diff --git a/clutter/cogl/cogl/driver/gles/cogl-shader-private.h b/clutter/cogl/cogl/driver/gles/cogl-shader-private.h
index cf00c4842..878ab5552 100644
--- a/clutter/cogl/cogl/driver/gles/cogl-shader-private.h
+++ b/clutter/cogl/cogl/driver/gles/cogl-shader-private.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct _CoglShader
 {
   CoglHandleObject   _parent;
   GLuint             gl_handle;
-  GLenum             type;
+  CoglShaderType     type;
 };
 
 CoglShader *_cogl_shader_pointer_from_handle (CoglHandle handle);
diff --git a/clutter/cogl/cogl/driver/gles/cogl-shader.c b/clutter/cogl/cogl/driver/gles/cogl-shader.c
index 5b2214e3d..a86104d07 100644
--- a/clutter/cogl/cogl/driver/gles/cogl-shader.c
+++ b/clutter/cogl/cogl/driver/gles/cogl-shader.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ cogl_create_shader (CoglShaderType type)
 
   shader = g_slice_new (CoglShader);
   shader->gl_handle = glCreateShader (gl_type);
+  shader->type = type;
 
   return _cogl_shader_handle_new (shader);
 }