diff --git a/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.cxx b/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.cxx
index 422cfe6390..639e13a54a 100644
--- a/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/glstuff/glGraphicsStateGuardian_src.cxx
@@ -284,12 +284,14 @@ fix_component_ordering(PTA_uchar &new_image,
   case GL_RGB:
     switch (tex->get_component_type()) {
     case Texture::T_unsigned_byte:
+    case Texture::T_byte:
       new_image = PTA_uchar::empty_array(orig_image_size);
       uchar_bgr_to_rgb(new_image, orig_image, orig_image_size / 3);
       result = new_image;
       break;
 
     case Texture::T_unsigned_short:
+    case Texture::T_short:
       new_image = PTA_uchar::empty_array(orig_image_size);
       ushort_bgr_to_rgb((unsigned short *)new_image.p(),
                         (const unsigned short *)orig_image,
@@ -305,12 +307,14 @@ fix_component_ordering(PTA_uchar &new_image,
   case GL_RGBA:
     switch (tex->get_component_type()) {
     case Texture::T_unsigned_byte:
+    case Texture::T_byte:
       new_image = PTA_uchar::empty_array(orig_image_size);
       uchar_bgra_to_rgba(new_image, orig_image, orig_image_size / 4);
       result = new_image;
       break;
 
     case Texture::T_unsigned_short:
+    case Texture::T_short:
       new_image = PTA_uchar::empty_array(orig_image_size);
       ushort_bgra_to_rgba((unsigned short *)new_image.p(),
                           (const unsigned short *)orig_image,
@@ -7808,6 +7812,10 @@ get_component_type(Texture::ComponentType component_type) {
 #ifndef OPENGLES_1
     return GL_INT;
 #endif
+  case Texture::T_byte:
+    return GL_BYTE;
+  case Texture::T_short:
+    return GL_SHORT;
   default:
     GLCAT.error() << "Invalid Texture::Type value!\n";
     return GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE;
@@ -8432,6 +8440,10 @@ get_internal_image_format(Texture *tex, bool force_sized) const {
 #ifndef OPENGLES
     if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_unsigned_short) {
       return GL_RGBA16;
+    } else if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_short) {
+      return GL_RGBA16_SNORM;
+    } else if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_byte) {
+      return GL_RGBA8_SNORM;
     } else
 #endif
     {
@@ -8448,27 +8460,32 @@ get_internal_image_format(Texture *tex, bool force_sized) const {
     return force_sized ? GL_RGBA8 : GL_RGBA;
 #else
   case Texture::F_rgba8:
-    return GL_RGBA8;
+    if (Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
+      return GL_RGBA8;
+    } else {
+      return GL_RGBA8_SNORM;
+    }
+
   case Texture::F_r8i:
-    if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_unsigned_byte) {
+    if (Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
       return GL_R8UI;
     } else {
       return GL_R8I;
     }
   case Texture::F_rg8i:
-    if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_unsigned_byte) {
+    if (Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
       return GL_RG8UI;
     } else {
       return GL_RG8I;
     }
   case Texture::F_rgb8i:
-    if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_unsigned_byte) {
+    if (Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
       return GL_RGB8UI;
     } else {
       return GL_RGB8I;
     }
   case Texture::F_rgba8i:
-    if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_unsigned_byte) {
+    if (Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
       return GL_RGBA8UI;
     } else {
       return GL_RGBA8I;
@@ -8480,17 +8497,24 @@ get_internal_image_format(Texture *tex, bool force_sized) const {
   case Texture::F_rgba16:
     if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_float) {
       return GL_RGBA16F;
-    } else {
+    } else if (Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
       return GL_RGBA16;
+    } else {
+      return GL_RGBA16_SNORM;
     }
   case Texture::F_rgba32:
     return GL_RGBA32F;
 #endif  // OPENGLES
 
   case Texture::F_rgb:
-    if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_float) {
-      return GL_RGB16F;
-    } else {
+    switch (tex->get_component_type()) {
+    case Texture::T_float: return GL_RGB16F;
+#ifndef OPENGLES
+    case Texture::T_unsigned_short: return GL_RGB16;
+    case Texture::T_short: return GL_RGB16_SNORM;
+    case Texture::T_byte: return GL_RGB8_SNORM;
+#endif
+    default:
       return force_sized ? GL_RGB8 : GL_RGB;
     }
 
@@ -8513,14 +8537,20 @@ get_internal_image_format(Texture *tex, bool force_sized) const {
     return GL_RGB16F;
 #else
   case Texture::F_rgb8:
-    return GL_RGB8;
+    if (Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
+      return GL_RGB8;
+    } else {
+      return GL_RGB8_SNORM;
+    }
   case Texture::F_rgb12:
     return GL_RGB12;
   case Texture::F_rgb16:
     if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_float) {
       return GL_RGB16F;
-    } else {
+    } else if (Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
       return GL_RGB16;
+    } else {
+      return GL_RGB16_SNORM;
     }
 #endif  // OPENGLES
   case Texture::F_rgb32:
@@ -8540,14 +8570,18 @@ get_internal_image_format(Texture *tex, bool force_sized) const {
   case Texture::F_r16:
     if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_float) {
       return GL_R16F;
-    } else {
+    } else if (Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
       return GL_R16;
+    } else {
+      return GL_R16_SNORM;
     }
   case Texture::F_rg16:
     if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_float) {
       return GL_RG16F;
-    } else {
+    } else if (Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
       return GL_RG16;
+    } else {
+      return GL_RG16_SNORM;
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -8560,7 +8594,14 @@ get_internal_image_format(Texture *tex, bool force_sized) const {
   case Texture::F_red:
   case Texture::F_green:
   case Texture::F_blue:
-    return force_sized ? GL_R8 : GL_RED;
+#ifndef OPENGLES
+    if (!Texture::is_unsigned(tex->get_component_type())) {
+      return GL_R8_SNORM;
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
+      return force_sized ? GL_R8 : GL_RED;
+    }
 #endif
 
   case Texture::F_alpha:
@@ -8574,6 +8615,8 @@ get_internal_image_format(Texture *tex, bool force_sized) const {
 #ifndef OPENGLES
     if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_float) {
       return GL_LUMINANCE16F_ARB;
+    } else if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_short) {
+      return GL_LUMINANCE16_SNORM;
     } else if (tex->get_component_type() == Texture::T_unsigned_short) {
       return GL_LUMINANCE16;
     } else
@@ -12117,15 +12160,19 @@ do_extract_texture_data(CLP(TextureContext) *gtc) {
     break;
 
   case GL_R8I:
+    type = Texture::T_byte;
     format = Texture::F_r8i;
     break;
   case GL_RG8I:
+    type = Texture::T_byte;
     format = Texture::F_rg8i;
     break;
   case GL_RGB8I:
+    type = Texture::T_byte;
     format = Texture::F_rgb8i;
     break;
   case GL_RGBA8I:
+    type = Texture::T_byte;
     format = Texture::F_rgba8i;
     break;
 
@@ -12195,6 +12242,19 @@ do_extract_texture_data(CLP(TextureContext) *gtc) {
     type = Texture::T_unsigned_short;
     format = Texture::F_r16;
     break;
+
+  case GL_RGB16_SNORM:
+    type = Texture::T_short;
+    format = Texture::F_rgb16;
+    break;
+  case GL_RG16_SNORM:
+    type = Texture::T_short;
+    format = Texture::F_rg16;
+    break;
+  case GL_R16_SNORM:
+    type = Texture::T_short;
+    format = Texture::F_r16;
+    break;
 #endif
 
 #ifndef OPENGLES
diff --git a/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx b/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx
index 5f54059fbb..b26c4ebca9 100644
--- a/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx
@@ -1552,10 +1552,12 @@ write(ostream &out, int indent_level) const {
 
   switch (cdata->_component_type) {
   case T_unsigned_byte:
+  case T_byte:
     out << " bytes";
     break;
 
   case T_unsigned_short:
+  case T_short:
     out << " shorts";
     break;
 
