diff --git a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
index dff73c594f1be8..5673e26f6a4e14 100644
--- a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ function WebGLRenderer( parameters = {} ) {
 
 		}
 
-		if ( capabilities.isWebGL2 && Texture.useSrgbTextures && map && map.isTexture && map.format === RGBAFormat && map.type === UnsignedByteType && map.encoding === sRGBEncoding ) {
+		if ( capabilities.isWebGL2 && Texture.useSrgbTextures && map && map.isTexture && map.format === RGBAFormat && map.type === UnsignedByteType && map.encoding === sRGBEncoding && !map.disableSRGBInternalFormat ) {
 
 			encoding = LinearEncoding; // disable inline decode for sRGB textures in WebGL 2
 
diff --git a/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLTextures.js b/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLTextures.js
index b5efe1ff4aa88f..20f37e4437f079 100644
--- a/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLTextures.js
+++ b/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLTextures.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function WebGLTextures( _gl, extensions, state, properties, capabilities, utils,
 
 	}
 
-	function getInternalFormat( internalFormatName, glFormat, glType, encoding ) {
+	function getInternalFormat( internalFormatName, glFormat, glType, encoding, disableSRGBInternalFormat ) {
 
 		if ( isWebGL2 === false ) return glFormat;
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ function WebGLTextures( _gl, extensions, state, properties, capabilities, utils,
 
 			if ( glType === _gl.FLOAT ) internalFormat = _gl.RGBA32F;
 			if ( glType === _gl.HALF_FLOAT ) internalFormat = _gl.RGBA16F;
-			if ( glType === _gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE ) internalFormat = ( isWebGL2 && Texture.useSrgbTextures && encoding === sRGBEncoding ) ? _gl.SRGB8_ALPHA8 : _gl.RGBA8;
+			if ( glType === _gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE ) internalFormat = ( isWebGL2 && Texture.useSrgbTextures && encoding === sRGBEncoding && !disableSRGBInternalFormat ) ? _gl.SRGB8_ALPHA8 : _gl.RGBA8;
 			if ( glType === _gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4 ) internalFormat = _gl.RGBA4;
 			if ( glType === _gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1 ) internalFormat = _gl.RGB5_A1;
 
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ function WebGLTextures( _gl, extensions, state, properties, capabilities, utils,
 			glFormat = utils.convert( texture.format, texture.encoding );
 
 		let glType = utils.convert( texture.type ),
-			glInternalFormat = getInternalFormat( texture.internalFormat, glFormat, glType, texture.encoding );
+			glInternalFormat = getInternalFormat( texture.internalFormat, glFormat, glType, texture.encoding, texture.disableSRGBInternalFormat );
 
 		setTextureParameters( textureType, texture, supportsMips );
 
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ function WebGLTextures( _gl, extensions, state, properties, capabilities, utils,
 			supportsMips = isPowerOfTwo( image ) || isWebGL2,
 			glFormat = utils.convert( texture.format, texture.encoding ),
 			glType = utils.convert( texture.type ),
-			glInternalFormat = getInternalFormat( texture.internalFormat, glFormat, glType, texture.encoding );
+			glInternalFormat = getInternalFormat( texture.internalFormat, glFormat, glType, texture.encoding, texture.disableSRGBInternalFormat );
 
 		const useTexStorage = ( isWebGL2 && texture.isVideoTexture !== true );
 		const allocateMemory = ( textureProperties.__version === undefined );
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ function WebGLTextures( _gl, extensions, state, properties, capabilities, utils,
 
 		const glFormat = utils.convert( texture.format, texture.encoding );
 		const glType = utils.convert( texture.type );
-		const glInternalFormat = getInternalFormat( texture.internalFormat, glFormat, glType, texture.encoding );
+		const glInternalFormat = getInternalFormat( texture.internalFormat, glFormat, glType, texture.encoding, texture.disableSRGBInternalFormat );
 		const renderTargetProperties = properties.get( renderTarget );
 
 		if ( ! renderTargetProperties.__hasExternalTextures ) {
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ function WebGLTextures( _gl, extensions, state, properties, capabilities, utils,
 
 			const glFormat = utils.convert( texture.format, texture.encoding );
 			const glType = utils.convert( texture.type );
-			const glInternalFormat = getInternalFormat( texture.internalFormat, glFormat, glType, texture.encoding );
+			const glInternalFormat = getInternalFormat( texture.internalFormat, glFormat, glType, texture.encoding, texture.disableSRGBInternalFormat );
 			const samples = getRenderTargetSamples( renderTarget );
 
 			if ( isMultisample && renderTarget.useRenderbuffer ) {
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ function WebGLTextures( _gl, extensions, state, properties, capabilities, utils,
 
 					const glFormat = utils.convert( texture.format, texture.encoding );
 					const glType = utils.convert( texture.type );
-					const glInternalFormat = getInternalFormat( texture.internalFormat, glFormat, glType, texture.encoding );
+					const glInternalFormat = getInternalFormat( texture.internalFormat, glFormat, glType, texture.encoding, texture.disableSRGBInternalFormat );
 					const samples = getRenderTargetSamples( renderTarget );
 					_gl.renderbufferStorageMultisample( _gl.RENDERBUFFER, samples, glInternalFormat, renderTarget.width, renderTarget.height );
 
diff --git a/src/textures/Texture.js b/src/textures/Texture.js
index a3d145ac9be0aa..096919a830566f 100644
--- a/src/textures/Texture.js
+++ b/src/textures/Texture.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Texture extends EventDispatcher {
 
 		this.isRenderTargetTexture = false; // indicates whether a texture belongs to a render target or not
 		this.needsPMREMUpdate = false; // indicates whether this texture should be processed by PMREMGenerator or not (only relevant for render target textures)
-
+		this.disableSRGBInternalFormat = false; // flag for disabling gl-internalFormat of sRGB (relevant for render target textures: prevent unnecessary recompilations of shaders)
 	}
 
 	updateMatrix() {