diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/display.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/display.pyi
index 5124e92b47..bb37b97e5b 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/display.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/display.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable
+from ctypes import _FuncPointer
 from typing import Optional, Union, overload, Literal
 from typing_extensions import deprecated # added in 3.13
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ def mode_ok(
 ) -> int: ...
 def gl_get_attribute(flag: int, /) -> int: ...
 def gl_set_attribute(flag: int, value: int, /) -> None: ...
+def gl_get_proc(proc_name: str) -> _FuncPointer: ...
 def get_active() -> bool: ...
 def iconify() -> bool: ...
 def toggle_fullscreen() -> int: ...
diff --git a/docs/reST/ref/display.rst b/docs/reST/ref/display.rst
index 310ebb38fa..0e499be690 100644
--- a/docs/reST/ref/display.rst
+++ b/docs/reST/ref/display.rst
@@ -540,6 +540,13 @@ required).
 
    .. ## pygame.display.gl_set_attribute ##
 
+.. function:: gl_get_proc
+
+   | :sl:`Get an OpenGL function by name`
+   | :sg:`gl_get_proc(proc_name) -> ctypes._FuncPointer`
+
+   .. # pygame.display.gl_get_proc ##
+
 .. function:: get_active
 
    | :sl:`Returns True when the display is active on the screen`
diff --git a/src_c/display.c b/src_c/display.c
index 3ff35d4fa0..eec4754a1f 100644
--- a/src_c/display.c
+++ b/src_c/display.c
@@ -2938,6 +2938,69 @@ pg_message_box(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg, PyObject *kwargs)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+static PyObject *ctypes_functype = NULL;
+
+static PyObject *
+pg_gl_get_proc(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    if (!PyUnicode_Check(arg)) {
+        return RAISE(PyExc_TypeError, "'proc_name' should be a string");
+    }
+    const char *proc_name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(arg);
+    if (!proc_name) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(3, 0, 0)
+    SDL_FunctionPointer proc_addr;
+#else
+    void *proc_addr;
+#endif
+    proc_addr = SDL_GL_GetProcAddress(proc_name);
+    if (!proc_addr) {
+        PyErr_Format(pgExc_SDLError, "Unable to get OpenGL function '%s'",
+                     proc_name);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    PyObject *proc_addr_obj = PyLong_FromVoidPtr(proc_addr);
+    if (!proc_addr_obj) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    // load ctypes_functype if it's NULL
+    if (!ctypes_functype) {
+        PyObject *ctypes_module = PyImport_ImportModule("ctypes");
+        if (!ctypes_module) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        PyObject *ctypes_functype_factory;
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+        // gl proc need to be called with WINFUNCTYPE (stdcall) on win32
+        ctypes_functype_factory =
+            PyObject_GetAttrString(ctypes_module, "WINFUNCTYPE");
+#else
+        ctypes_functype_factory =
+            PyObject_GetAttrString(ctypes_module, "CFUNCTYPE");
+#endif
+        Py_DECREF(ctypes_module);
+        if (!ctypes_functype_factory) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        ctypes_functype =
+            PyObject_CallOneArg(ctypes_functype_factory, Py_None);
+        Py_DECREF(ctypes_functype_factory);
+        if (!ctypes_functype) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    PyObject *retv = PyObject_CallOneArg(ctypes_functype, proc_addr_obj);
+    Py_DECREF(proc_addr_obj);
+    return retv;
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef _pg_display_methods[] = {
     {"init", (PyCFunction)pg_display_init, METH_NOARGS, DOC_DISPLAY_INIT},
     {"quit", (PyCFunction)pg_display_quit, METH_NOARGS, DOC_DISPLAY_QUIT},
@@ -3015,6 +3078,8 @@ static PyMethodDef _pg_display_methods[] = {
      METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, DOC_DISPLAY_SETALLOWSCREENSAVER},
     {"message_box", (PyCFunction)pg_message_box, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
      DOC_DISPLAY_MESSAGEBOX},
+    {"gl_get_proc", (PyCFunction)pg_gl_get_proc, METH_O,
+     DOC_DISPLAY_GLGETPROC},
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}};
 
 #ifndef PYPY_VERSION
diff --git a/src_c/doc/display_doc.h b/src_c/doc/display_doc.h
index 17b881bd49..ebcb06694c 100644
--- a/src_c/doc/display_doc.h
+++ b/src_c/doc/display_doc.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define DOC_DISPLAY_MODEOK "mode_ok(size, flags=0, depth=0, display=0) -> depth\nPick the best color depth for a display mode"
 #define DOC_DISPLAY_GLGETATTRIBUTE "gl_get_attribute(flag, /) -> value\nGet the value for an OpenGL flag for the current display"
 #define DOC_DISPLAY_GLSETATTRIBUTE "gl_set_attribute(flag, value, /) -> None\nRequest an OpenGL display attribute for the display mode"
+#define DOC_DISPLAY_GLGETPROC "gl_get_proc(proc_name) -> ctypes._FuncPointer\nGet an OpenGL function by name"
 #define DOC_DISPLAY_GETACTIVE "get_active() -> bool\nReturns True when the display is active on the screen"
 #define DOC_DISPLAY_ICONIFY "iconify() -> bool\nIconify the display surface"
 #define DOC_DISPLAY_TOGGLEFULLSCREEN "toggle_fullscreen() -> int\nSwitch between fullscreen and windowed displays"