diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/contents/tiled_texture_contents_unittests.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/contents/tiled_texture_contents_unittests.cc
index 0aa4a41cd9d95..f0af27b66fafa 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/contents/tiled_texture_contents_unittests.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/contents/tiled_texture_contents_unittests.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ TEST_P(EntityTest, TiledTextureContentsRendersWithCorrectPipeline) {
 // GL_OES_EGL_image_external isn't supported on MacOS hosts.
 #if !defined(FML_OS_MACOSX)
 TEST_P(EntityTest, TiledTextureContentsRendersWithCorrectPipelineExternalOES) {
-  if (GetParam() != PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES) {
+  if (GetParam() != PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES &&
+      GetParam() != PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF) {
     GTEST_SKIP()
         << "External OES textures are only valid for the OpenGLES backend.";
   }
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/entity_unittests.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/entity_unittests.cc
index 414e2d2290506..61e988fe53108 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/entity_unittests.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/entity_unittests.cc
@@ -1750,7 +1750,8 @@ static std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Texture>> CreateTestYUVTextures(
 }
 
 TEST_P(EntityTest, YUVToRGBFilter) {
-  if (GetParam() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES) {
+  if (GetParam() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES ||
+      GetParam() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF) {
     // TODO(114588) : Support YUV to RGB filter on OpenGLES backend.
     GTEST_SKIP()
         << "YUV to RGB filter is not supported on OpenGLES backend yet.";
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/golden_tests/golden_playground_test_mac.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/golden_tests/golden_playground_test_mac.cc
index fcc3b89a96851..a1d5380b46e1e 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/golden_tests/golden_playground_test_mac.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/golden_tests/golden_playground_test_mac.cc
@@ -61,24 +61,35 @@ const std::unique_ptr<PlaygroundImpl>& GetSharedVulkanPlayground(
   }
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<PlaygroundImpl> MakeOpenGLESPlayground() {
+std::unique_ptr<PlaygroundImpl> MakeOpenGLESPlayground(bool use_sdfs = false) {
   FML_CHECK(::glfwInit() == GLFW_TRUE);
   PlaygroundSwitches playground_switches;
   playground_switches.use_angle = true;
-  return PlaygroundImpl::Create(PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES,
-                                playground_switches);
+  playground_switches.flags.use_sdfs = use_sdfs;
+  return PlaygroundImpl::Create(
+      use_sdfs ? PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF : PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES,
+      playground_switches);
 }
 
 // Returns a static instance to an OpenGL ES playground that can be used across
 // tests.
-const std::unique_ptr<PlaygroundImpl>& GetSharedOpenGLESPlayground() {
-  static absl::NoDestructor<std::unique_ptr<PlaygroundImpl>> opengl_playground(
-      MakeOpenGLESPlayground());
-  // TODO(142237): This can be removed when the thread local storage is
-  // removed.
-  static fml::ScopedCleanupClosure context_cleanup(
-      [&] { (*opengl_playground)->GetContext()->Shutdown(); });
-  return *opengl_playground;
+const std::unique_ptr<PlaygroundImpl>& GetSharedOpenGLESPlayground(
+    bool use_sdfs) {
+  if (use_sdfs) {
+    static absl::NoDestructor<std::unique_ptr<PlaygroundImpl>>
+        opengl_playground(MakeOpenGLESPlayground(/*use_sdfs=*/true));
+    static fml::ScopedCleanupClosure context_cleanup(
+        [&] { (*opengl_playground)->GetContext()->Shutdown(); });
+    return *opengl_playground;
+  } else {
+    static absl::NoDestructor<std::unique_ptr<PlaygroundImpl>>
+        opengl_playground(MakeOpenGLESPlayground(/*use_sdfs=*/false));
+    // TODO(142237): This can be removed when the thread local storage is
+    // removed.
+    static fml::ScopedCleanupClosure context_cleanup(
+        [&] { (*opengl_playground)->GetContext()->Shutdown(); });
+    return *opengl_playground;
+  }
 }
 
