diff --git a/render/gles2/shaders/check.sh b/render/gles2/shaders/check.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18f4be246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/render/gles2/shaders/check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh -eu
+
+# glslang prints log messages to stdout, remap to stderr
+exec "$@" >&2
diff --git a/render/gles2/shaders/meson.build b/render/gles2/shaders/meson.build
index 64e4e93fb..1e649f7b5 100644
--- a/render/gles2/shaders/meson.build
+++ b/render/gles2/shaders/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+check = find_program('./check.sh', native: true)
 embed = find_program('./embed.sh', native: true)
 
 shaders = [
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ foreach name : shaders
 		'gles2-' + name,
 		input: name,
 		output: name + '_check',
-		command: [glslang, '@INPUT@'],
+		command: [check, glslang, '@INPUT@'],
+		capture: true,
 		build_by_default: true,
 	)