diff --git a/internal/graphics/opengl/context.go b/internal/graphics/opengl/context.go
index 21786da5a..36bfe0b1c 100644
--- a/internal/graphics/opengl/context.go
+++ b/internal/graphics/opengl/context.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ var (
 	StaticDraw         BufferUsage
 	Triangles          Mode
 	Lines              Mode
+	Short              DataType
+	Float              DataType
 
 	zero             operation
 	one              operation
diff --git a/internal/graphics/opengl/context_desktop.go b/internal/graphics/opengl/context_desktop.go
index 570d9fc22..754cab01d 100644
--- a/internal/graphics/opengl/context_desktop.go
+++ b/internal/graphics/opengl/context_desktop.go
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ func init() {
 	StaticDraw = gl.STATIC_DRAW
 	Triangles = gl.TRIANGLES
 	Lines = gl.LINES
+	Short = gl.SHORT
+	Float = gl.FLOAT
 
 	zero = gl.ZERO
 	one = gl.ONE
@@ -432,10 +434,10 @@ func (c *Context) getAttribLocationImpl(p Program, location string) attribLocati
 	return attrib
 }
 
-func (c *Context) VertexAttribPointer(p Program, location string, size int, normalize bool, stride int, offset int) {
+func (c *Context) VertexAttribPointer(p Program, location string, size int, dataType DataType, normalize bool, stride int, offset int) {
 	_ = c.runOnContextThread(func() error {
 		l := c.locationCache.GetAttribLocation(c, p, location)
-		gl.VertexAttribPointer(uint32(l), int32(size), gl.SHORT, normalize, int32(stride), gl.PtrOffset(offset))
+		gl.VertexAttribPointer(uint32(l), int32(size), uint32(dataType), normalize, int32(stride), gl.PtrOffset(offset))
 		return nil
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/graphics/opengl/context_js.go b/internal/graphics/opengl/context_js.go
index d3633df6c..35d67d33a 100644
--- a/internal/graphics/opengl/context_js.go
+++ b/internal/graphics/opengl/context_js.go
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ func init() {
 	StaticDraw = BufferUsage(c.Get("STATIC_DRAW").Int())
 	Triangles = Mode(c.Get("TRIANGLES").Int())
 	Lines = Mode(c.Get("LINES").Int())
+	Short = DataType(c.Get("SHORT").Int())
+	Float = DataType(c.Get("FLOAT").Int())
 
 	zero = operation(c.Get("ZERO").Int())
 	one = operation(c.Get("ONE").Int())
@@ -354,10 +356,10 @@ func (c *Context) getAttribLocationImpl(p Program, location string) attribLocati
 	return attribLocation(gl.GetAttribLocation(p.Object, location))
 }
 
-func (c *Context) VertexAttribPointer(p Program, location string, size int, normalize bool, stride int, offset int) {
+func (c *Context) VertexAttribPointer(p Program, location string, size int, dataType DataType, normalize bool, stride int, offset int) {
 	gl := c.gl
 	l := c.locationCache.GetAttribLocation(c, p, location)
-	gl.VertexAttribPointer(int(l), size, gl.SHORT, normalize, stride, offset)
+	gl.VertexAttribPointer(int(l), size, int(dataType), normalize, stride, offset)
 }
 
 func (c *Context) EnableVertexAttribArray(p Program, location string) {
diff --git a/internal/graphics/opengl/context_mobile.go b/internal/graphics/opengl/context_mobile.go
index 99fd11180..13a1c9c8b 100644
--- a/internal/graphics/opengl/context_mobile.go
+++ b/internal/graphics/opengl/context_mobile.go
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ func init() {
 	StaticDraw = mgl.STATIC_DRAW
 	Triangles = mgl.TRIANGLES
 	Lines = mgl.LINES
+	Short = mgl.SHORT
+	Float = mgl.FLOAT
 
 	zero = mgl.ZERO
 	one = mgl.ONE
@@ -336,10 +338,10 @@ func (c *Context) getAttribLocationImpl(p Program, location string) attribLocati
 	return a
 }
 
-func (c *Context) VertexAttribPointer(p Program, location string, size int, normalize bool, stride int, offset int) {
+func (c *Context) VertexAttribPointer(p Program, location string, size int, dataType DataType, normalize bool, stride int, offset int) {
 	gl := c.gl
 	l := c.locationCache.GetAttribLocation(c, p, location)
-	gl.VertexAttribPointer(mgl.Attrib(l), size, mgl.SHORT, normalize, stride, offset)
+	gl.VertexAttribPointer(mgl.Attrib(l), size, mgl.Enum(dataType), normalize, stride, offset)
 }
 
 func (c *Context) EnableVertexAttribArray(p Program, location string) {
diff --git a/internal/graphics/opengl/types.go b/internal/graphics/opengl/types.go
index ea4cc95f6..94af3da2e 100644
--- a/internal/graphics/opengl/types.go
+++ b/internal/graphics/opengl/types.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type Mode int
 type operation int
 
 type CompositeMode int
+type DataType int
 
 const (
 	CompositeModeSourceOver CompositeMode = iota // This value must be 0 (= initial value)
diff --git a/internal/graphics/program.go b/internal/graphics/program.go
index 1fa6ecbc7..052fdec57 100644
--- a/internal/graphics/program.go
+++ b/internal/graphics/program.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (a *arrayBufferLayout) enable(c *opengl.Context, program opengl.Program) {
 	offset := 0
 	for _, p := range a.parts {
 		size := p.unit * p.num
-		c.VertexAttribPointer(program, p.name, size, p.normalize, total, offset)
+		c.VertexAttribPointer(program, p.name, size, opengl.Short, p.normalize, total, offset)
 		offset += size
 	}
 }