diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-private.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-private.h
index 91569b4ec..769510289 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-private.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-private.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ typedef enum
   COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_EXT_PACKED_DEPTH_STENCIL,
   COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_OES_PACKED_DEPTH_STENCIL,
   COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_TEXTURE_FORMAT_BGRA8888,
+  COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA1010102,
+  COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_TEXTURE_FORMAT_HALF_FLOAT,
   COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_UNPACK_SUBIMAGE,
   COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_SAMPLER_OBJECTS,
   COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_READ_PIXELS_ANY_FORMAT,
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
index 3c2231ebc..320005355 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
@@ -506,6 +506,14 @@ _cogl_driver_update_features (CoglContext *ctx,
                     COGL_FEATURE_ID_TEXTURE_RG,
                     TRUE);
 
+  COGL_FLAGS_SET (private_features,
+                  COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA1010102, TRUE);
+
+  if (COGL_CHECK_GL_VERSION (gl_major, gl_minor, 3, 0))
+    COGL_FLAGS_SET (private_features,
+                    COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_TEXTURE_FORMAT_HALF_FLOAT,
+                    TRUE);
+
   /* Cache features */
   for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (private_features); i++)
     ctx->private_features[i] |= private_features[i];
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
index 3cb11af69..4c69bf56e 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
@@ -355,6 +355,14 @@ _cogl_driver_update_features (CoglContext *context,
     COGL_FLAGS_SET (private_features,
                     COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_TEXTURE_FORMAT_BGRA8888, TRUE);
 
+  if (_cogl_check_extension ("GL_EXT_texture_type_2_10_10_10_REV", gl_extensions))
+    COGL_FLAGS_SET (private_features,
+                    COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA1010102, TRUE);
+
+  if (_cogl_check_extension ("GL_OES_texture_half_float", gl_extensions))
+    COGL_FLAGS_SET (private_features,
+                    COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_TEXTURE_FORMAT_HALF_FLOAT, TRUE);
+
   if (_cogl_check_extension ("GL_EXT_unpack_subimage", gl_extensions))
     COGL_FLAGS_SET (private_features,
                     COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_UNPACK_SUBIMAGE, TRUE);