diff --git a/intern/opensubdiv/opensubdiv_utils_capi.cc b/intern/opensubdiv/opensubdiv_utils_capi.cc
index ea7b3bc6b84..6556b8c3880 100644
--- a/intern/opensubdiv/opensubdiv_utils_capi.cc
+++ b/intern/opensubdiv/opensubdiv_utils_capi.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ int openSubdiv_getAvailableEvaluators(void)
 #endif  /* OPENSUBDIV_HAS_OPENCL */
 
 #ifdef OPENSUBDIV_HAS_GLSL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK
-	if (GLEW_ARB_texture_buffer_object) {
+	if (GLEW_VERSION_3_0 || GLEW_ARB_texture_buffer_object) {
+		// TODO(merwin): remove extension check once Blender moves to 3.2 core
 		flags |= OPENSUBDIV_EVALUATOR_GLSL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK;
 	}
 #endif  /* OPENSUBDIV_HAS_GLSL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK */