diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-conversion.c b/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-conversion.c
index 447db00b3..ab8251fc5 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-conversion.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-conversion.c
@@ -351,6 +351,14 @@ _cogl_bitmap_needs_short_temp_buffer (CoglPixelFormat format)
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_1010102_PRE:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_2101010_PRE:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_2101010_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616_PRE:
       return TRUE;
     }
 
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-packing.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-packing.h
index ac55d2e54..f668b0bea 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-packing.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-packing.h
@@ -323,6 +323,14 @@ G_PASTE (_cogl_unpack_abgr_2101010_, component_size) (const uint8_t *src,
     }
 }
 
+inline static void
+G_PASTE (_cogl_unpack_argb_fp_16161616_, component_size) (const uint8_t *src,
+                                                          component_type *dst,
+                                                          int width)
+{
+  g_warning ("Not implemented");
+}
+
 #undef UNPACK_1
 #undef UNPACK_2
 #undef UNPACK_4
@@ -396,6 +404,16 @@ G_PASTE (_cogl_unpack_, component_size) (CoglPixelFormat format,
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_2101010_PRE:
       G_PASTE (_cogl_unpack_abgr_2101010_, component_size) (src, dst, width);
       break;
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616_PRE:
+      G_PASTE (_cogl_unpack_argb_fp_16161616_, component_size) (src, dst, width);
+      break;
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_16:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_32:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_24_STENCIL_8:
@@ -683,6 +701,14 @@ G_PASTE (_cogl_pack_abgr_2101010_, component_size) (const component_type *src,
     }
 }
 
+inline static void
+G_PASTE (_cogl_pack_argb_fp_16161616_, component_size) (const component_type *src,
+                                                        uint8_t *dst,
+                                                        int width)
+{
+  g_warning ("Not implemented");
+}
+
 #undef PACK_SIZE
 #undef PACK_1
 #undef PACK_2
@@ -757,6 +783,16 @@ G_PASTE (_cogl_pack_, component_size) (CoglPixelFormat format,
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_2101010_PRE:
       G_PASTE (_cogl_pack_abgr_2101010_, component_size) (src, dst, width);
       break;
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616_PRE:
+      G_PASTE (_cogl_pack_argb_fp_16161616_, component_size) (src, dst, width);
+      break;
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_16:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_32:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_24_STENCIL_8:
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.c b/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.c
index bfe6e13ad..11df72bf0 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.c
@@ -245,6 +245,62 @@ static const CoglPixelFormatInfo format_info_table[] = {
     .aligned = 0,
     .bpp = { 4 },
   },
+  {
+    .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616,
+    .format_str = "RGBA_FP_16161616",
+    .n_planes = 1,
+    .bpp = { 8 },
+    .aligned = 1
+  },
+  {
+    .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616,
+    .format_str = "BGRA_FP_16161616",
+    .n_planes = 1,
+    .bpp = { 8 },
+    .aligned = 1
+  },
+  {
+    .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616,
+    .format_str = "ARGB_FP_16161616",
+    .n_planes = 1,
+    .bpp = { 8 },
+    .aligned = 1
+  },
+  {
+    .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616,
+    .format_str = "ABGR_FP_16161616",
+    .n_planes = 1,
+    .bpp = { 8 },
+    .aligned = 1
+  },
+  {
+    .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616_PRE,
+    .format_str = "RGBA_FP_16161616_PRE",
+    .n_planes = 1,
+    .bpp = { 8 },
+    .aligned = 1
+  },
+  {
+    .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616_PRE,
+    .format_str = "BGRA_FP_16161616_PRE",
+    .n_planes = 1,
+    .bpp = { 8 },
+    .aligned = 1
+  },
+  {
+    .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616_PRE,
+    .format_str = "ARGB_FP_16161616_PRE",
+    .n_planes = 1,
+    .bpp = { 8 },
+    .aligned = 1
+  },
+  {
+    .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616_PRE,
+    .format_str = "ABGR_FP_16161616_PRE",
+    .n_planes = 1,
+    .bpp = { 8 },
+    .aligned = 1
+  },
   {
     .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_16,
     .format_str = "DEPTH_16",
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.h
index e2f898c97..7ef03d3fd 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  * 7     = YUV: undefined bpp, undefined alignment
  * 9     = 2 bpp, aligned
  * 10    = depth, aligned (8, 16, 24, 32, 32f)
- * 11    = undefined
+ * 11    = 8 bpp fp16
  * 12    = 3 bpp, not aligned
  * 13    = 4 bpp, not aligned (e.g. 2101010)
  * 14-15 = undefined
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_1010102_PRE: Premultiplied BGRA, 32 bits, 10 bpc
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_2101010_PRE: Premultiplied ARGB, 32 bits, 10 bpc
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_2101010_PRE: Premultiplied ABGR, 32 bits, 10 bpc
+ * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616: RGBA half floating point, 64 bit
+ * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616: BGRA half floating point, 64 bit
+ * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616: ARGB half floating point, 64 bit
+ * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616: ABGR half floating point, 64 bit
+ * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616_PRE: Premultiplied RGBA half floating point, 64 bit
+ * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616_PRE: Premultiplied BGRA half floating point, 64 bit
+ * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616_PRE: Premultiplied ARGB half floating point, 64 bit
+ * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616_PRE: Premultiplied ABGR half floating point, 64 bit
  *
  * Pixel formats used by Cogl. For the formats with a byte per
  * component, the order of the components specify the order in
@@ -216,6 +224,11 @@ typedef enum /*< prefix=COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT >*/
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_2101010  = (13 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_AFIRST_BIT),
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_2101010  = (13 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_BGR_BIT | COGL_AFIRST_BIT),
 
