndRepeat(imagetype_t type, imageflags_t flags)
     if (type == IT_WALL || type == IT_SKIN || (flags & IF_REPEAT)) {
         qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_REPEAT);
         qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_REPEAT);
-    } else {
+    } else if (AT_LEAST_OPENGL(1, 2)) {
         qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
         qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+    } else {
+        qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP);
+        qglTexParameterf(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/refresh/gl/main.c b/src/refresh/gl/main.c
index 2fe3032ed..adcbb4e2b 100644
--- a/src/refresh/gl/main.c
+++ b/src/refresh/gl/main.c
@@ -820,9 +820,8 @@ static qboolean GL_SetupConfig(void)
     }
 
     // OpenGL 1.0 doesn't have vertex arrays
-    // OpenGL 1.1 doesn't have GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE, GL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL
-    if (gl_config.version_major == 1 && gl_config.version_minor < 2) {
-        Com_EPrintf("OpenGL version 1.2 or higher required\n");
+    if (!AT_LEAST_OPENGL(1, 1)) {
+        Com_EPrintf("OpenGL version 1.1 or higher required\n");
         return qfalse;
     }