diff -ur qtbase-opensource-src-5.2.0/src/platformsupport/glxconvenience/qglxconvenience.cpp qtbase-opensource-src-5.2.0-allow-forcing-llvmpipe/src/platformsupport/glxconvenience/qglxconvenience.cpp
--- qtbase-opensource-src-5.2.0/src/platformsupport/glxconvenience/qglxconvenience.cpp	2013-12-08 18:09:47.000000000 +0100
+++ qtbase-opensource-src-5.2.0-allow-forcing-llvmpipe/src/platformsupport/glxconvenience/qglxconvenience.cpp	2014-01-29 17:41:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -116,6 +116,27 @@
 
 GLXFBConfig qglx_findConfig(Display *display, int screen , const QSurfaceFormat &format, int drawableBit)
 {
+    // Allow forcing LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE for Qt 5 applications only.
+    // This is most useful with drivers that only support OpenGL 1.
+    // We need OpenGL 2, but the user probably doesn't want
+    // LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE in OpenGL 1 apps.
+    static bool checkedForceSoftwareOpenGL = false;
+    static bool forceSoftwareOpenGL = false;
+    if (!checkedForceSoftwareOpenGL) {
+        // If LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE is already set, don't mess with it.
+        // We want to unset LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE at the end so it does not
+        // get inherited by other processes, of course only if it wasn't
+        // already set before.
+        if (!qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("QT_XCB_FORCE_SOFTWARE_OPENGL")
+            && !qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE"))
+            forceSoftwareOpenGL = true;
+
+        checkedForceSoftwareOpenGL = true;
+    }
+
+    if (forceSoftwareOpenGL)
+        qputenv("LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE", QByteArrayLiteral("1"));
+
     bool reduced = true;
     GLXFBConfig chosenConfig = 0;
     QSurfaceFormat reducedFormat = format;
@@ -159,6 +180,10 @@
             reducedFormat = qglx_reduceSurfaceFormat(reducedFormat,&reduced);
     }
 
+    // unset LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE now so other processes don't inherit it
+    if (forceSoftwareOpenGL)
+        qunsetenv("LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE");
+
     return chosenConfig;
 }