diff --git a/dlls/d3d8/texture.c b/dlls/d3d8/texture.c
index c87061279fc..23882675f68 100644
--- a/dlls/d3d8/texture.c
+++ b/dlls/d3d8/texture.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,7 @@ HRESULT texture_init(struct d3d8_texture *texture, struct d3d8_device *device,
     desc.multisample_type = WINED3D_MULTISAMPLE_NONE;
     desc.multisample_quality = 0;
     desc.usage = usage & WINED3DUSAGE_MASK;
+    desc.usage |= WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE;
     desc.pool = pool;
     desc.width = width;
     desc.height = height;
@@ -1237,6 +1238,7 @@ HRESULT cubetexture_init(struct d3d8_texture *texture, struct d3d8_device *devic
     desc.multisample_type = WINED3D_MULTISAMPLE_NONE;
     desc.multisample_quality = 0;
     desc.usage = usage & WINED3DUSAGE_MASK;
+    desc.usage |= WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE;
     desc.pool = pool;
     desc.width = edge_length;
     desc.height = edge_length;
@@ -1276,6 +1278,7 @@ HRESULT volumetexture_init(struct d3d8_texture *texture, struct d3d8_device *dev
     desc.multisample_type = WINED3D_MULTISAMPLE_NONE;
     desc.multisample_quality = 0;
     desc.usage = usage & WINED3DUSAGE_MASK;
+    desc.usage |= WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE;
     desc.pool = pool;
     desc.width = width;
     desc.height = height;
diff --git a/dlls/d3d9/texture.c b/dlls/d3d9/texture.c
index 7b46e6f5bec..ad482057408 100644
--- a/dlls/d3d9/texture.c
+++ b/dlls/d3d9/texture.c
@@ -1321,6 +1321,7 @@ HRESULT texture_init(struct d3d9_texture *texture, struct d3d9_device *device,
     desc.multisample_type = WINED3D_MULTISAMPLE_NONE;
     desc.multisample_quality = 0;
     desc.usage = usage & WINED3DUSAGE_MASK;
+    desc.usage |= WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE;
     desc.pool = pool;
     desc.width = width;
     desc.height = height;
@@ -1361,6 +1362,7 @@ HRESULT cubetexture_init(struct d3d9_texture *texture, struct d3d9_device *devic
     desc.multisample_type = WINED3D_MULTISAMPLE_NONE;
     desc.multisample_quality = 0;
     desc.usage = usage & WINED3DUSAGE_MASK;
+    desc.usage |= WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE;
     desc.pool = pool;
     desc.width = edge_length;
     desc.height = edge_length;
@@ -1400,6 +1402,7 @@ HRESULT volumetexture_init(struct d3d9_texture *texture, struct d3d9_device *dev
     desc.multisample_type = WINED3D_MULTISAMPLE_NONE;
     desc.multisample_quality = 0;
     desc.usage = usage & WINED3DUSAGE_MASK;
+    desc.usage |= WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE;
     desc.pool = pool;
     desc.width = width;
     desc.height = height;
diff --git a/dlls/ddraw/surface.c b/dlls/ddraw/surface.c
index b7136e1646b..8627a8442ef 100644
--- a/dlls/ddraw/surface.c
+++ b/dlls/ddraw/surface.c
@@ -5608,16 +5608,27 @@ HRESULT ddraw_surface_create_texture(struct ddraw_surface *surface, DWORD surfac
         layers = 1;
 
     if (desc->ddsCaps.dwCaps2 & DDSCAPS2_TEXTUREMANAGE)
+    {
+        wined3d_desc.usage = WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE;
         pool = WINED3D_POOL_MANAGED;
+    }
     else if (desc->ddsCaps.dwCaps & DDSCAPS_SYSTEMMEMORY)
+    {
+        /* ddraw does not enforce format support restrictions on system memory
+         * textures. Don't set the texture flag, the texture can't be used for
+         * texturing anyway. */
+        wined3d_desc.usage = 0;
         pool = WINED3D_POOL_SYSTEM_MEM;
+    }
     else
+    {
+        wined3d_desc.usage = WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE;
         pool = WINED3D_POOL_DEFAULT;
+    }
 
     wined3d_desc.format = wined3dformat_from_ddrawformat(&surface->surface_desc.u4.ddpfPixelFormat);
     wined3d_desc.multisample_type = WINED3D_MULTISAMPLE_NONE;
     wined3d_desc.multisample_quality = 0;
-    wined3d_desc.usage = 0;
     wined3d_desc.pool = pool;
     wined3d_desc.width = desc->dwWidth;
     wined3d_desc.height = desc->dwHeight;
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/resource.c b/dlls/wined3d/resource.c
index e97af4846ba..a677d00cd80 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/resource.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/resource.c
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ static void resource_check_usage(DWORD usage)
             | WINED3DUSAGE_DYNAMIC
             | WINED3DUSAGE_AUTOGENMIPMAP
             | WINED3DUSAGE_STATICDECL
-            | WINED3DUSAGE_OVERLAY;
+            | WINED3DUSAGE_OVERLAY
+            | WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE;
 
     if (usage & ~handled)
         FIXME("Unhandled usage flags %#x.\n", usage & ~handled);
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ HRESULT resource_init(struct wined3d_resource *resource, struct wined3d_device *
             return WINED3DERR_INVALIDCALL;
         if ((usage & WINED3DUSAGE_DEPTHSTENCIL) && !(format->flags & (WINED3DFMT_FLAG_DEPTH | WINED3DFMT_FLAG_STENCIL)))
             return WINED3DERR_INVALIDCALL;
+        if ((usage & WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE) && !(format->flags & WINED3DFMT_FLAG_TEXTURE))
+            return WINED3DERR_INVALIDCALL;
     }
 
     resource->ref = 1;
diff --git a/include/wine/wined3d.h b/include/wine/wined3d.h
index bf4b39209ca..423af914138 100644
--- a/include/wine/wined3d.h
+++ b/include/wine/wined3d.h
@@ -824,6 +824,7 @@ enum wined3d_display_rotation
 #define WINED3DUSAGE_AUTOGENMIPMAP                              0x00000400
 #define WINED3DUSAGE_DMAP                                       0x00004000
 #define WINED3DUSAGE_MASK                                       0x00004fff
+#define WINED3DUSAGE_TEXTURE                                    0x10000000
 #define WINED3DUSAGE_OWNDC                                      0x20000000
 #define WINED3DUSAGE_STATICDECL                                 0x40000000
 #define WINED3DUSAGE_OVERLAY                                    0x80000000