diff --git a/src/backends/wayland/egl_wayland_backend.cpp b/src/backends/wayland/egl_wayland_backend.cpp
index 51d71546d7..f9a3ec53fa 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/egl_wayland_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/egl_wayland_backend.cpp
@@ -309,6 +309,17 @@ static QVector<EGLint> regionToRects(const QRegion &region, AbstractWaylandOutpu
     return rects;
 }
 
+
+QSharedPointer<KWin::GLTexture> EglWaylandBackend::textureForOutput(KWin::AbstractOutput *output) const
+{
+    QSharedPointer<GLTexture> texture(new GLTexture(GL_RGBA8, output->pixelSize()));
+    GLRenderTarget::pushRenderTarget(m_outputs[output]->renderTarget());
+    GLRenderTarget renderTarget(texture.data());
+    renderTarget.blitFromFramebuffer(QRect(0, texture->height(), texture->width(), -texture->height()));
+    GLRenderTarget::popRenderTarget();
+    return texture;
+}
+
 void EglWaylandBackend::aboutToStartPainting(AbstractOutput *output, const QRegion &damagedRegion)
 {
     Q_ASSERT_X(output, "aboutToStartPainting", "not using per screen rendering");
diff --git a/src/backends/wayland/egl_wayland_backend.h b/src/backends/wayland/egl_wayland_backend.h
index 6496a93dbd..3d04ff1a02 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/egl_wayland_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/egl_wayland_backend.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public:
         return m_havePlatformBase;
     }
 
+    QSharedPointer<KWin::GLTexture> textureForOutput(KWin::AbstractOutput *output) const override;
     void aboutToStartPainting(AbstractOutput *output, const QRegion &damage) override;
 
 private: