diff --git a/include/gpu/GrTexture.h b/include/gpu/GrTexture.h
index a57ac00..e5c67d6 100644
--- a/include/gpu/GrTexture.h
+++ b/include/gpu/GrTexture.h
@@ -23,34 +23,45 @@
      *
      * @return the width in texels
      */
-    int width() const { return fWidth; }
+    int width() const { return fDesc.fWidth; }
 
     /**
      * Retrieves the height of the texture.
      *
      * @return the height in texels
      */
-    int height() const { return fHeight; }
+    int height() const { return fDesc.fHeight; }
 
     /**
      * Convert from texels to normalized texture coords for POT textures
      * only.
      */
-    GrFixed normalizeFixedX(GrFixed x) const { GrAssert(GrIsPow2(fWidth));
-                                               return x >> fShiftFixedX; }
-    GrFixed normalizeFixedY(GrFixed y) const { GrAssert(GrIsPow2(fHeight));
-                                               return y >> fShiftFixedY; }
+    GrFixed normalizeFixedX(GrFixed x) const { 
+        GrAssert(GrIsPow2(fDesc.fWidth));
+        return x >> fShiftFixedX; 
+    }
+    GrFixed normalizeFixedY(GrFixed y) const { 
+        GrAssert(GrIsPow2(fDesc.fHeight));
+        return y >> fShiftFixedY; 
+    }
 
     /**
      * Retrieves the pixel config specified when the texture was created.
      */
-    GrPixelConfig config() const { return fConfig; }
+    GrPixelConfig config() const { return fDesc.fConfig; }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the descriptor describing the texture
+     */
+    const GrTextureDesc& desc() const { return fDesc; }
 
     /**
      *  Approximate number of bytes used by the texture
      */
     virtual size_t sizeInBytes() const {
-        return (size_t) fWidth * fHeight * GrBytesPerPixel(fConfig);
+        return (size_t) fDesc.fWidth * 
+                        fDesc.fHeight * 
+                        GrBytesPerPixel(fDesc.fConfig);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -112,6 +123,8 @@
 #if GR_DEBUG
     void validate() const {
         this->INHERITED::validate();
+
+        this->validateDesc();
     }
 #else
     void validate() const {}
@@ -122,18 +135,14 @@
                                    // base class cons sets to NULL
                                    // subclass cons can create and set
 
-    GrTexture(GrGpu* gpu,
-              int width,
-              int height,
-              GrPixelConfig config)
+    GrTexture(GrGpu* gpu, const GrTextureDesc& desc)
     : INHERITED(gpu)
     , fRenderTarget(NULL)
-    , fWidth(width)
-    , fHeight(height)
-    , fConfig(config) {
+    , fDesc(desc) {
+
         // only make sense if alloc size is pow2
-        fShiftFixedX = 31 - Gr_clz(fWidth);
-        fShiftFixedY = 31 - Gr_clz(fHeight);
+        fShiftFixedX = 31 - Gr_clz(fDesc.fWidth);
+        fShiftFixedY = 31 - Gr_clz(fDesc.fHeight);
     }
 
     // GrResource overrides
@@ -143,16 +152,15 @@
 
     virtual void onAbandon();
 
+    void validateDesc() const;
+
 private:
-    int fWidth;
-    int fHeight;
+    GrTextureDesc       fDesc;
 
     // these two shift a fixed-point value into normalized coordinates
     // for this texture if the texture is power of two sized.
-    int      fShiftFixedX;
-    int      fShiftFixedY;
-
-    GrPixelConfig fConfig;
+    int                 fShiftFixedX;
+    int                 fShiftFixedY;
 
     typedef GrResource INHERITED;
 };
diff --git a/include/gpu/GrTypes.h b/include/gpu/GrTypes.h
index 0486cbf..ef80142 100644
--- a/include/gpu/GrTypes.h
+++ b/include/gpu/GrTypes.h
@@ -593,13 +593,15 @@
  * count Gr will create an MSAA buffer that resolves into the texture. Gr auto-
  * resolves when it reads from the texture. The client can explictly resolve
  * using the GrRenderTarget interface.
+ *
+ * Note: These flags currently form a subset of GrTexture's flags.
  */
 
 enum GrPlatformTextureFlags {
     /**
      * No flags enabled
      */
-    kNone_GrPlatformTextureFlag              = 0x0,
+    kNone_GrPlatformTextureFlag              = kNone_GrTextureFlags,
     /**
      * Indicates that the texture is also a render target, and thus should have
      * a GrRenderTarget object.
@@ -607,7 +609,7 @@
      * D3D (future): client must have created the texture with flags that allow
      * it to be used as a render target.
      */
-    kRenderTarget_GrPlatformTextureFlag      = 0x1,
+    kRenderTarget_GrPlatformTextureFlag      = kRenderTarget_GrTextureFlagBit,
 };
 GR_MAKE_BITFIELD_OPS(GrPlatformTextureFlags)
 
diff --git a/src/gpu/GrTexture.cpp b/src/gpu/GrTexture.cpp
index c145c71..00ae8d0 100644
--- a/src/gpu/GrTexture.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/GrTexture.cpp
@@ -44,9 +44,15 @@
 void GrTexture::releaseRenderTarget() {
     if (NULL != fRenderTarget) {
         GrAssert(fRenderTarget->asTexture() == this);
+        GrAssert(fDesc.fFlags & kRenderTarget_GrTextureFlagBit);
+
         fRenderTarget->onTextureReleaseRenderTarget();
         fRenderTarget->unref();
         fRenderTarget = NULL;
+
+        fDesc.fFlags = fDesc.fFlags &
+            ~(kRenderTarget_GrTextureFlagBit|kNoStencil_GrTextureFlagBit);
+        fDesc.fSampleCnt = 0;
     }
 }
 
