diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLInputFormat.cpp b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLInputFormat.cpp
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+//
+//  Created by Sam Gateau on 2016/07/21
+//  Copyright 2013-2016 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#include "GLInputFormat.h"
+#include "GLBackend.h"
+
+using namespace gpu;
+using namespace gpu::gl;
+
+
+GLInputFormat::GLInputFormat() {
+}
+
+GLInputFormat:: ~GLInputFormat() {
+
+}
+
+GLInputFormat* GLInputFormat::sync(const Stream::Format& inputFormat) {
+    GLInputFormat* object = Backend::getGPUObject<GLInputFormat>(inputFormat);
+
+    if (!object) {
+        object = new GLInputFormat();
+        object->key = inputFormat.getKey();
+        Backend::setGPUObject(inputFormat, object);
+    }
+
+    return object;
+}
diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLInputFormat.h b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLInputFormat.h
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+//
+//  Created by Sam Gateau on 2016/07/21
+//  Copyright 2013-2016 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+#ifndef hifi_gpu_gl_GLInputFormat_h
+#define hifi_gpu_gl_GLInputFormat_h
+
+#include "GLShared.h"
+
+namespace gpu {
+namespace gl {
+
+class GLInputFormat : public GPUObject {
+    public:
+        static GLInputFormat* sync(const Stream::Format& inputFormat);
+
+    GLInputFormat();
+    ~GLInputFormat();
+
+    std::string key;
+};
+
+}
+}
+
+#endif