diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c
index f42e6f8367..d2213c1663 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecode.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static const char gst_vaapidecode_src_caps_str[] =
     GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE_WITH_FEATURES(
         GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_VAAPI_SURFACE, "{ ENCODED, I420, YV12, NV12 }") ";"
     GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE_WITH_FEATURES(
-        GST_CAPS_FEATURE_META_GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META, "RGBA") ";"
+        GST_CAPS_FEATURE_META_GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META, "{ RGBA, BGRA }") ";"
     GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE("{ I420, YV12, NV12 }");
 #else
     GST_VAAPI_SURFACE_CAPS;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ gst_vaapidecode_update_src_caps(GstVaapiDecode *decode,
 
     feature = gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature(
         GST_VIDEO_DECODER_SRC_PAD(vdec),
-        GST_VIDEO_INFO_FORMAT(&ref_state->info));
+        GST_VIDEO_INFO_FORMAT(&ref_state->info), &out_format);
 #endif
 
     format = GST_VIDEO_INFO_FORMAT(&ref_state->info);
@@ -160,9 +160,7 @@ gst_vaapidecode_update_src_caps(GstVaapiDecode *decode,
         return FALSE;
 
     vi = &state->info;
-    out_format = format;
-    if (format == GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED) {
-        out_format = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_I420;
+    if (format != out_format) {
         gst_video_info_init(&vis);
         gst_video_info_set_format(&vis, out_format,
             GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH(vi), GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT(vi));
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ gst_vaapidecode_update_src_caps(GstVaapiDecode *decode,
     vis = *vi;
     switch (feature) {
     case GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META:
-        gst_video_info_change_format(&vis, GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA,
+        gst_video_info_change_format(&vis, out_format,
             GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH(vi), GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT(vi));
         features = gst_caps_features_new(
             GST_CAPS_FEATURE_META_GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META, NULL);
@@ -524,6 +522,7 @@ gst_vaapidecode_decide_allocation(GstVideoDecoder *vdec, GstQuery *query)
     gboolean need_pool;
     GstVideoCodecState *state;
     GstVaapiCapsFeature feature;
+    GstVideoFormat out_format;
 
     gst_query_parse_allocation(query, &caps, &need_pool);
 
@@ -531,7 +530,7 @@ gst_vaapidecode_decide_allocation(GstVideoDecoder *vdec, GstQuery *query)
 #if GST_CHECK_VERSION(1,1,0) && (USE_GLX || USE_EGL)
     decode->has_texture_upload_meta =
         gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature(GST_VIDEO_DECODER_SRC_PAD(vdec),
-            GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED) ==
+            GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED, &out_format) ==
         GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META;
 #endif
 
@@ -543,7 +542,7 @@ gst_vaapidecode_decide_allocation(GstVideoDecoder *vdec, GstQuery *query)
     state = gst_video_decoder_get_output_state(vdec);
     if (!gst_caps_is_always_compatible(caps, state->caps)) {
         if (decode->has_texture_upload_meta)
-            gst_video_info_change_format(&state->info, GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA,
+            gst_video_info_change_format(&state->info, out_format,
                 GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH(&state->info),
                 GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT(&state->info));
         gst_vaapidecode_update_src_caps(decode, state);
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginbase.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginbase.c
index 130ed50941..718e5f3ae6 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginbase.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginbase.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ gst_vaapi_plugin_base_decide_allocation (GstVaapiPluginBase * plugin,
   if (!feature)
     feature =
         gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature (plugin->srcpad,
-        GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED);
+        GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED, NULL);
 
   has_video_meta = gst_query_find_allocation_meta (query,
       GST_VIDEO_META_API_TYPE, NULL);
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c
index b6abb590fa..1bb7c97eb7 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c
@@ -634,8 +634,20 @@ gst_vaapi_video_format_new_template_caps_with_features (GstVideoFormat format,
   return caps;
 }
 
