diff --git a/clutter/clutter-texture.c b/clutter/clutter-texture.c
index c619cbabb..5a31cffa4 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-texture.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-texture.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ clutter_texture_realize (ClutterActor *actor)
       tex = cogl_texture_new_with_size (priv->width,
                                         priv->height,
                                         flags,
-                                        COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888);
+                                        COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888_PRE);
 
       cogl_material_set_layer (priv->material, 0, tex);
 
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ on_fbo_source_size_change (GObject          *object,
       tex = cogl_texture_new_with_size (MAX (priv->width, 1),
                                         MAX (priv->height, 1),
                                         flags,
-                                        COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888);
+                                        COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888_PRE);
 
       cogl_material_set_layer (priv->material, 0, tex);
 
diff --git a/clutter/glx/clutter-glx-texture-pixmap.c b/clutter/glx/clutter-glx-texture-pixmap.c
index fb174fd6b..aab75f658 100644
--- a/clutter/glx/clutter-glx-texture-pixmap.c
+++ b/clutter/glx/clutter-glx-texture-pixmap.c
@@ -359,14 +359,16 @@ create_cogl_texture (ClutterTexture *texture,
       handle = cogl_texture_new_from_foreign (tex, CGL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_ARB,
                                               width, height,
                                               0, 0,
-                                              cogl_format | COGL_BGR_BIT);
+                                              cogl_format | COGL_BGR_BIT |
+                                              COGL_PREMULT_BIT);
     }
   else
     {
       handle
         = cogl_texture_new_with_size (width, height,
                                       COGL_TEXTURE_NO_SLICING,
-                                      cogl_format | COGL_BGR_BIT);
+                                      cogl_format | COGL_BGR_BIT |
+                                      COGL_PREMULT_BIT);
 
       using_rectangle = FALSE;
     }
diff --git a/clutter/x11/clutter-x11-texture-pixmap.c b/clutter/x11/clutter-x11-texture-pixmap.c
index cb0c38529..a09ab1f9d 100644
--- a/clutter/x11/clutter-x11-texture-pixmap.c
+++ b/clutter/x11/clutter-x11-texture-pixmap.c
@@ -871,7 +871,8 @@ clutter_x11_texture_pixmap_update_area_real (ClutterX11TexturePixmap *texture,
 					     width, height,
 					     bytes_per_line,
 					     4,
-					     CLUTTER_TEXTURE_RGB_FLAG_BGR,
+					     CLUTTER_TEXTURE_RGB_FLAG_BGR |
+					     CLUTTER_TEXTURE_RGB_FLAG_PREMULT,
 					     &error);
   else
     clutter_texture_set_from_rgb_data  (CLUTTER_TEXTURE (texture),
@@ -880,7 +881,8 @@ clutter_x11_texture_pixmap_update_area_real (ClutterX11TexturePixmap *texture,
 					width, height,
 					bytes_per_line,
 					4,
-					CLUTTER_TEXTURE_RGB_FLAG_BGR,
+					CLUTTER_TEXTURE_RGB_FLAG_BGR |
+					CLUTTER_TEXTURE_RGB_FLAG_PREMULT,
 					&error);