 }  // namespace
@@ -215,6 +226,9 @@ void GoldenPlaygroundTest::SetUp() {
           std::make_unique<testing::VulkanScreenshotter>(playground);
       break;
     }
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF:
+      switches.flags.use_sdfs = true;
+      [[fallthrough]];
     case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES: {
       if (switches.enable_wide_gamut) {
         GTEST_SKIP() << "OpenGLES doesn't support wide gamut golden tests.";
@@ -224,7 +238,7 @@ void GoldenPlaygroundTest::SetUp() {
             << "OpenGLES doesn't support antialiased lines golden tests.";
       }
       const std::unique_ptr<PlaygroundImpl>& playground =
-          GetSharedOpenGLESPlayground();
+          GetSharedOpenGLESPlayground(switches.flags.use_sdfs);
       ::glfwMakeContextCurrent(
           reinterpret_cast<GLFWwindow*>(playground->GetWindowHandle()));
       pimpl_->screenshotter =
@@ -378,10 +392,12 @@ std::shared_ptr<Context> GoldenPlaygroundTest::MakeContext() const {
     pimpl_->screenshotter = std::make_unique<testing::VulkanScreenshotter>(
         pimpl_->test_vulkan_playground);
     return pimpl_->test_vulkan_playground->GetContext();
-  } else if (GetParam() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES) {
+  } else if (GetParam() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES ||
+             GetParam() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF) {
     FML_CHECK(!pimpl_->test_opengl_playground)
         << "We don't support creating multiple contexts for one test";
-    pimpl_->test_opengl_playground = MakeOpenGLESPlayground();
+    bool use_sdfs = (GetParam() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF);
+    pimpl_->test_opengl_playground = MakeOpenGLESPlayground(use_sdfs);
     pimpl_->screenshotter = std::make_unique<testing::VulkanScreenshotter>(
         pimpl_->test_opengl_playground);
     return pimpl_->test_opengl_playground->GetContext();
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground.cc
index 35d19560cd8aa..87e898fa2c97a 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground.cc
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ std::string PlaygroundBackendToString(PlaygroundBackend backend) {
       return "MetalSDF";
     case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES:
       return "OpenGLES";
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF:
+      return "OpenGLESSDF";
     case PlaygroundBackend::kVulkan:
       return "Vulkan";
   }
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ bool Playground::SupportsBackend(PlaygroundBackend backend) {
       return false;
 #endif  // IMPELLER_ENABLE_METAL
     case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES:
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF:
 #if IMPELLER_ENABLE_OPENGLES
       return true;
 #else   // IMPELLER_ENABLE_OPENGLES
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground.h b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground.h
index 69c7c39f23b1c..3c8b251bf8018 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ enum class PlaygroundBackend {
   kMetal,
   kMetalSDF,
   kOpenGLES,
+  kOpenGLESSDF,
   kVulkan,
 };
 
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_impl.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_impl.cc
index a112b84ce0d36..22a9909e3c4d0 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_impl.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_impl.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<PlaygroundImpl> PlaygroundImpl::Create(
 #if IMPELLER_ENABLE_OPENGLES
     case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES:
       return std::make_unique<PlaygroundImplGLES>(switches);
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF:
+      switches.flags.use_sdfs = true;
+      return std::make_unique<PlaygroundImplGLES>(switches);
 #endif  // IMPELLER_ENABLE_OPENGLES
 #if IMPELLER_ENABLE_VULKAN
     case PlaygroundBackend::kVulkan:
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_test.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_test.cc
index d35150190df36..935c46949bb1b 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_test.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_test.cc
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ std::string PlaygroundTest::GetWindowTitle() const {
     case PlaygroundBackend::kMetalSDF:
       break;
     case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES:
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF:
       if (switches_.use_angle) {
         stream << " (Angle) ";
       }
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_test.h b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_test.h
index 36944112e3e7f..309c8e787d169 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_test.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/playground/playground_test.h
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class PlaygroundTest : public Playground,
       Play, playground,                                                      \
       ::testing::Values(                                                     \
           PlaygroundBackend::kMetal, PlaygroundBackend::kMetalSDF,           \
-          PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES, PlaygroundBackend::kVulkan),         \
+          PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES, PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF,     \
+          PlaygroundBackend::kVulkan),                                       \
       [](const ::testing::TestParamInfo<PlaygroundTest::ParamType>& info) {  \
         return PlaygroundBackendToString(info.param);                        \
       });
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/renderer/renderer_unittests.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/renderer/renderer_unittests.cc
index 9b9526cc3f1e9..5386f6e3508ea 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/renderer/renderer_unittests.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/renderer/renderer_unittests.cc
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ TEST_P(RendererTest, CanRenderToTexture) {
 }
 