+static GstCaps *
+new_gl_texture_upload_meta_caps (void)
+{
+#if GST_CHECK_VERSION(1,1,0)
+  return gst_caps_from_string (GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE_WITH_FEATURES (
+      GST_CAPS_FEATURE_META_GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META, "{ RGBA, BGRA }"));
+#else
+  return gst_caps_new_empty ();
+#endif
+}
+
 GstVaapiCapsFeature
-gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature (GstPad * pad, GstVideoFormat format)
+gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature (GstPad * pad, GstVideoFormat format,
+    GstVideoFormat * out_format_ptr)
 {
   GstVaapiCapsFeature feature = GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_SYSTEM_MEMORY;
 #if GST_CHECK_VERSION(1,1,0)
@@ -645,29 +657,27 @@ gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature (GstPad * pad, GstVideoFormat format)
   GstCaps *sysmem_caps = NULL;
   GstCaps *vaapi_caps = NULL;
   GstCaps *out_caps;
+  GstVideoFormat out_format;
 
   out_caps = gst_pad_peer_query_caps (pad, NULL);
   if (!out_caps)
     goto cleanup;
 
-  gl_texture_upload_caps =
-      gst_vaapi_video_format_new_template_caps_with_features
-      (GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA,
-      GST_CAPS_FEATURE_META_GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META);
+  out_format = format == GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED ?
+    GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_I420 : format;
+
+  gl_texture_upload_caps = new_gl_texture_upload_meta_caps ();
   if (!gl_texture_upload_caps)
     goto cleanup;
 
-  if (format == GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED)
-    format = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_I420;
-
   vaapi_caps =
-      gst_vaapi_video_format_new_template_caps_with_features (format,
+      gst_vaapi_video_format_new_template_caps_with_features (out_format,
       GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_VAAPI_SURFACE);
   if (!vaapi_caps)
     goto cleanup;
 
   sysmem_caps =
-      gst_vaapi_video_format_new_template_caps_with_features (format,
+      gst_vaapi_video_format_new_template_caps_with_features (out_format,
       GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_SYSTEM_MEMORY);
   if (!sysmem_caps)
     goto cleanup;
@@ -707,6 +717,33 @@ gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature (GstPad * pad, GstVideoFormat format)
 #endif
   }
 
+  if (out_format_ptr) {
+#if GST_CHECK_VERSION(1,1,0)
+    if (feature == GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META) {
+      GstStructure *structure;
+      gchar *format_str;
+      out_format = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_UNKNOWN;
+      do {
+        caps = gst_caps_intersect_full (out_caps, gl_texture_upload_caps,
+            GST_CAPS_INTERSECT_FIRST);
+        if (!caps)
+          break;
+        structure = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, 0);
+        if (!structure)
+          break;
+        if (!gst_structure_get (structure, "format", G_TYPE_STRING,
+                &format_str, NULL))
+          break;
+        out_format = gst_video_format_from_string (format_str);
+        g_free (format_str);
+      } while (0);
+      if (!out_format)
+        goto cleanup;
+#endif
+    }
+    *out_format_ptr = out_format;
+  }
+
 cleanup:
   gst_caps_replace (&gl_texture_upload_caps, NULL);
   gst_caps_replace (&sysmem_caps, NULL);
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h
index 0f6490ef2f..b72b01cad1 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ gst_vaapi_video_format_new_template_caps_with_features (GstVideoFormat format,
 
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL
 GstVaapiCapsFeature
-gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature (GstPad * pad, GstVideoFormat format);
+gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature (GstPad * pad, GstVideoFormat format,
+    GstVideoFormat * out_format_ptr);
 
