diff --git a/include/nbl/system/CColoredStdoutLoggerWin32.h b/include/nbl/system/CColoredStdoutLoggerWin32.h
index 6f3bbd1eb..f6a9be188 100644
--- a/include/nbl/system/CColoredStdoutLoggerWin32.h
+++ b/include/nbl/system/CColoredStdoutLoggerWin32.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class NBL_API2 CColoredStdoutLoggerWin32 : public IThreadsafeLogger
 {
 		void* m_native_console;
 
+	protected:
 		void threadsafeLog_impl(const std::string_view& fmt, E_LOG_LEVEL logLevel, va_list args) override;
 
 		inline int getConsoleColor(E_LOG_LEVEL level)
diff --git a/include/nbl/video/ILogicalDevice.h b/include/nbl/video/ILogicalDevice.h
index 276ed7450..62dfe67e9 100644
--- a/include/nbl/video/ILogicalDevice.h
+++ b/include/nbl/video/ILogicalDevice.h
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class NBL_API2 ILogicalDevice : public core::IReferenceCounted, public IDeviceMe
         };
 
 
+        virtual IDeviceMemoryBacked::SDeviceMemoryRequirements getMemoryRequirementsForBuffer(const IGPUBuffer*) const = 0;
+        virtual IDeviceMemoryBacked::SDeviceMemoryRequirements getMemoryRequirementsForImage(const IGPUImage*) const = 0;
+
         //! Basic getters
         inline const IPhysicalDevice* getPhysicalDevice() const { return m_physicalDevice; }
 
diff --git a/src/nbl/video/CVulkanLogicalDevice.cpp b/src/nbl/video/CVulkanLogicalDevice.cpp
index cc96eb6e5..203910ec9 100644
--- a/src/nbl/video/CVulkanLogicalDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/nbl/video/CVulkanLogicalDevice.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,42 @@ m_vkdev(vkdev), m_devf(vkdev), m_deferred_op_mempool(NODES_PER_BLOCK_DEFERRED_OP
     }
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+static IDeviceMemoryBacked::SDeviceMemoryRequirements getMemoryRequirements_impl(const CVulkanLogicalDevice* device, const T* resource)
+{
+    constexpr bool IsImage = std::is_same_v<CVulkanImage, T>;
+
+    const std::conditional_t<IsImage, VkImageMemoryRequirementsInfo2, VkBufferMemoryRequirementsInfo2> vk_memoryRequirementsInfo = {
+        IsImage ? VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS_INFO_2 : VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS_INFO_2,nullptr,resource->getInternalObject()
+    };
+
+    VkMemoryDedicatedRequirements vk_dedicatedMemoryRequirements = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_DEDICATED_REQUIREMENTS,nullptr };
+    VkMemoryRequirements2 vk_memoryRequirements = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS_2,&vk_dedicatedMemoryRequirements };
+    const auto& vk = device->getFunctionTable()->vk;
+    if constexpr (IsImage)
+        vk.vkGetImageMemoryRequirements2(device->getInternalObject(), &vk_memoryRequirementsInfo, &vk_memoryRequirements);
+    else
+        vk.vkGetBufferMemoryRequirements2(device->getInternalObject(), &vk_memoryRequirementsInfo, &vk_memoryRequirements);
+
+    IDeviceMemoryBacked::SDeviceMemoryRequirements memoryReqs = {};
+    memoryReqs.size = vk_memoryRequirements.memoryRequirements.size;
+    memoryReqs.memoryTypeBits = vk_memoryRequirements.memoryRequirements.memoryTypeBits;
+    memoryReqs.alignmentLog2 = std::log2(vk_memoryRequirements.memoryRequirements.alignment);
+    memoryReqs.prefersDedicatedAllocation = vk_dedicatedMemoryRequirements.prefersDedicatedAllocation;
+    memoryReqs.requiresDedicatedAllocation = vk_dedicatedMemoryRequirements.requiresDedicatedAllocation;
+    return memoryReqs;
+}
+
+IDeviceMemoryBacked::SDeviceMemoryRequirements CVulkanLogicalDevice::getMemoryRequirementsForBuffer(const IGPUBuffer* buf) const
+{
+    return getMemoryRequirements_impl(this, static_cast<const CVulkanBuffer*>(buf));
+}
+
+IDeviceMemoryBacked::SDeviceMemoryRequirements CVulkanLogicalDevice::getMemoryRequirementsForImage(const IGPUImage* img) const
+{
+    return getMemoryRequirements_impl(this, static_cast<const CVulkanImage*>(img));
+}
+
 
 core::smart_refctd_ptr<ISemaphore> CVulkanLogicalDevice::createSemaphore(const uint64_t initialValue)
 {
diff --git a/src/nbl/video/CVulkanLogicalDevice.h b/src/nbl/video/CVulkanLogicalDevice.h
index 410efe5d8..c8030cae6 100644
--- a/src/nbl/video/CVulkanLogicalDevice.h
+++ b/src/nbl/video/CVulkanLogicalDevice.h
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class CVulkanLogicalDevice final : public ILogicalDevice
         
         CVulkanLogicalDevice(core::smart_refctd_ptr<const IAPIConnection>&& api, renderdoc_api_t* const rdoc, const IPhysicalDevice* const physicalDevice, const VkDevice vkdev, const SCreationParams& params);
 
+        IDeviceMemoryBacked::SDeviceMemoryRequirements getMemoryRequirementsForBuffer(const IGPUBuffer*) const override;
+        IDeviceMemoryBacked::SDeviceMemoryRequirements getMemoryRequirementsForImage(const IGPUImage*) const override;
+
         // sync stuff
         core::smart_refctd_ptr<ISemaphore> createSemaphore(const uint64_t initialValue) override;
         ISemaphore::WAIT_RESULT waitForSemaphores(const std::span<const ISemaphore::SWaitInfo> infos, const bool waitAll, const uint64_t timeout) override;