diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ce90c24c73..1b5cb2c1c4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ gst-vaapi NEWS -- summary of changes.  2010-05-13
 Copyright (C) 2010 Splitted-Desktop Systems
 
 Version 0.2.1 - 13.May.2010
+* Fix OpenGL texture internal format (Clutter)
 * Fix integration within the playbin2 pipeline
 * Fix vaapidecode to expose the HW supported caps only
 * Add GstXOverlay interface to vaapisink (e.g. for Totem)
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiutils_glx.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiutils_glx.c
index d84edfb857..9d38f9e79c 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiutils_glx.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiutils_glx.c
@@ -554,10 +554,12 @@ gl_unbind_texture(GLTextureState *ts)
 GLuint
 gl_create_texture(GLenum target, GLenum format, guint width, guint height)
 {
+    GLenum internal_format;
     GLuint texture;
     GLTextureState ts;
     guint bytes_per_component;
 
+    internal_format = format;
     switch (format) {
     case GL_LUMINANCE:
         bytes_per_component = 1;
@@ -567,6 +569,7 @@ gl_create_texture(GLenum target, GLenum format, guint width, guint height)
         break;
     case GL_RGBA:
     case GL_BGRA:
+        internal_format = GL_RGBA;
         bytes_per_component = 4;
         break;
     default:
@@ -586,7 +589,7 @@ gl_create_texture(GLenum target, GLenum format, guint width, guint height)
     glTexImage2D(
         target,
         0,
-        bytes_per_component,
+        internal_format,
         width, height,
         0,
         format,