diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/Makefile.am b/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/Makefile.am
index 3cb8503243..a6d8199845 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/Makefile.am
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ prototype_HEADERS = \
 	shaders.h \
 	gstgl_compat.h \
 	gstgl_gles2compat.h \
-	debug.h
+	debug.h \
+	vao.h
 
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/all_functions.h b/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/all_functions.h
index 42e0648005..ec700d5faf 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/all_functions.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/all_functions.h
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
 #include "opengl.h"
 #include "shaders.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "vao.h"
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/vao.h b/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/vao.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b8754f246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/glprototypes/vao.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Matthew Waters <matthew@centricular.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+GST_GL_EXT_BEGIN (vao,
+                  GST_GL_API_OPENGL3 | GST_GL_API_GLES2,
+                  3, 0,
+                  2, 0,
+                  "ARB:\0OES\0",
+                  "vertex_array_object\0")
+GST_GL_EXT_FUNCTION (void, GenVertexArrays,
+                     (GLsizei               n,
+                      GLuint               *arrays))
+GST_GL_EXT_FUNCTION (void, DeleteVertexArrays,
+                     (GLsizei               n,
+                      GLuint               *arrays))
+GST_GL_EXT_FUNCTION (void, BindVertexArray,
+                     (GLuint                array))
+GST_GL_EXT_FUNCTION (GLboolean, IsVertexArray,
+                     (GLuint                array))
+GST_GL_EXT_END ()