diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp b/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp
index 0ad24c5734..191ff29e5c 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ bool GSDevice11::Create(const std::shared_ptr<GSWnd> &wnd)
 	{
 		{"POSITION", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT, 0, 0, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
 		{"TEXCOORD", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_FLOAT, 0, 16, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
+		{"COLOR", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, 0, 28, D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0},
 	};
 
 	std::vector<char> shader;
diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/res/convert.fx b/plugins/GSdx/res/convert.fx
index 09e04f2e97..47b954adea 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/res/convert.fx
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/res/convert.fx
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ struct VS_INPUT
 {
 	float4 p : POSITION;
 	float2 t : TEXCOORD0;
+	float4 c : COLOR;
 };
 
 struct VS_OUTPUT
 {
 	float4 p : SV_Position;
 	float2 t : TEXCOORD0;
+	float4 c : COLOR;
 };
 
 Texture2D Texture;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ struct PS_INPUT
 {
 	float4 p : SV_Position;
 	float2 t : TEXCOORD0;
+	float4 c : COLOR;
 };
 
 struct PS_OUTPUT
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ VS_OUTPUT vs_main(VS_INPUT input)
 
 	output.p = input.p;
 	output.t = input.t;
+	output.c = input.c;
 
 	return output;
 }