diff --git a/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/memory.cpp b/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/memory.cpp
index 1c38597215f..87a9f7a5488 100644
--- a/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/memory.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/memory.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "core/memory.hpp"
 #include "core/resource.hpp"
+#include "util/u_format.h"
 
 using namespace clover;
 
@@ -165,6 +166,11 @@ image::depth() const {
    return _depth;
 }
 
+size_t
+image::pixel_size() const {
+   return util_format_get_blocksize(translate_format(_format));
+}
+
 size_t
 image::row_pitch() const {
    return _row_pitch;
diff --git a/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/memory.hpp b/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/memory.hpp
index 5b179ac8413..6ccf3da58b5 100644
--- a/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/memory.hpp
+++ b/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/memory.hpp
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ namespace clover {
       size_t width() const;
       size_t height() const;
       size_t depth() const;
+      size_t pixel_size() const;
       size_t row_pitch() const;
       size_t slice_pitch() const;