@@ -2001,6 +2003,10 @@ format_component_type(ComponentType ct) {
     return "unsigned_int_24_8";
   case T_int:
     return "int";
+  case T_byte:
+    return "unsigned_byte";
+  case T_short:
+    return "short";
   }
 
   return "**invalid**";
@@ -2024,6 +2030,10 @@ string_component_type(const string &str) {
     return T_unsigned_int_24_8;
   } else if (cmp_nocase(str, "int") == 0) {
     return T_int;
+  } else if (cmp_nocase(str, "byte") == 0) {
+    return T_byte;
+  } else if (cmp_nocase(str, "short") == 0) {
+    return T_short;
   }
 
   gobj_cat->error()
@@ -2411,6 +2421,19 @@ make_texture() {
   return new Texture;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//     Function: Texture::is_unsigned
+//       Access: Public, Static
+//  Description: Returns true if the indicated component type is
+//               unsigned, false otherwise.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+bool Texture::
+is_unsigned(Texture::ComponentType ctype) {
+  return (ctype == T_unsigned_byte ||
+          ctype == T_unsigned_short ||
+          ctype == T_unsigned_int_24_8);
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: Texture::is_specific
 //       Access: Public, Static
@@ -4525,6 +4548,48 @@ do_get_clear_data(const CData *cdata, unsigned char *into) const {
       }
       break;
     }
+
+  case T_byte:
+    {
+      LColor scaled = cdata->_clear_color.fmin(LColor(1)).fmax(LColor(-1));
+      scaled *= 127;
+      switch (cdata->_num_components) {
+      case 2:
+        into[1] = (char)scaled[1];
+      case 1:
+        into[0] = (char)scaled[0];
+        break;
+      case 4:
+        into[3] = (char)scaled[3];
+      case 3: // BGR <-> RGB
+        into[0] = (char)scaled[2];
+        into[1] = (char)scaled[1];
+        into[2] = (char)scaled[0];
+        break;
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+
+  case T_short:
+    {
+      LColor scaled = cdata->_clear_color.fmin(LColor(1)).fmax(LColor(-1));
+      scaled *= 32767;
+      switch (cdata->_num_components) {
+      case 2:
+        ((short *)into)[1] = (short)scaled[1];
+      case 1:
+        ((short *)into)[0] = (short)scaled[0];
+        break;
+      case 4:
+        ((short *)into)[3] = (short)scaled[3];
+      case 3: // BGR <-> RGB
+        ((short *)into)[0] = (short)scaled[2];
+        ((short *)into)[1] = (short)scaled[1];
+        ((short *)into)[2] = (short)scaled[0];
+        break;
+      }
+      break;
+    }
   }
 
   return cdata->_num_components * cdata->_component_width;
@@ -5222,10 +5287,12 @@ do_set_component_type(CData *cdata, Texture::ComponentType component_type) {
 
   switch (component_type) {
   case T_unsigned_byte:
+  case T_byte:
     cdata->_component_width = 1;
     break;
 
   case T_unsigned_short:
+  case T_short:
     cdata->_component_width = 2;
     break;
 
diff --git a/panda/src/gobj/texture.h b/panda/src/gobj/texture.h
index fff5770693..3ab9d33f02 100644
--- a/panda/src/gobj/texture.h
+++ b/panda/src/gobj/texture.h
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ PUBLISHED:
     T_float,
     T_unsigned_int_24_8,  // Packed
     T_int,
+    T_byte,
+    T_short,
   };
 
   enum Format {
@@ -527,6 +529,7 @@ public:
   static PT(Texture) make_texture();
 
 public:
+  static bool is_unsigned(ComponentType ctype);
   static bool is_specific(CompressionMode compression);
   static bool has_alpha(Format format);
   static bool has_binary_alpha(Format format);