diff --git a/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11utils.c b/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11utils.c
index 32a7018289..7d33048d1f 100644
--- a/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11utils.c
+++ b/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11utils.c
@@ -342,6 +342,27 @@ gst_d3d11_is_windows_8_or_greater (void)
   return ret;
 }
 
+gboolean
+gst_d3d11_is_xbox_device (GstD3D11Device * device)
+{
+  guint device_id = 0;
+  guint vendor_id = 0;
+  gchar *desc = NULL;
+  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_D3D11_DEVICE (device), FALSE);
+
+  g_object_get (device, "device-id", &device_id, "vendor-id", &vendor_id,
+      "description", &desc, NULL);
+
+  if (device_id == 0 && vendor_id == 0 && desc && g_strrstr (desc, "SraKmd"))
+    ret = TRUE;
+
+  g_free (desc);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
 static gchar *
 gst_d3d11_hres_to_string (HRESULT hr)
 {
diff --git a/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11utils.h b/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11utils.h
index eb02945a89..ab3618f3c9 100644
--- a/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11utils.h
+++ b/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11utils.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ gboolean        gst_d3d11_ensure_element_data       (GstElement * element,
 
 gboolean        gst_d3d11_is_windows_8_or_greater   (void);
 
+gboolean        gst_d3d11_is_xbox_device            (GstD3D11Device * device);
+
 gboolean       _gst_d3d11_result                    (HRESULT hr,
                                                      GstD3D11Device * device,
                                                      GstDebugCategory * cat,