diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/meson.build b/spa/plugins/vulkan/meson.build
index ba631bcec..e9e23b543 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 spa_vulkan_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
+  'pixel-formats.c',
   'vulkan-compute-filter.c',
   'vulkan-compute-source.c',
   'vulkan-compute-utils.c',
diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/pixel-formats.c b/spa/plugins/vulkan/pixel-formats.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06144d758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/pixel-formats.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* Spa */
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright © 2023 columbarius */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
+
+#include "pixel-formats.h"
+
+#include <spa/utils/defs.h>
+#include <spa/param/video/raw.h>
+
+struct pixel_info {
+	uint32_t format;
+	uint32_t bpp;
+} pixel_infos[] = {
+	{ SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA_F32, 16 },
+	{ SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRA, 4 },
+	{ SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBA, 4 },
+	{ SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGRx, 4 },
+	{ SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGBx, 4 },
+	{ SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_BGR, 3 },
+	{ SPA_VIDEO_FORMAT_RGB, 3 },
+};
+
+bool get_pixel_format_info(uint32_t format, struct pixel_format_info *info)
+{
+	struct pixel_info *p;
+	SPA_FOR_EACH_ELEMENT(pixel_infos, p) {
+		if (p->format != format)
+			continue;
+		info->bpp = p->bpp;
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/pixel-formats.h b/spa/plugins/vulkan/pixel-formats.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..949733107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/pixel-formats.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* Spa */
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright © 2023 columbarius */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+struct pixel_format_info {
+	uint32_t bpp;	// bytes per pixel
+};
+
+bool get_pixel_format_info(uint32_t format, struct pixel_format_info *info);