@@ -56,3 +62,21 @@
     }
 }
 
+void GrTexture::validateDesc() const {
+    if (NULL != this->asRenderTarget()) {
+        // This texture has a render target
+        GrAssert(0 != (fDesc.fFlags & kRenderTarget_GrTextureFlagBit));
+
+        if (NULL != this->asRenderTarget()->getStencilBuffer()) {
+            GrAssert(0 != (fDesc.fFlags & kNoStencil_GrTextureFlagBit));
+        } else {
+            GrAssert(0 == (fDesc.fFlags & kNoStencil_GrTextureFlagBit));
+        }
+
+        GrAssert(fDesc.fSampleCnt == this->asRenderTarget()->numSamples());
+    } else {
+        GrAssert(0 == (fDesc.fFlags & kRenderTarget_GrTextureFlagBit));
+        GrAssert(0 == (fDesc.fFlags & kNoStencil_GrTextureFlagBit));
+        GrAssert(0 == fDesc.fSampleCnt);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.cpp b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.cpp
index 3d30610..476d3e7 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.cpp
@@ -50,20 +50,14 @@
 
 GrGLTexture::GrGLTexture(GrGpuGL* gpu,
                          const Desc& textureDesc) 
-    : INHERITED(gpu,
-                textureDesc.fWidth,
-                textureDesc.fHeight,
-                textureDesc.fConfig) {
+    : INHERITED(gpu, textureDesc) {
     this->init(gpu, textureDesc, NULL);
 }
 
 GrGLTexture::GrGLTexture(GrGpuGL* gpu,
                          const Desc& textureDesc,
                          const GrGLRenderTarget::Desc& rtDesc)
-    : INHERITED(gpu,
-                textureDesc.fWidth,
-                textureDesc.fHeight,
-                textureDesc.fConfig) {
+    : INHERITED(gpu, textureDesc) {
     this->init(gpu, textureDesc, &rtDesc);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.h b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.h
index 77e1c32..dd6419e 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.h
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGLTexture.h
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@
         void invalidate() { memset(this, 0xff, sizeof(TexParams)); }
     };
 
-    struct Desc {
-        int             fWidth;
-        int             fHeight;
-        GrPixelConfig   fConfig;
+    struct Desc : public GrTextureDesc {
         GrGLuint        fTextureID;
         bool            fOwnsID;
         Orientation     fOrientation;
diff --git a/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.cpp b/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.cpp
index 004702f..90fb2a6 100644
--- a/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/gl/GrGpuGL.cpp
@@ -557,9 +557,12 @@
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    // next line relies on PlatformTextureDesc's flags matching GrTexture's
+    glTexDesc.fFlags = (GrTextureFlags) desc.fFlags;
     glTexDesc.fWidth = desc.fWidth;
     glTexDesc.fHeight = desc.fHeight;
     glTexDesc.fConfig = desc.fConfig;
+    glTexDesc.fSampleCnt = desc.fSampleCnt;
     glTexDesc.fTextureID = static_cast<GrGLuint>(desc.fTextureHandle);
     glTexDesc.fOwnsID = false;
     glTexDesc.fOrientation = GrGLTexture::kBottomUp_Orientation;
@@ -638,11 +641,13 @@
     this->setSpareTextureUnit();
     GL_CALL(BindTexture(GR_GL_TEXTURE_2D, glTex->textureID()));
     GrGLTexture::Desc desc;
-    desc.fConfig = glTex->config();
+    desc.fFlags = glTex->desc().fFlags;
     desc.fWidth = glTex->width();
     desc.fHeight = glTex->height();
-    desc.fOrientation = glTex->orientation();
+    desc.fConfig = glTex->config();
+    desc.fSampleCnt = glTex->desc().fSampleCnt;
     desc.fTextureID = glTex->textureID();
+    desc.fOrientation = glTex->orientation();
 
     this->uploadTexData(desc, false,
                         left, top, width, height, 
@@ -1002,9 +1007,12 @@
     // Attempt to catch un- or wrongly initialized sample counts;
     GrAssert(desc.fSampleCnt >= 0 && desc.fSampleCnt <= 64);
 
+    glTexDesc.fFlags  = desc.fFlags;
     glTexDesc.fWidth  = desc.fWidth;
     glTexDesc.fHeight = desc.fHeight;
     glTexDesc.fConfig = desc.fConfig;
+    glTexDesc.fSampleCnt = desc.fSampleCnt;
+
     glTexDesc.fOwnsID = true;
 
     glRTDesc.fMSColorRenderbufferID = 0;