diff --git a/src/cairo-gl-surface.c b/src/cairo-gl-surface.c
index a1488ab47..e2ad7e40a 100644
--- a/src/cairo-gl-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-gl-surface.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ slim_hidden_def (cairo_gl_surface_create);
 cairo_surface_t *
 cairo_gl_surface_create_for_texture (cairo_device_t	*abstract_device,
 				     cairo_content_t	 content,
-				     GLuint		 tex,
+				     unsigned int	 tex,
 				     int		 width,
 				     int		 height)
 {
diff --git a/src/cairo-gl.h b/src/cairo-gl.h
index e61c1f8cf..131d1148b 100644
--- a/src/cairo-gl.h
+++ b/src/cairo-gl.h
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ cairo_gl_surface_create (cairo_device_t *device,
 cairo_public cairo_surface_t *
 cairo_gl_surface_create_for_texture (cairo_device_t *abstract_device,
 				     cairo_content_t content,
-				     GLuint tex, int width, int height);
+				     unsigned int tex,
+                                     int width, int height);
 cairo_public void
 cairo_gl_surface_set_size (cairo_surface_t *surface, int width, int height);