+  COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616 = (11 | COGL_A_BIT),
+  COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616 = (11 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_BGR_BIT),
+  COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616 = (11 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_AFIRST_BIT),
+  COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616 = (11 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_BGR_BIT | COGL_AFIRST_BIT),
+
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888_PRE = (3 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_PREMULT_BIT),
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_8888_PRE = (3 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_PREMULT_BIT | COGL_BGR_BIT),
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_8888_PRE = (3 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_PREMULT_BIT | COGL_AFIRST_BIT),
@@ -228,6 +241,11 @@ typedef enum /*< prefix=COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT >*/
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_2101010_PRE = (COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_2101010 | COGL_PREMULT_BIT),
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_2101010_PRE = (COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_2101010 | COGL_PREMULT_BIT),
 
+  COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616_PRE = (11 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_PREMULT_BIT),
+  COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616_PRE = (11 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_PREMULT_BIT | COGL_BGR_BIT),
+  COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616_PRE = (11 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_PREMULT_BIT | COGL_AFIRST_BIT),
+  COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616_PRE = (11 | COGL_A_BIT | COGL_PREMULT_BIT | COGL_BGR_BIT | COGL_AFIRST_BIT),
+
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_16  = (9 | COGL_DEPTH_BIT),
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_32  = (3 | COGL_DEPTH_BIT),
 
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
index 320005355..35e9897f7 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
@@ -288,6 +288,31 @@ _cogl_driver_pixel_format_to_gl (CoglContext     *context,
       gltype = GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1;
       break;
 
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616_PRE:
+      glintformat = GL_RGBA;
+      glformat = GL_RGBA;
+      gltype = GL_HALF_FLOAT;
+      break;
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616_PRE:
+      glintformat = GL_RGBA;
+      glformat = GL_BGRA;
+      gltype = GL_HALF_FLOAT;
+      break;
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616_PRE:
+      glintformat = GL_RGBA;
+      glformat = GL_BGRA;
+      gltype = GL_HALF_FLOAT;
+      break;
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616_PRE:
+      glintformat = GL_RGBA;
+      glformat = GL_RGBA;
+      gltype = GL_HALF_FLOAT;
+      break;
+
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_16:
       glintformat = GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT16;
       glformat = GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT;
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
index e41c7fdd2..2d02589a4 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
 #ifndef GL_UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV_EXT
 #define GL_UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV_EXT 0x8368
 #endif
+#ifndef GL_HALF_FLOAT_OES
+#define GL_HALF_FLOAT_OES 0x8D61
+#endif
 
 static gboolean
 _cogl_driver_pixel_format_from_gl_internal (CoglContext *context,
@@ -207,6 +210,26 @@ _cogl_driver_pixel_format_to_gl (CoglContext     *context,
       gltype = GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1;
       break;
 
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ARGB_FP_16161616_PRE:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_FP_16161616_PRE:
+      g_warning ("Unhandled 16 bpc pixel format used");
+
+      G_GNUC_FALLTHROUGH;
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_FP_16161616_PRE:
+      if (!_cogl_has_private_feature
+          (context, COGL_PRIVATE_FEATURE_TEXTURE_FORMAT_HALF_FLOAT))
+        g_warning ("Missing 16 bpc half float extension");
+
+      glintformat = GL_RGBA;
+      glformat = GL_RGBA;
+      gltype = GL_HALF_FLOAT_OES;
+      break;
+
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_16:
       glintformat = GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT;
       glformat = GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT;