diff --git a/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.c b/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.c
index 4a45e7566..351ed19cb 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.c
@@ -1533,6 +1533,12 @@ cogl_framebuffer_set_dither_enabled (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer,
   framebuffer->dither_enabled = dither_enabled;
 }
 
+CoglPixelFormat
+cogl_framebuffer_get_color_format (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer)
+{
+  return framebuffer->format;
+}
+
 CoglContext *
 cogl_framebuffer_get_context (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer)
 {
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.h b/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.h
index fb69da4e8..1935acf6a 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.h
@@ -261,6 +261,22 @@ void
 cogl_framebuffer_set_color_mask (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer,
                                  CoglColorMask color_mask);
 
+#define cogl_framebuffer_get_color_format cogl_framebuffer_get_color_format_EXP
+/**
+ * cogl_framebuffer_get_color_format:
+ * @framebuffer: A #CoglFramebuffer framebuffer
+ *
+ * Queries the common #CoglPixelFormat of all color buffers attached
+ * to this framebuffer. For an offscreen framebuffer created with
+ * cogl_offscreen_new_to_texture() this will correspond to the format
+ * of the texture.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.8
+ * Stability: unstable
+ */
+CoglPixelFormat
+cogl_framebuffer_get_color_format (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer);
+
 #define cogl_framebuffer_get_context cogl_framebuffer_get_context_EXP
 /**
  * @framebuffer: A #CoglFramebuffer