diff --git a/system/egl/egl.cpp b/system/egl/egl.cpp
index 6480736..e52c5bd 100644
--- a/system/egl/egl.cpp
+++ b/system/egl/egl.cpp
@@ -818,9 +818,10 @@
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// Note: C99 syntax was tried here but does not work for all compilers.
 static EGLClient_eglInterface s_eglIface = {
-    .getThreadInfo = getEGLThreadInfo,
-    .getGLString = getGLString,
+    getThreadInfo: getEGLThreadInfo,
+    getGLString: getGLString,
 };
 
 #define DBG_FUNC DBG("%s\n", __FUNCTION__)