diff --git a/glcontext/darwin.cpp b/glcontext/darwin.cpp
index d8b3276..c0a9130 100644
--- a/glcontext/darwin.cpp
+++ b/glcontext/darwin.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ void GLContext_dealloc(GLContext * self) {
 
 PyMethodDef GLContext_methods[] = {
     {"load", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_load, METH_O, NULL},
+    {"load_opengl_function", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_load, METH_O, NULL},
     {"release", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_release, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"__enter__", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_enter, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"__exit__", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_exit, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
diff --git a/glcontext/egl.cpp b/glcontext/egl.cpp
index cc7d12d..55943b4 100644
--- a/glcontext/egl.cpp
+++ b/glcontext/egl.cpp
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ void GLContext_dealloc(GLContext * self) {
 
 PyMethodDef GLContext_methods[] = {
     {"load", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_load, METH_O, NULL},
+    {"load_opengl_function", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_load, METH_O, NULL},
     {"release", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_release, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"__enter__", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_enter, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"__exit__", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_exit, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
diff --git a/glcontext/empty.cpp b/glcontext/empty.cpp
index da73cc3..c074410 100644
--- a/glcontext/empty.cpp
+++ b/glcontext/empty.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void GLContext_dealloc(GLContext * self) {
 }
 
 PyMethodDef GLContext_methods[] = {
-    {"load", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_load, METH_O, NULL},
+    {"load_opengl_function", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_load, METH_O, NULL},
     {"release", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_release, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"__enter__", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_enter, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"__exit__", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_exit, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
diff --git a/glcontext/empty.py b/glcontext/empty.py
index 08e45fc..1e28ca3 100644
--- a/glcontext/empty.py
+++ b/glcontext/empty.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class GLContext:
     def __init__(self):
         pass
 
-    def load(self):
+    def load_opengl_function(self, name):
         return 0
 
     def __enter__(self):
diff --git a/glcontext/wgl.cpp b/glcontext/wgl.cpp
index 53ee5c0..71af714 100644
--- a/glcontext/wgl.cpp
+++ b/glcontext/wgl.cpp
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ void GLContext_dealloc(GLContext * self) {
 
 PyMethodDef GLContext_methods[] = {
     {"load", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_load, METH_O, NULL},
+    {"load_opengl_function", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_load, METH_O, NULL},
     {"release", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_release, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"__enter__", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_enter, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"__exit__", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_exit, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
diff --git a/glcontext/x11.cpp b/glcontext/x11.cpp
index d4fc899..5843a4c 100644
--- a/glcontext/x11.cpp
+++ b/glcontext/x11.cpp
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ void GLContext_dealloc(GLContext * self) {
 
 PyMethodDef GLContext_methods[] = {
     {"load", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_load, METH_O, NULL},
+    {"load_opengl_function", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_load, METH_O, NULL},
     {"release", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_release, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"__enter__", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_enter, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {"__exit__", (PyCFunction)GLContext_meth_exit, METH_VARARGS, NULL},