diff --git a/clutter/clutter/clutter-stage-view.c b/clutter/clutter/clutter-stage-view.c
index 1e9f98cfc..20ad2176e 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/clutter-stage-view.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter/clutter-stage-view.c
@@ -314,12 +314,14 @@ create_offscreen_framebuffer (ClutterStageView  *view,
 {
   ClutterStageViewPrivate *priv =
     clutter_stage_view_get_instance_private (view);
+  CoglPixelFormat format;
   CoglContext *cogl_context;
   CoglOffscreen *framebuffer;
   CoglTexture *texture;
 
+  format = cogl_framebuffer_get_internal_format (priv->framebuffer);
   cogl_context = cogl_framebuffer_get_context (priv->framebuffer);
-  texture = cogl_texture_2d_new_with_size (cogl_context, width, height);
+  texture = cogl_texture_2d_new_with_format (cogl_context, width, height, format);
   cogl_primitive_texture_set_auto_mipmap (texture, FALSE);
 
   if (!cogl_texture_allocate (texture, error))
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer-private.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer-private.h
index 00a53d1ea..32fff4b6a 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer-private.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer-private.h
@@ -146,9 +146,6 @@ void
 _cogl_framebuffer_set_internal_format (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer,
                                        CoglPixelFormat internal_format);
 
-CoglPixelFormat
-cogl_framebuffer_get_internal_format (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer);
-
 void
 _cogl_framebuffer_clear_without_flush4f (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer,
                                          unsigned long buffers,
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.h b/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.h
index 277ba3cc8..64bf8f4dc 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-framebuffer.h
@@ -1123,4 +1123,13 @@ cogl_framebuffer_flush (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer);
 COGL_EXPORT CoglTimestampQuery *
 cogl_framebuffer_create_timestamp_query (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer);
 
+
+/**
+ * cogl_framebuffer_get_internal_format: (skip)
+ *
+ * Returns the pixel format used internally by the framebuffer.
+ */
+COGL_EXPORT CoglPixelFormat
+cogl_framebuffer_get_internal_format (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer);
+
 G_END_DECLS