diff --git a/src/virgl_egl.h b/src/virgl_egl.h
index e7f0270..73df209 100644
--- a/src/virgl_egl.h
+++ b/src/virgl_egl.h
@@ -54,4 +54,5 @@ int virgl_egl_get_fd_for_texture2(struct virgl_egl *egl, uint32_t tex_id, int *f
                                   int *offset);
 
 void *virgl_egl_image_from_dmabuf(struct virgl_egl *egl, struct gbm_bo *bo);
+void virgl_egl_image_destroy(struct virgl_egl *egl, void *image);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/virgl_egl_context.c b/src/virgl_egl_context.c
index 5a387fd..d70ca3b 100644
--- a/src/virgl_egl_context.c
+++ b/src/virgl_egl_context.c
@@ -435,3 +435,8 @@ out_close:
 
    return (void*)image;
 }
+
+void virgl_egl_image_destroy(struct virgl_egl *egl, void *image)
+{
+   eglDestroyImageKHR(egl->egl_display, image);
+}
diff --git a/src/virgl_gbm.c b/src/virgl_gbm.c
index 054fd0e..5e3b1a0 100644
--- a/src/virgl_gbm.c
+++ b/src/virgl_gbm.c
@@ -356,3 +356,15 @@ int virgl_gbm_transfer(struct gbm_bo *bo, uint32_t direction, struct iovec *iove
    gbm_bo_unmap(bo, map_data);
    return 0;
 }
+
+uint32_t virgl_gbm_convert_flags(uint32_t virgl_bind_flags)
+{
+   uint32_t flags = 0;
+   if (virgl_bind_flags & VIRGL_BIND_RENDER_TARGET)
+      flags |= GBM_BO_USE_RENDERING;
+   if (virgl_bind_flags & VIRGL_BIND_SCANOUT)
+      flags |= GBM_BO_USE_SCANOUT;
+   if (virgl_bind_flags & VIRGL_BIND_CURSOR)
+      flags |= GBM_BO_USE_CURSOR;
+   return flags;
+}
diff --git a/src/virgl_gbm.h b/src/virgl_gbm.h
index 02646b5..6f17a41 100644
--- a/src/virgl_gbm.h
+++ b/src/virgl_gbm.h
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@ uint32_t virgl_gbm_convert_format(uint32_t virgl_format);
 
 int virgl_gbm_transfer(struct gbm_bo *bo, uint32_t direction, struct iovec *iovecs,
                        uint32_t num_iovecs, const struct vrend_transfer_info *info);
+
+uint32_t virgl_gbm_convert_flags(uint32_t virgl_bind_flags);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/virglrenderer.c b/src/virglrenderer.c
index ab68846..584be01 100644
--- a/src/virglrenderer.c
+++ b/src/virglrenderer.c
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_EPOXY_EGL_H
 #include "virgl_gbm.h"
 #include "virgl_egl.h"
-static struct virgl_gbm *gbm = NULL;
-static struct virgl_egl *egl = NULL;
+struct virgl_gbm *gbm = NULL;
+struct virgl_egl *egl = NULL;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_EPOXY_GLX_H
diff --git a/src/vrend_renderer.c b/src/vrend_renderer.c
index dc4497d..ba807c5 100644
--- a/src/vrend_renderer.c
+++ b/src/vrend_renderer.c
@@ -6120,6 +6120,54 @@ vrend_renderer_resource_copy_args(struct vrend_renderer_resource_create_args *ar
    gr->base.array_size = args->array_size;
 }
 
+static void *vrend_allocate_using_gbm(struct vrend_resource *gr)
+{
+#ifdef ENABLE_GBM_ALLOCATION
+   uint32_t gbm_flags = virgl_gbm_convert_flags(gr->base.bind);
+   uint32_t gbm_format = virgl_gbm_convert_format(gr->base.format);
+   if (gr->base.depth0 != 1 || gr->base.last_level != 0 || gr->base.nr_samples != 0)
+      return NULL;
+
+   if (!gbm_format)
+      return NULL;
+
+   if (!gbm_flags)
+      return NULL;
+
+   if ((gr->base.bind & (VIRGL_RES_BIND_SCANOUT | VIRGL_RES_BIND_SHARED)) == 0)
+      return NULL;
+
+   if (!gbm_device_is_format_supported(gbm->device, gbm_format, gbm_flags))
+      return NULL;
+
+   /*
+    * loader_dri3_get_buffers requests 1x1 textures with the following flags:
+    *  *_BIND_SCANOUT | *_BIND_SHARED | *_SAMPLER_VIEW | *_RENDER_TARGET.
+    * 32 x 32 buffers are also requested with the same flags and never sent to the
+    * display. TODO(gsingh): figure out how to optimize this.
+    */
+   if (gr->base.width0 == 1 && gr->base.height0 == 1)
+      return NULL;
+
+   struct gbm_bo *bo = gbm_bo_create(gbm->device, gr->base.width0, gr->base.height0,
+                                     gbm_format, gbm_flags);
+   if (!bo)
+      return NULL;
+
+   void *image = virgl_egl_image_from_dmabuf(egl, bo);
+   if (!image) {
+      gbm_bo_destroy(bo);
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   gr->egl_image = image;
+   gr->gbm_bo = bo;
+   return image;
+#else
+   return NULL;
+#endif
+}
+
 static int vrend_renderer_resource_allocate_texture(struct vrend_resource *gr,
                                                     void *image_oes)
 {
@@ -6132,6 +6180,9 @@ static int vrend_renderer_resource_allocate_texture(struct vrend_resource *gr,
    if (pr->width0 == 0)
       return EINVAL;
 
+   if (!image_oes)
+      image_oes = vrend_allocate_using_gbm(gr);
+
    if (image_oes)
       gr->base.bind &= ~VIRGL_BIND_PREFER_EMULATED_BGRA;
    else
@@ -6388,6 +6439,13 @@ void vrend_renderer_resource_destroy(struct vrend_resource *res)
       break;
    }
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_GBM_ALLOCATION
+   if (res->egl_image)
+      virgl_egl_image_destroy(egl, res->egl_image);
+   if (res->gbm_bo)
+      gbm_bo_destroy(res->gbm_bo);
+#endif
+
    free(res);
 }
 
@@ -7318,6 +7376,11 @@ int vrend_renderer_transfer_iov(const struct vrend_transfer_info *info,
       ctx = NULL;
    }
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_GBM_ALLOCATION
+   if (res->gbm_bo)
+      return virgl_gbm_transfer(res->gbm_bo, transfer_mode, iov, num_iovs, info);
+#endif
+
    switch (transfer_mode) {
    case VIRGL_TRANSFER_TO_HOST:
       return vrend_renderer_transfer_write_iov(ctx, res, iov, num_iovs, info);
diff --git a/src/vrend_renderer.h b/src/vrend_renderer.h
index f8c53d9..333ed28 100644
--- a/src/vrend_renderer.h
+++ b/src/vrend_renderer.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct vrend_resource {
    struct iovec *iov;
    uint32_t num_iovs;
    uint64_t mipmap_offsets[VR_MAX_TEXTURE_2D_LEVELS];
+   void *gbm_bo, *egl_image;
 };
 
 #define VIRGL_TEXTURE_NEED_SWIZZLE        (1 << 0)