diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.cpp
index 4cc6ae171..8539c140b 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/Graphics.cpp
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ bool Graphics::setMode(int width, int height)
 	// Enable blending
 	glEnable(GL_BLEND);
 
-	// "Normal" blending
-	glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
-
 	// Enable all color component writes.
 	setColorMask(true, true, true, true);
 
@@ -576,22 +573,16 @@ const bool *Graphics::getColorMask() const
 
 void Graphics::setBlendMode(Graphics::BlendMode mode)
 {
-	const int gl_1_4 = GLEE_VERSION_1_4;
-
-	GLenum func = GL_FUNC_ADD;
-	GLenum src_rgb = GL_ONE;
-	GLenum src_a = GL_ONE;
-	GLenum dst_rgb = GL_ZERO;
-	GLenum dst_a = GL_ZERO;
+	OpenGL::BlendState state = {GL_ONE, GL_ONE, GL_ZERO, GL_ZERO, GL_FUNC_ADD};
 
 	switch (mode)
 	{
 	case BLEND_ALPHA:
-		if (gl_1_4 || GLEE_EXT_blend_func_separate)
+		if (GLEE_VERSION_1_4 || GLEE_EXT_blend_func_separate)
 		{
-			src_rgb = GL_SRC_ALPHA;
-			src_a = GL_ONE;
-			dst_rgb = dst_a = GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA;
+			state.srcRGB = GL_SRC_ALPHA;
+			state.srcA = GL_ONE;
+			state.dstRGB = state.dstA = GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA;
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -599,98 +590,56 @@ void Graphics::setBlendMode(Graphics::BlendMode mode)
 			// This will most likely only be used for the Microsoft software renderer and
 			// since it's still stuck with OpenGL 1.1, the only expected difference is a
 			// different alpha value when reading back the default framebuffer (newScreenshot).
-			src_rgb = src_a = GL_SRC_ALPHA;
-			dst_rgb = dst_a = GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA;
+			state.srcRGB = state.srcA = GL_SRC_ALPHA;
+			state.dstRGB = state.dstA = GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA;
 		}
 		break;
 	case BLEND_MULTIPLICATIVE:
-		src_rgb = src_a = GL_DST_COLOR;
-		dst_rgb = dst_a = GL_ZERO;
+		state.srcRGB = state.srcA = GL_DST_COLOR;
+		state.dstRGB = state.dstA = GL_ZERO;
 		break;
 	case BLEND_PREMULTIPLIED:
-		src_rgb = src_a = GL_ONE;
-		dst_rgb = dst_a = GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA;
+		state.srcRGB = state.srcA = GL_ONE;
+		state.dstRGB = state.dstA = GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA;
 		break;
 	case BLEND_SUBTRACTIVE:
-		func = GL_FUNC_REVERSE_SUBTRACT;
+		state.func = GL_FUNC_REVERSE_SUBTRACT;
 	case BLEND_ADDITIVE:
-		src_rgb = src_a = GL_SRC_ALPHA;
-		dst_rgb = dst_a = GL_ONE;
+		state.srcRGB = state.srcA = GL_SRC_ALPHA;
+		state.dstRGB = state.dstA = GL_ONE;
 		break;
 	case BLEND_REPLACE:
 	default:
-		src_rgb = src_a = GL_ONE;
-		dst_rgb = dst_a = GL_ZERO;
+		state.srcRGB = state.srcA = GL_ONE;
+		state.dstRGB = state.dstA = GL_ZERO;
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (gl_1_4 || GLEE_ARB_imaging)
-		glBlendEquation(func);
-	else if (GLEE_EXT_blend_minmax && GLEE_EXT_blend_subtract)
-		glBlendEquationEXT(func);
-	else
-	{
-		if (func == GL_FUNC_REVERSE_SUBTRACT)
-			throw Exception("This graphics card does not support the subtractive blend mode!");
-		// GL_FUNC_ADD is the default even without access to glBlendEquation, so that'll still work.
-	}
-
-	if (src_rgb == src_a && dst_rgb == dst_a)
-		glBlendFunc(src_rgb, dst_rgb);
-	else
-	{
-		if (gl_1_4)
-			glBlendFuncSeparate(src_rgb, dst_rgb, src_a, dst_a);
-		else if (GLEE_EXT_blend_func_separate)
-			glBlendFuncSeparateEXT(src_rgb, dst_rgb, src_a, dst_a);
-		else
-			throw Exception("This graphics card does not support separated rgb and alpha blend functions!");
-	}
+	gl.setBlendState(state);
 }
 
 Graphics::BlendMode Graphics::getBlendMode() const
 {
-	const int gl_1_4 = GLEE_VERSION_1_4;
+	OpenGL::BlendState state = gl.getBlendState();
 
