diff --git a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_format.h b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_format.h
index fd3cf5b3236..b39695a6198 100644
--- a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_format.h
+++ b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_format.h
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ enum pipe_format {
    PIPE_FORMAT_AYUV,
    PIPE_FORMAT_XYUV,
 
+   PIPE_FORMAT_R8_G8B8_420_UNORM,
+
    PIPE_FORMAT_COUNT
 };
 
diff --git a/src/util/format/u_format.csv b/src/util/format/u_format.csv
index 3ed5bb8aaaa..3209b42e1c3 100644
--- a/src/util/format/u_format.csv
+++ b/src/util/format/u_format.csv
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ PIPE_FORMAT_IYUV                  , planar3, 1, 1, 1,     ,     ,     ,     , xy
 PIPE_FORMAT_NV12                  , planar2, 1, 1, 1,     ,     ,     ,     , xyzw, yuv
 PIPE_FORMAT_NV21                  , planar2, 1, 1, 1,     ,     ,     ,     , xyzw, yuv
 
+# RGB version of NV12 for hardware that supports sampling from
+# multiplane textures but needs color-space conversion in the shader.
+PIPE_FORMAT_R8_G8B8_420_UNORM     , planar2, 1, 1, 1,  un8,     ,     ,     , xyzw, rgb
+
 PIPE_FORMAT_Y8_U8_V8_422_UNORM    , planar3, 1, 1, 1,     ,     ,     ,     , xyzw, yuv
 PIPE_FORMAT_Y8_U8V8_422_UNORM     , planar2, 1, 1, 1,     ,     ,     ,     , xyzw, yuv
 PIPE_FORMAT_Y8_U8_V8_444_UNORM    , planar3, 1, 1, 1,     ,     ,     ,     , xyzw, yuv
diff --git a/src/util/format/u_format_table.py b/src/util/format/u_format_table.py
index e3bbe1d27e6..fa681b716f8 100644
--- a/src/util/format/u_format_table.py
+++ b/src/util/format/u_format_table.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def has_access(format):
         'y16_u16_v16_422_unorm',
         'y16_u16v16_422_unorm',
         'y16_u16_v16_444_unorm',
+        'r8_g8b8_420_unorm',
     ]
     if format.short_name() in noaccess_formats:
         return False