diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
index 042d96ec6..f87c5a066 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
@@ -645,9 +645,16 @@ void meta_backend_native_resume (MetaBackendNative *native)
     meta_backend_get_monitor_manager (backend);
   MetaMonitorManagerKms *monitor_manager_kms =
     META_MONITOR_MANAGER_KMS (monitor_manager);
+  MetaDisplay *display = meta_get_display ();
+  ClutterBackend *clutter_backend = clutter_get_default_backend ();
+  CoglContext *cogl_context =
+    clutter_backend_get_cogl_context (clutter_backend);
   ClutterActor *stage;
   MetaIdleMonitor *idle_monitor;
 
+  if (cogl_has_feature (cogl_context, COGL_FEATURE_ID_UNSTABLE_TEXTURES))
+    g_signal_emit_by_name (display, "gl-video-memory-purged");
+
   meta_monitor_manager_kms_resume (monitor_manager_kms);
 
   clutter_evdev_reclaim_devices ();