diff --git a/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc b/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc
index 035320f241..c70b6812ef 100644
--- a/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void AtomBrowserClient::OverrideWebkitPrefs(
   prefs->application_cache_enabled = true;
   prefs->allow_universal_access_from_file_urls = true;
   prefs->allow_file_access_from_file_urls = true;
-  prefs->experimental_webgl_enabled = false;
+  prefs->experimental_webgl_enabled = true;
   prefs->allow_displaying_insecure_content = true;
   prefs->allow_running_insecure_content = true;