diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/opengl/gl_state.cc b/source/blender/gpu/opengl/gl_state.cc
index 3a474da8b8e..5483f889a8a 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/opengl/gl_state.cc
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/opengl/gl_state.cc
@@ -437,6 +437,13 @@ void GLStateManager::set_blend(const eGPUBlend value)
     }
   }
 
+  if (value == GPU_BLEND_SUBTRACT) {
+    glBlendEquation(GL_FUNC_REVERSE_SUBTRACT);
+  }
+  else {
+    glBlendEquation(GL_FUNC_ADD);
+  }
+
   /* Always set the blend function. This avoid a rendering error when blending is disabled but
    * GPU_BLEND_CUSTOM was used just before and the frame-buffer is using more than 1 color target.
    */