diff --git a/utilities/Extras/CMakeLists.txt b/utilities/Extras/CMakeLists.txt
index d6691ee64..c71340042 100644
--- a/utilities/Extras/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utilities/Extras/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ IF (NEKTAR_USE_VTK)
         TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(VtkToPng vtkCommon vtksys vtkViews vtkWidgets 
                                        vtkRendering vtkIO)
     ELSE ()
-        TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(VtkToPng ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
+       IF(TARGET vtkRenderingOpenGL)
+               message(STATUS "Using VTK OpenGL rendering backend")
+               TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(VtkToPng LINK_PUBLIC vtkFiltersGeometry vtkIOLegacy vtkIOXML vtkIOImage vtkRenderingCore vtkRenderingOpenGL)
+       ELSE ()
+               TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(VtkToPng ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
+       ENDIF ()
     ENDIF ()
 ENDIF (NEKTAR_USE_VTK)
 
diff --git a/utilities/Extras/VtkToPng.cpp b/utilities/Extras/VtkToPng.cpp
index 0ab10ea4c..21647ddfe 100644
--- a/utilities/Extras/VtkToPng.cpp
+++ b/utilities/Extras/VtkToPng.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 // Description: Render a VTK Unstructured Grid file as a PNG
 //
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#define vtkRenderingCore_AUTOINIT 1(vtkRenderingOpenGL)
 
 #include <vtkActor.h>
 #include <vtkRenderWindow.h>