diff --git a/include/wlr/types/wlr_scene.h b/include/wlr/types/wlr_scene.h
index 7dde17b3a..ee07c69f9 100644
--- a/include/wlr/types/wlr_scene.h
+++ b/include/wlr/types/wlr_scene.h
@@ -401,6 +401,12 @@ void wlr_scene_buffer_set_buffer(struct wlr_scene_buffer *scene_buffer,
 void wlr_scene_buffer_set_buffer_with_damage(struct wlr_scene_buffer *scene_buffer,
 	struct wlr_buffer *buffer, const pixman_region32_t *region);
 
+/**
+ * Sets the buffer's backing texture.
+ */
+void wlr_scene_buffer_set_texture(struct wlr_scene_buffer *scene_buffer,
+	struct wlr_texture *texture);
+
 /**
  * Sets the buffer's opaque region. This is an optimization hint used to
  * determine if buffers which reside under this one need to be rendered or not.
diff --git a/types/scene/wlr_scene.c b/types/scene/wlr_scene.c
index 52f577cd8..3ae7db5fa 100644
--- a/types/scene/wlr_scene.c
+++ b/types/scene/wlr_scene.c
@@ -837,6 +837,11 @@ void wlr_scene_buffer_set_buffer(struct wlr_scene_buffer *scene_buffer,
 	wlr_scene_buffer_set_buffer_with_damage(scene_buffer, buffer, NULL);
 }
 
+void wlr_scene_buffer_set_texture(struct wlr_scene_buffer *scene_buffer,
+		struct wlr_texture *texture) {
+	scene_buffer_set_buffer_and_texture(scene_buffer, NULL, texture, NULL);
+}
+
 void wlr_scene_buffer_set_opaque_region(struct wlr_scene_buffer *scene_buffer,
 		const pixman_region32_t *region) {
 	if (pixman_region32_equal(&scene_buffer->opaque_region, region)) {