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL
 const gchar *
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.c
index e701b8cdff..e5d563084a 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipostproc.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static const char gst_vaapipostproc_src_caps_str[] =
   GST_CAPS_INTERLACED_FALSE "; "
 #if GST_CHECK_VERSION(1,1,0)
   GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE_WITH_FEATURES (
-      GST_CAPS_FEATURE_META_GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META, "RGBA") ", "
+      GST_CAPS_FEATURE_META_GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META, "{ RGBA, BGRA }") ", "
   GST_CAPS_INTERLACED_FALSE "; "
 #endif
 #if GST_CHECK_VERSION(1,0,0)
@@ -1152,14 +1152,7 @@ gst_vaapipostproc_transform_caps_impl (GstBaseTransform * trans,
 
   feature =
       gst_vaapi_find_preferred_caps_feature (GST_BASE_TRANSFORM_SRC_PAD (trans),
-      out_format);
-  switch (feature) {
-    case GST_VAAPI_CAPS_FEATURE_GL_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_META:
-      out_format = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA;
-      break;
-    default:
-      break;
-  }
+      out_format, &out_format);
 #else
   out_format = GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_ENCODED;
 #endif
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideometa_texture.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideometa_texture.c
index da5119e61d..5052145fe9 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideometa_texture.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideometa_texture.c
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ meta_texture_ensure_format (GstVaapiVideoMetaTexture * meta,
       meta->gl_format = GL_RGBA;
       meta->texture_type = GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_TYPE_RGBA;
       break;
+    case GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRA:
+      meta->gl_format = GL_BGRA_EXT;
+      /* FIXME: add GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_TYPE_BGRA extension */
+      meta->texture_type = GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_TYPE_RGBA;
+      break;
     default:
       goto error_unsupported_format;
   }
@@ -67,19 +72,26 @@ error_unsupported_format:
   return FALSE;
 }
 
-static void
-meta_texture_ensure_size_from_buffer (GstVaapiVideoMetaTexture * meta,
+static gboolean
+meta_texture_ensure_info_from_buffer (GstVaapiVideoMetaTexture * meta,
     GstBuffer * buffer)
 {
   GstVideoMeta *vmeta;
+  GstVideoFormat format;
 
   if (!buffer || !(vmeta = gst_buffer_get_video_meta (buffer))) {
+    format = DEFAULT_FORMAT;
     meta->width = 0;
     meta->height = 0;
   } else {
+    const GstVideoFormatInfo *const fmt_info =
+        gst_video_format_get_info (vmeta->format);
+    format = (fmt_info && GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_INFO_IS_RGB (fmt_info)) ?
+        vmeta->format : DEFAULT_FORMAT;
     meta->width = vmeta->width;
     meta->height = vmeta->height;
   }
+  return meta_texture_ensure_format (meta, format);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -102,9 +114,13 @@ meta_texture_new (void)
     return NULL;
 
   meta->texture = NULL;
-  meta_texture_ensure_format (meta, DEFAULT_FORMAT);
-  meta_texture_ensure_size_from_buffer (meta, NULL);
+  if (!meta_texture_ensure_info_from_buffer (meta, NULL))
+    goto error;
   return meta;
+
+error:
+  meta_texture_free (meta);
+  return NULL;
 }
 
 static GstVaapiVideoMetaTexture *
@@ -172,7 +188,9 @@ gst_buffer_add_texture_upload_meta (GstBuffer * buffer)
   if (!meta_texture)
     return FALSE;
 
-  meta_texture_ensure_size_from_buffer (meta_texture, buffer);
+  if (!meta_texture_ensure_info_from_buffer (meta_texture, buffer))
+    goto error;
+
   meta = gst_buffer_add_video_gl_texture_upload_meta (buffer,
       GST_VIDEO_GL_TEXTURE_ORIENTATION_X_NORMAL_Y_NORMAL,
       1, &meta_texture->texture_type, gst_vaapi_texture_upload,
@@ -193,10 +211,8 @@ gst_buffer_ensure_texture_upload_meta (GstBuffer * buffer)
   GstVideoGLTextureUploadMeta *const meta =
       gst_buffer_get_video_gl_texture_upload_meta (buffer);
 
-  if (meta) {
-    meta_texture_ensure_size_from_buffer (meta->user_data, buffer);
-    return TRUE;
-  }
-  return gst_buffer_add_texture_upload_meta (buffer);
+  return meta ?
+      meta_texture_ensure_info_from_buffer (meta->user_data, buffer) :
+      gst_buffer_add_texture_upload_meta (buffer);
 }
 #endif