diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-conversion.c b/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-conversion.c
index 06e12b497..045393fa0 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-conversion.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-conversion.c
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ _cogl_bitmap_needs_short_temp_buffer (CoglPixelFormat format)
      floats */
   switch (format)
     {
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_16:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616:
     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-bitmap-packing.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-packing.h
index 12cc1c7f7..d4f313de4 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-packing.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-bitmap-packing.h
@@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ G_PASTE (_cogl_unpack_, component_size) (CoglPixelFormat format,
     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_G_16:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_16:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_32:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_24_STENCIL_8:
@@ -1037,6 +1039,8 @@ G_PASTE (_cogl_pack_, component_size) (CoglPixelFormat format,
     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_G_16:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616:
     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 93665146e..ca36a5499 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.c
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ static const CoglPixelFormatInfo format_info_table[] = {
     .aligned = 1,
     .bpp = { 1 },
   },
+  {
+    .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_16,
+    .format_str = "G_16",
+    .n_planes = 1,
+    .aligned = 1,
+    .bpp = { 2 },
+  },
   {
     .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_88,
     .format_str = "RG_88",
@@ -105,6 +112,13 @@ static const CoglPixelFormatInfo format_info_table[] = {
     .aligned = 1,
     .bpp = { 2 },
   },
+  {
+    .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616,
+    .format_str = "RG_1616",
+    .n_planes = 1,
+    .aligned = 1,
+    .bpp = { 4 },
+  },
   {
     .cogl_format = COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB_888,
     .format_str = "RGB_888",
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.h
index 1b7cd0971..161b8c3c1 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-pixel-format.h
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  * 11    = 8 bpp fp16
  * 12    = 3 bpp, not aligned
  * 13    = 4 bpp, not aligned (e.g. 2101010)
- * 14-15 = undefined
+ * 14    = 2 bpp, aligned (e.g. G_16)
+ * 15    = 4 bpp, aligned (e.g. RG_1616)
  *
  * Note: the gap at 10-11 is just because we wanted to maintain that
  * all non-aligned formats have the third bit set in case that's
@@ -142,11 +143,13 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_88: RG, 16 bits. Note that red-green textures
  *   are only available if %COGL_FEATURE_ID_TEXTURE_RG is advertised.
  *   See cogl_texture_set_components() for details.
+ * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616: RG, 32 bits
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB_565: RGB, 16 bits
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_4444: RGBA, 16 bits
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_5551: RGBA, 16 bits
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YUV: Not currently supported
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_8: Single luminance component
+ * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_16: Single luminance component, 16 bits
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB_888: RGB, 24 bits
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGR_888: BGR, 24 bits
  * @COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBX_8888: RGBX, 32 bits
@@ -213,8 +216,10 @@ typedef enum /*< prefix=COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT >*/
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_5551     = 6 | COGL_A_BIT,
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YUV           = 7,
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_8           = 8,
+  COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_16          = 14,
 
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_88         = 9,
+  COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616       = 15,
 
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB_888       = 2,
   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGR_888       = (2 | COGL_BGR_BIT),
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
index fff4bb09e..62c15c4ec 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-driver-gl.c
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ _cogl_driver_pixel_format_to_gl (CoglContext     *context,
       gltype = GL_UNSIGNED_INT_24_8;
       break;
 
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_16:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ANY:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YUV:
       g_assert_not_reached ();
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-texture-driver-gl.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-texture-driver-gl.c
index af50f103e..2b924abc2 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-texture-driver-gl.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gl/cogl-texture-driver-gl.c
@@ -452,6 +452,8 @@ _cogl_texture_driver_upload_supported (CoglContext *ctx,
         return TRUE;
       else
         return FALSE;
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_16:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616:
     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/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
index eda1e7275..32703e811 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-driver-gles.c
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ _cogl_driver_pixel_format_to_gl (CoglContext     *context,
       gltype = GL_UNSIGNED_INT_24_8;
       break;
 
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_16:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ANY:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YUV:
       g_assert_not_reached ();
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-texture-driver-gles.c b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-texture-driver-gles.c
index bf4df399b..6abcd38dc 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-texture-driver-gles.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/driver/gl/gles/cogl-texture-driver-gles.c
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ _cogl_texture_driver_upload_supported (CoglContext *ctx,
         return TRUE;
       else
         return FALSE;
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_16:
+    case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_16:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_32:
     case COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_DEPTH_24_STENCIL_8:
diff --git a/src/common/meta-cogl-drm-formats.h b/src/common/meta-cogl-drm-formats.h
index f2918da02..efa20662a 100644
--- a/src/common/meta-cogl-drm-formats.h
+++ b/src/common/meta-cogl-drm-formats.h
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ static const CoglDrmFormatMap meta_cogl_drm_format_map[] = {
 /* DRM formats are defined as little-endian, not machine endian. */
 #if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_LITTLE_ENDIAN
   { DRM_FORMAT_R8, COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_8, META_MULTI_TEXTURE_FORMAT_INVALID },
+  { DRM_FORMAT_R16, COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_G_16, META_MULTI_TEXTURE_FORMAT_INVALID },
   { DRM_FORMAT_GR88, COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_88, META_MULTI_TEXTURE_FORMAT_INVALID },
+  { DRM_FORMAT_GR1616, COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RG_1616, META_MULTI_TEXTURE_FORMAT_INVALID },
   { DRM_FORMAT_RGB565, COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB_565, META_MULTI_TEXTURE_FORMAT_SIMPLE },
   { DRM_FORMAT_RGBX8888, COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_XBGR_8888, META_MULTI_TEXTURE_FORMAT_SIMPLE },
   { DRM_FORMAT_RGBA8888, COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_8888_PRE, META_MULTI_TEXTURE_FORMAT_SIMPLE },