 TEST_P(RendererTest, CanRenderInstanced) {
-  if (GetParam() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES) {
+  if (GetParam() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES ||
+      GetParam() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF) {
     // This test drives instancing through gl_InstanceIndex and a storage
     // buffer, both of which require OpenGL ES 3.1. The portable instance-rate
     // vertex attribute path, which works down to OpenGL ES 2.0, is covered by
@@ -485,7 +486,8 @@ TEST_P(RendererTest, CanRenderInstanced) {
 }
 
 TEST_P(RendererTest, CanBlitTextureToTexture) {
-  if (GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES) {
+  if (GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES ||
+      GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF) {
     GTEST_SKIP() << "Mipmap test shader not supported on GLES.";
   }
   auto context = GetContext();
@@ -595,7 +597,8 @@ TEST_P(RendererTest, CanBlitTextureToTexture) {
 }
 
 TEST_P(RendererTest, CanBlitTextureToBuffer) {
-  if (GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES) {
+  if (GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES ||
+      GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF) {
     GTEST_SKIP() << "Mipmap test shader not supported on GLES.";
   }
   auto context = GetContext();
@@ -724,7 +727,8 @@ TEST_P(RendererTest, CanBlitTextureToBuffer) {
 }
 
 TEST_P(RendererTest, CanGenerateMipmaps) {
-  if (GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES) {
+  if (GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES ||
+      GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF) {
     GTEST_SKIP() << "Mipmap test shader not supported on GLES.";
   }
   auto context = GetContext();
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/runtime_stage/runtime_stage_unittests.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/runtime_stage/runtime_stage_unittests.cc
index 90443653c3f9b..00e2ecdd4e107 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/runtime_stage/runtime_stage_unittests.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/runtime_stage/runtime_stage_unittests.cc
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ TEST_P(RuntimeStageTest, CanReadUniforms) {
       [[fallthrough]];
     case PlaygroundBackend::kMetalSDF:
       [[fallthrough]];
-    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES: {
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES:
+      [[fallthrough]];
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF: {
       ASSERT_EQ(stage->GetUniforms().size(), 14u);
       {
         // uFloat
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/interop/impeller_unittests.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/interop/impeller_unittests.cc
index 9c460b4fdf67a..8c82c20881401 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/interop/impeller_unittests.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/interop/impeller_unittests.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ TEST_P(InteropPlaygroundTest, CanCreateDisplayListBuilder) {
 }
 
 TEST_P(InteropPlaygroundTest, CanCreateSurface) {
-  if (GetBackend() != PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES) {
+  if (GetBackend() != PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES &&
+      GetBackend() != PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF) {
     GTEST_SKIP()
         << "This test checks wrapping FBOs which is an OpenGL ES only call.";
     return;
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/interop/playground_test.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/interop/playground_test.cc
index 4bc9b84edfb87..268dbeef5e958 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/interop/playground_test.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/toolkit/interop/playground_test.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ ScopedObject<Context> PlaygroundTest::CreateContext() const {
     case PlaygroundBackend::kMetalSDF:
       return Adopt<Context>(
           ImpellerContextCreateMetalNew(ImpellerGetVersion()));
-    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES: {
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES:
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF: {
       Playground::GLProcAddressResolver playground_gl_proc_address_callback =
           CreateGLProcAddressResolver();
       ImpellerProcAddressCallback gl_proc_address_callback =
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ static ScopedObject<Surface> CreateSharedSurface(
 
 #if IMPELLER_ENABLE_OPENGLES
     case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES:
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF:
       return Adopt<Surface>(
           new SurfaceGLES(context, std::move(shared_surface)));
 #endif
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ static ScopedObject<Context> CreateSharedContext(
 #endif
 #if IMPELLER_ENABLE_OPENGLES
     case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES:
+    case PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF:
       return ContextGLES::Create(std::move(shared_context));
 #endif
 #if IMPELLER_ENABLE_VULKAN
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/typographer/typographer_unittests.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/typographer/typographer_unittests.cc
index 3a1a586e85656..c0579bb82b947 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/typographer/typographer_unittests.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/typographer/typographer_unittests.cc
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@ TEST(TypographerTest, RectanglePackerFillsRows) {
 }
 
 TEST_P(TypographerTest, GlyphAtlasTextureWillGrowTilMaxTextureSize) {
-  if (GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES) {
+  if (GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLES ||
+      GetBackend() == PlaygroundBackend::kOpenGLESSDF) {
     GTEST_SKIP() << "Atlas growth isn't supported for OpenGLES currently.";
   }