diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 2137ae62..1039e96e 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set_property(DIRECTORY
              PROPERTY CMAKE_CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
              aws-sdk-cpp.cmake
              date.cmake
+             glad.cmake
              hsluv-c.cmake
              imgui.cmake
              maplibre-native-qt.cmake
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ set_property(DIRECTORY
 
 include(aws-sdk-cpp.cmake)
 include(date.cmake)
+include(glad.cmake)
 include(hsluv-c.cmake)
 include(imgui.cmake)
 include(maplibre-native-qt.cmake)
diff --git a/external/glad.cmake b/external/glad.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59ceb179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/glad.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
+set(PROJECT_NAME scwx-glad)
+
+# Path to glad directory
+set(GLAD_SOURCES_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/glad/")
+
+# Path to glad CMake files
+add_subdirectory("${GLAD_SOURCES_DIR}/cmake" glad_cmake)
+
+# Specify glad settings
+glad_add_library(glad_gl_core_33 LOADER REPRODUCIBLE API gl:core=3.3)
diff --git a/scwx-qt/scwx-qt.cmake b/scwx-qt/scwx-qt.cmake
index c1dba7f2..7bd2d089 100644
--- a/scwx-qt/scwx-qt.cmake
+++ b/scwx-qt/scwx-qt.cmake
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ target_link_libraries(scwx-qt PUBLIC Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets
                                      GeographicLib::GeographicLib
                                      GEOS::geos
                                      GEOS::geos_cxx_flags
-                                     GLEW::GLEW
+                                     glad_gl_core_33
                                      glm::glm
                                      imgui
                                      qt6ct-common
@@ -753,7 +753,8 @@ target_link_libraries(scwx-qt PUBLIC Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets
                                      SQLite::SQLite3
                                      wxdata)
 
-target_link_libraries(supercell-wx PRIVATE scwx-qt
+target_link_libraries(supercell-wx PRIVATE GLEW::GLEW
+                                           scwx-qt
                                            wxdata)
 
 if (LINUX)
diff --git a/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/gl/gl.hpp b/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/gl/gl.hpp
index 3361094b..ef5d0053 100644
--- a/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/gl/gl.hpp
+++ b/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/gl/gl.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <GL/glew.h>
+#include <glad/gl.h>
 
 #define SCWX_GL_CHECK_ERROR()                                                  \
    {                                                                           \
diff --git a/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/gl/gl_context.cpp b/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/gl/gl_context.cpp
index 4729eab5..8cdd08b4 100644
--- a/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/gl/gl_context.cpp
+++ b/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/gl/gl_context.cpp
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ void GlContext::Impl::InitializeGL()
       return;
    }
 
-   const GLenum error = glewInit();
-   if (error != GLEW_OK)
+   const int gladVersion = gladLoaderLoadGL();
+   if (!gladVersion)
    {
-      auto glewErrorString =
-         reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glewGetErrorString(error));
-      logger_->error("glewInit failed: {}", glewErrorString);
+      logger_->error("gladLoaderLoadGL failed");
 
       QMessageBox::critical(
-         nullptr,
-         "Supercell Wx",
-         QString("Unable to initialize OpenGL: %1").arg(glewErrorString));
+         nullptr, "Supercell Wx", "Unable to initialize OpenGL");
 
       throw std::runtime_error("Unable to initialize OpenGL");
    }
 
+   logger_->info("GLAD initialization complete: OpenGL {}.{}",
+                 GLAD_VERSION_MAJOR(gladVersion),
+                 GLAD_VERSION_MINOR(gladVersion));
+
    auto glVersion  = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VERSION));
    auto glVendor   = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VENDOR));
    auto glRenderer = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_RENDERER));
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void GlContext::Impl::InitializeGL()
    glGetIntegerv(GL_MAJOR_VERSION, &major);
    glGetIntegerv(GL_MINOR_VERSION, &minor);
 
-   if (major < 3 || (major == 3 && minor < 3))
+   if (major < 3 || (major == 3 && minor < 3) || !GLAD_GL_VERSION_3_3)
    {
       logger_->error(
          "OpenGL 3.3 or greater is required, found {}.{}", major, minor);