-	GLint src_rgb, src_a, dst_rgb, dst_a;
-	GLint equation = GL_FUNC_ADD;
-
-	if (gl_1_4 || GLEE_EXT_blend_func_separate)
-	{
-		glGetIntegerv(GL_BLEND_SRC_RGB, &src_rgb);
-		glGetIntegerv(GL_BLEND_SRC_ALPHA, &src_a);
-		glGetIntegerv(GL_BLEND_DST_RGB, &dst_rgb);
-		glGetIntegerv(GL_BLEND_DST_ALPHA, &dst_a);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		glGetIntegerv(GL_BLEND_SRC, &src_rgb);
-		glGetIntegerv(GL_BLEND_DST, &dst_rgb);
-		src_a = src_rgb;
-		dst_a = dst_rgb;
-	}
-
-	if (gl_1_4 || GLEE_ARB_imaging || (GLEE_EXT_blend_minmax && GLEE_EXT_blend_subtract))
-		glGetIntegerv(GL_BLEND_EQUATION, &equation);
-
-	if (equation == GL_FUNC_REVERSE_SUBTRACT)  // && src == GL_SRC_ALPHA && dst == GL_ONE
+	if (state.func == GL_FUNC_REVERSE_SUBTRACT)  // && src == GL_SRC_ALPHA && dst == GL_ONE
 		return BLEND_SUBTRACTIVE;
 	// Everything else has equation == GL_FUNC_ADD.
-	else if (src_rgb == src_a && dst_rgb == dst_a)
+	else if (state.srcRGB == state.srcA && state.dstRGB == state.dstA)
 	{
-		if (src_rgb == GL_SRC_ALPHA && dst_rgb == GL_ONE)
+		if (state.srcRGB == GL_SRC_ALPHA && state.dstRGB == GL_ONE)
 			return BLEND_ADDITIVE;
-		else if (src_rgb == GL_SRC_ALPHA && dst_rgb == GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA)
+		else if (state.srcRGB == GL_SRC_ALPHA && state.dstRGB == GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA)
 			return BLEND_ALPHA; // alpha blend mode fallback for very old OpenGL versions.
-		else if (src_rgb == GL_DST_COLOR && dst_rgb == GL_ZERO)
+		else if (state.srcRGB == GL_DST_COLOR && state.dstRGB == GL_ZERO)
 			return BLEND_MULTIPLICATIVE;
-		else if (src_rgb == GL_ONE && dst_rgb == GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA)
+		else if (state.srcRGB == GL_ONE && state.dstRGB == GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA)
 			return BLEND_PREMULTIPLIED;
-		else if (src_rgb == GL_ONE && dst_rgb == GL_ZERO)
+		else if (state.srcRGB == GL_ONE && state.dstRGB == GL_ZERO)
 			return BLEND_REPLACE;
 	}
-	else if (src_rgb == GL_SRC_ALPHA && src_a == GL_ONE &&
-		dst_rgb == GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA && dst_a == GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA)
+	else if (state.srcRGB == GL_SRC_ALPHA && state.srcA == GL_ONE &&
+		state.dstRGB == GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA && state.dstA == GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA)
 		return BLEND_ALPHA;
 
 	throw Exception("Unknown blend mode");
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.cpp
index ee501cc33..fea9ca877 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ void OpenGL::initContext()
 		glGetIntegerv(GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D, (GLint *) &state.textureUnits[0]);
 	}
 
+	BlendState blend = {GL_ONE, GL_ONE, GL_ZERO, GL_ZERO, GL_FUNC_ADD};
+	setBlendState(blend);
+
 	initMaxValues();
 	createDefaultTexture();
 
@@ -364,6 +367,39 @@ OpenGL::Viewport OpenGL::getScissor() const
 	return state.scissor;
 }
 
+void OpenGL::setBlendState(const BlendState &blend)
+{
+	if (GLEE_VERSION_1_4 || GLEE_ARB_imaging)
+		glBlendEquation(blend.func);
+	else if (GLEE_EXT_blend_minmax && GLEE_EXT_blend_subtract)
+		glBlendEquationEXT(blend.func);
+	else
+	{
+		if (blend.func == GL_FUNC_REVERSE_SUBTRACT)
+			throw love::Exception("This graphics card does not support the subtractive blend mode!");
+		// GL_FUNC_ADD is the default even without access to glBlendEquation, so that'll still work.
+	}
+
+	if (blend.srcRGB == blend.srcA && blend.dstRGB == blend.dstA)
+		glBlendFunc(blend.srcRGB, blend.dstRGB);
+	else
+	{
+		if (GLEE_VERSION_1_4)
+			glBlendFuncSeparate(blend.srcRGB, blend.dstRGB, blend.srcA, blend.dstA);
+		else if (GLEE_EXT_blend_func_separate)
+			glBlendFuncSeparateEXT(blend.srcRGB, blend.dstRGB, blend.srcA, blend.dstA);
+		else
+			throw love::Exception("This graphics card does not support separated rgb and alpha blend functions!");
+	}
+
+	state.blend = blend;
+}
+
+OpenGL::BlendState OpenGL::getBlendState() const
+{
+	return state.blend;
+}
+
 void OpenGL::setTextureUnit(int textureunit)
 {
 	if (textureunit < 0 || (size_t) textureunit >= state.textureUnits.size())
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.h b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.h
index 2fd253381..b912d4aac 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/opengl/OpenGL.h
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ public:
 		}
 	};
 
+	struct BlendState
+	{
+		GLenum srcRGB, srcA;
+		GLenum dstRGB, dstA;
+		GLenum func;
+	};
+
 	OpenGL();
 
 	/**
@@ -167,6 +174,17 @@ public:
 	 **/
 	Viewport getScissor() const;
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets blending functionality.
+	 * Note: This does not globally enable or disable blending.
+	 **/
+	void setBlendState(const BlendState &blend);
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the currently set blending functionality.
+	 **/
+	BlendState getBlendState() const;
+
 	/**
 	 * Helper for setting the active texture unit.
 	 *
@@ -267,6 +285,8 @@ private:
 		Viewport viewport;
 		Viewport scissor;
 
+		BlendState blend;
+
 		// The last ID value used for pseudo-instancing.
 		int lastPseudoInstanceID;