diff --git a/dgl/NanoVG.hpp b/dgl/NanoVG.hpp
index b3483e97..e18074f5 100644
--- a/dgl/NanoVG.hpp
+++ b/dgl/NanoVG.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ START_NAMESPACE_DGL
 
 class NanoVG;
 
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Helper methods
+
+/**
+   Create a NanoVG context using the DPF-provided NanoVG library.
+   On Windows this will load a few extra OpenGL functions required for NanoVG to work.
+ */
+NVGcontext* nvgCreateGL(int flags);
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // NanoImage
 
diff --git a/dgl/src/NanoVG.cpp b/dgl/src/NanoVG.cpp
index 8f6fa854..772391b0 100644
--- a/dgl/src/NanoVG.cpp
+++ b/dgl/src/NanoVG.cpp
@@ -102,28 +102,32 @@ DGL_EXT(PFNGLUNIFORMBLOCKBINDINGPROC,      glUniformBlockBinding)
 #endif
 
 #if defined(NANOVG_GL2)
-# define nvgCreateGL nvgCreateGL2
+# define nvgCreateGLfn nvgCreateGL2
 # define nvgDeleteGL nvgDeleteGL2
 # define nvglCreateImageFromHandle nvglCreateImageFromHandleGL2
 # define nvglImageHandle nvglImageHandleGL2
 #elif defined(NANOVG_GL3)
-# define nvgCreateGL nvgCreateGL3
+# define nvgCreateGLfn nvgCreateGL3
 # define nvgDeleteGL nvgDeleteGL3
 # define nvglCreateImageFromHandle nvglCreateImageFromHandleGL3
 # define nvglImageHandle nvglImageHandleGL3
 #elif defined(NANOVG_GLES2)
-# define nvgCreateGL nvgCreateGLES2
+# define nvgCreateGLfn nvgCreateGLES2
 # define nvgDeleteGL nvgDeleteGLES2
 # define nvglCreateImageFromHandle nvglCreateImageFromHandleGLES2
 # define nvglImageHandle nvglImageHandleGLES2
 #elif defined(NANOVG_GLES3)
-# define nvgCreateGL nvgCreateGLES3
+# define nvgCreateGLfn nvgCreateGLES3
 # define nvgDeleteGL nvgDeleteGLES3
 # define nvglCreateImageFromHandle nvglCreateImageFromHandleGLES3
 # define nvglImageHandle nvglImageHandleGLES3
 #endif
 
-static NVGcontext* nvgCreateGL_helper(int flags)
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+START_NAMESPACE_DGL
+
+NVGcontext* nvgCreateGL(int flags)
 {
 #if defined(DISTRHO_OS_WINDOWS)
 # if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 9)
@@ -189,13 +193,9 @@ DGL_EXT(PFNGLUNIFORMBLOCKBINDINGPROC,      glUniformBlockBinding)
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 # endif
 #endif
-    return nvgCreateGL(flags);
+    return nvgCreateGLfn(flags);
 }
 
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-START_NAMESPACE_DGL
-
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // DGL Color class conversion
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ NanoVG::Paint::operator NVGpaint() const noexcept
 // NanoVG
 
 NanoVG::NanoVG(int flags)
-    : fContext(nvgCreateGL_helper(flags)),
+    : fContext(nvgCreateGL(flags)),
       fInFrame(false),
       fIsSubWidget(false) {}