diff --git a/gles/cogl.c b/gles/cogl.c
index 0fcf4fc3b..e56b2c80b 100644
--- a/gles/cogl.c
+++ b/gles/cogl.c
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ _cogl_features_init (void)
     flags |= COGL_FEATURE_FOUR_CLIP_PLANES;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_COGL_GLES2
-  flags |= COGL_FEATURE_SHADERS_GLSL | COGL_FEATURE_OFFSCREEN;
+  flags |= COGL_FEATURE_SHADERS_GLSL | COGL_FEATURE_OFFSCREEN
+    | COGL_FEATURE_TEXTURE_NPOT;
 #endif
 
   flags |= COGL_FEATURE_VBOS;