diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.cpp
index d3f51ddfd9..cf13b0bcde 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,75 @@ void MarkAllDirty()
   g_preprocess_cp_state.attr_dirty = BitSet32::AllTrue(8);
 }
 
+NativeVertexFormat* GetOrCreateMatchingFormat(const PortableVertexDeclaration& decl)
+{
+  auto iter = s_native_vertex_map.find(decl);
+  if (iter == s_native_vertex_map.end())
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr<NativeVertexFormat> fmt = g_vertex_manager->CreateNativeVertexFormat(decl);
+    auto ipair = s_native_vertex_map.emplace(decl, std::move(fmt));
+    iter = ipair.first;
+  }
+
+  return iter->second.get();
+}
+
+NativeVertexFormat* GetUberVertexFormat(const PortableVertexDeclaration& decl)
+{
+  // The padding in the structs can cause the memcmp() in the map to create duplicates.
+  // Avoid this by initializing the padding to zero.
+  PortableVertexDeclaration new_decl;
+  std::memset(&new_decl, 0, sizeof(new_decl));
+  new_decl.stride = decl.stride;
+
+  auto MakeDummyAttribute = [](AttributeFormat& attr, VarType type, int components, bool integer) {
+    attr.type = type;
+    attr.components = components;
+    attr.offset = 0;
+    attr.enable = true;
+    attr.integer = integer;
+  };
+  auto CopyAttribute = [](AttributeFormat& attr, const AttributeFormat& src) {
+    attr.type = src.type;
+    attr.components = src.components;
+    attr.offset = src.offset;
+    attr.enable = src.enable;
+    attr.integer = src.integer;
+  };
+
+  if (decl.position.enable)
+    CopyAttribute(new_decl.position, decl.position);
+  else
+    MakeDummyAttribute(new_decl.position, VAR_FLOAT, 1, false);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < ArraySize(new_decl.normals); i++)
+  {
+    if (decl.normals[i].enable)
+      CopyAttribute(new_decl.normals[i], decl.normals[i]);
+    else
+      MakeDummyAttribute(new_decl.normals[i], VAR_FLOAT, 1, false);
+  }
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < ArraySize(new_decl.colors); i++)
+  {
+    if (decl.colors[i].enable)
+      CopyAttribute(new_decl.colors[i], decl.colors[i]);
+    else
+      MakeDummyAttribute(new_decl.colors[i], VAR_UNSIGNED_BYTE, 4, false);
+  }
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < ArraySize(new_decl.texcoords); i++)
+  {
+    if (decl.texcoords[i].enable)
+      CopyAttribute(new_decl.texcoords[i], decl.texcoords[i]);
+    else
+      MakeDummyAttribute(new_decl.texcoords[i], VAR_FLOAT, 1, false);
+  }
+  if (decl.posmtx.enable)
+    CopyAttribute(new_decl.posmtx, decl.posmtx);
+  else
+    MakeDummyAttribute(new_decl.posmtx, VAR_UNSIGNED_BYTE, 1, true);
+
+  return GetOrCreateMatchingFormat(new_decl);
+}
+
 static VertexLoaderBase* RefreshLoader(int vtx_attr_group, bool preprocess = false)
 {
   CPState* state = preprocess ? &g_preprocess_cp_state : &g_main_cp_state;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h
index 30ceb41aec..bd280d88db 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ void MarkAllDirty();
 
 NativeVertexFormatMap* GetNativeVertexFormatMap();
 
+// Creates or obtains a pointer to a VertexFormat representing decl.
+// If this results in a VertexFormat being created, if the game later uses a matching vertex
+// declaration, the one that was previously created will be used.
+NativeVertexFormat* GetOrCreateMatchingFormat(const PortableVertexDeclaration& decl);
+
+// For vertex ubershaders, all attributes need to be present, even when the vertex
+// format does not contain them. This function returns a vertex format with dummy
+// offsets set to the unused attributes.
+NativeVertexFormat* GetUberVertexFormat(const PortableVertexDeclaration& decl);
+
 // Returns -1 if buf_size is insufficient, else the amount of bytes consumed
 int RunVertices(int vtx_attr_group, int primitive, int count, DataReader src, bool is_preprocess);