diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 5b07274df5..a5288db5ea 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -953,6 +953,10 @@ source_set("dawn_white_box_tests_sources") {
     }
   }
 
+  if (dawn_enable_d3d12) {
+    sources += [ "src/tests/white_box/D3D12SmallTextureTests.cpp" ]
+  }
+
   if (dawn_enable_opengl) {
     deps += [ ":dawn_glfw" ]
   }
diff --git a/src/dawn_native/d3d12/ResourceAllocatorManagerD3D12.cpp b/src/dawn_native/d3d12/ResourceAllocatorManagerD3D12.cpp
index d1707c95f8..895afe06fd 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/d3d12/ResourceAllocatorManagerD3D12.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn_native/d3d12/ResourceAllocatorManagerD3D12.cpp
@@ -187,17 +187,41 @@ namespace dawn_native { namespace d3d12 {
 
     ResultOrError<ResourceHeapAllocation> ResourceAllocatorManager::CreatePlacedResource(
         D3D12_HEAP_TYPE heapType,
-        const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC& resourceDescriptor,
+        const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC& requestedResourceDescriptor,
         D3D12_RESOURCE_STATES initialUsage) {
-        const size_t resourceHeapKindIndex = GetResourceHeapKind(
-            resourceDescriptor.Dimension, heapType, resourceDescriptor.Flags, mResourceHeapTier);
+        const size_t resourceHeapKindIndex =
+            GetResourceHeapKind(requestedResourceDescriptor.Dimension, heapType,
+                                requestedResourceDescriptor.Flags, mResourceHeapTier);
+
+        // Small resources can take advantage of smaller alignments. For example,
+        // if the most detailed mip can fit under 64KB, 4KB alignments can be used.
+        // Must be non-depth or without render-target to use small resource alignment.
+        //
+        // Note: Only known to be used for small textures; however, MSDN suggests
+        // it could be extended for more cases. If so, this could default to always attempt small
+        // resource placement.
+        // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/d3d12/ns-d3d12-d3d12_resource_desc
+        D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC resourceDescriptor = requestedResourceDescriptor;
+        resourceDescriptor.Alignment =
+            (resourceHeapKindIndex == Default_OnlyNonRenderableOrDepthTextures)
+                ? D3D12_SMALL_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT
+                : requestedResourceDescriptor.Alignment;
+
+        D3D12_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION_INFO resourceInfo =
+            mDevice->GetD3D12Device()->GetResourceAllocationInfo(0, 1, &resourceDescriptor);
+
+        // If the request for small resource alignment was rejected, let D3D tell us what the
+        // required alignment is for this resource.
+        if (resourceHeapKindIndex == Default_OnlyNonRenderableOrDepthTextures &&
+            resourceInfo.Alignment != D3D12_SMALL_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT) {
+            resourceDescriptor.Alignment = 0;
+            resourceInfo =
+                mDevice->GetD3D12Device()->GetResourceAllocationInfo(0, 1, &resourceDescriptor);
+        }
 
         BuddyMemoryAllocator* allocator =
             mSubAllocatedResourceAllocators[resourceHeapKindIndex].get();
 
-        const D3D12_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION_INFO resourceInfo =
-            mDevice->GetD3D12Device()->GetResourceAllocationInfo(0, 1, &resourceDescriptor);
-
         ResourceMemoryAllocation allocation;
         DAWN_TRY_ASSIGN(allocation,
                         allocator->Allocate(resourceInfo.SizeInBytes, resourceInfo.Alignment));
diff --git a/src/dawn_native/d3d12/ResourceAllocatorManagerD3D12.h b/src/dawn_native/d3d12/ResourceAllocatorManagerD3D12.h
index d6a3bab860..b60a024b27 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/d3d12/ResourceAllocatorManagerD3D12.h
+++ b/src/dawn_native/d3d12/ResourceAllocatorManagerD3D12.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace dawn_native { namespace d3d12 {
 
         ResultOrError<ResourceHeapAllocation> CreatePlacedResource(
             D3D12_HEAP_TYPE heapType,
-            const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC& resourceDescriptor,
+            const D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC& requestedResourceDescriptor,
             D3D12_RESOURCE_STATES initialUsage);
 
         ResultOrError<ResourceHeapAllocation> CreateCommittedResource(
diff --git a/src/tests/white_box/D3D12SmallTextureTests.cpp b/src/tests/white_box/D3D12SmallTextureTests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83faa6351d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/white_box/D3D12SmallTextureTests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Dawn Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "tests/DawnTest.h"
+
+#include "dawn_native/d3d12/TextureD3D12.h"
+
+using namespace dawn_native::d3d12;
+
+class D3D12SmallTextureTests : public DawnTest {
+  protected:
+    std::vector<const char*> GetRequiredExtensions() override {
+        mIsBCFormatSupported = SupportsExtensions({"texture_compression_bc"});
+        if (!mIsBCFormatSupported) {
+            return {};
+        }
+
+        return {"texture_compression_bc"};
+    }
+
+    bool IsBCFormatSupported() const {
+        return mIsBCFormatSupported;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    bool mIsBCFormatSupported = false;
+};
+
+// Verify that creating a small compressed textures will be 4KB aligned.
+TEST_P(D3D12SmallTextureTests, AlignSmallCompressedTexture) {
+    DAWN_SKIP_TEST_IF(UsesWire());
+    DAWN_SKIP_TEST_IF(!IsBCFormatSupported());
+    DAWN_SKIP_TEST_IF(IsIntel());
+
+    wgpu::TextureDescriptor descriptor;
+    descriptor.dimension = wgpu::TextureDimension::e2D;
+    descriptor.size.width = 8;
+    descriptor.size.height = 8;
+    descriptor.size.depth = 1;
+    descriptor.arrayLayerCount = 1;
+    descriptor.sampleCount = 1;
+    descriptor.format = wgpu::TextureFormat::BC1RGBAUnorm;
+    descriptor.mipLevelCount = 1;
+    descriptor.usage = wgpu::TextureUsage::Sampled;
+
+    // Create a smaller one that allows use of the smaller alignment.
+    wgpu::Texture texture = device.CreateTexture(&descriptor);
+    Texture* d3dTexture = reinterpret_cast<Texture*>(texture.Get());
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(d3dTexture->GetD3D12Resource()->GetDesc().Alignment,
+              static_cast<uint64_t>(D3D12_SMALL_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT));
+
+    // Create a larger one (>64KB) that forbids use the smaller alignment.
+    descriptor.size.width = 4096;
+    descriptor.size.height = 4096;
+
+    texture = device.CreateTexture(&descriptor);
+    d3dTexture = reinterpret_cast<Texture*>(texture.Get());
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(d3dTexture->GetD3D12Resource()->GetDesc().Alignment,
+              static_cast<uint64_t>(D3D12_DEFAULT_RESOURCE_PLACEMENT_ALIGNMENT));
+}
+
+DAWN_INSTANTIATE_TEST(D3D12SmallTextureTests, D3D12Backend);
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