diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index 23bd440cc4..1a378925ce 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -450,30 +450,16 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
             self.set("MACHINE", arg)
 
     def set_dri_path(self):
-        # As runqemu can be run within bitbake (when using testimage, for example),
-        # we need to ensure that we run host pkg-config, and that it does not
-        # get mis-directed to native build paths set by bitbake.
-        env = os.environ.copy()
-        try:
-            del env['PKG_CONFIG_PATH']
-            del env['PKG_CONFIG_DIR']
-            del env['PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR']
-            del env['PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR']
-        except KeyError:
-            pass
-        try:
-            dripath = subprocess.check_output("PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH pkg-config --variable=dridriverdir dri", shell=True, env=env)
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            raise RunQemuError("Could not determine the path to dri drivers on the host via pkg-config.\nPlease install Mesa development files (particularly, dri.pc) on the host machine.")
-        self.qemu_environ['LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH'] = dripath.decode('utf-8').strip()
-
-        # This preloads uninative libc pieces and therefore ensures that RPATH/RUNPATH
-        # in host mesa drivers doesn't trick uninative into loading host libc.
-        preload_items = ['libdl.so.2', 'librt.so.1', 'libpthread.so.0']
-        uninative_path = os.path.dirname(self.get("UNINATIVE_LOADER"))
-        if os.path.exists(uninative_path):
-            preload_paths = [os.path.join(uninative_path, i) for i in preload_items]
-            self.qemu_environ['LD_PRELOAD'] = " ".join(preload_paths)
+        drivers_path = os.path.join(self.bindir_native, '../lib/dri')
+        if not os.path.exists(drivers_path) or not os.listdir(drivers_path):
+            raise RunQemuError("""
+qemu has been built without opengl support and accelerated graphics support is not available.
+To enable it, add:
+DISTRO_FEATURES_NATIVE:append = " opengl"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_NATIVESDK:append = " opengl"
+to your build configuration.
+""")
+        self.qemu_environ['LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH'] = drivers_path
 
     def check_args(self):
         for debug in ("-d", "--debug"):