diff --git a/src/mesa/main/teximage.c b/src/mesa/main/teximage.c
index e30c000bcee..bb050b1882a 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/teximage.c
+++ b/src/mesa/main/teximage.c
@@ -1781,6 +1781,7 @@ _mesa_target_can_be_compressed(const struct gl_context *ctx, GLenum target,
    case GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_2D:
       return GL_TRUE; /* true for any compressed format so far */
    case GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP:
+   case GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP:
    case GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X:
    case GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_X:
    case GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Y: