diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Engine.cpp b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Engine.cpp
index e508e4a614..a895e989f0 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Engine.cpp
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Engine.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ extern "C" {
 extern void *getNativeWindow(JNIEnv *env, jclass, jobject surface);
 }
 
+extern "C" JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
+Java_com_google_android_filament_Engine_nGetBackend(JNIEnv* env,
+        jclass klass, jlong nativeEngine) {
+    Engine* engine = (Engine*) nativeEngine;
+    return (jlong) engine->getBackend();
+}
+
 extern "C" JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
 Java_com_google_android_filament_Engine_nCreateSwapChain(JNIEnv* env,
         jclass klass, jlong nativeEngine, jobject surface, jlong flags) {
diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java
index a04e92c4d8..ff603f1ede 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ public class Engine {
         clearNativeObject();
     }
 
+    public Backend getBackend() {
+        return Backend.values()[(int) nGetBackend(getNativeObject())];
+    }
+
     // SwapChain
 
     /**
@@ -279,6 +283,7 @@ public class Engine {
 
     private static native long nCreateEngine(long backend, long sharedContext);
     private static native void nDestroyEngine(long nativeEngine);
+    private static native long nGetBackend(long nativeEngine);
     private static native long nCreateSwapChain(long nativeEngine, Object nativeWindow, long flags);
     private static native long nCreateSwapChainFromRawPointer(long nativeEngine, long pointer, long flags);
     private static native void nDestroySwapChain(long nativeEngine, long nativeSwapChain);
diff --git a/filament/include/filament/Engine.h b/filament/include/filament/Engine.h
index f2f097f9ba..f662e1d861 100644
--- a/filament/include/filament/Engine.h
+++ b/filament/include/filament/Engine.h
@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ public:
      */
     const Material* getDefaultMaterial() const noexcept;
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the resolved backend.
+     */
+    Backend getBackend() const noexcept;
 
     /**
      * Allocate a small amount of memory directly in the command stream. The allocated memory is
diff --git a/filament/src/Engine.cpp b/filament/src/Engine.cpp
index ad27b32866..a075fc505f 100644
--- a/filament/src/Engine.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/Engine.cpp
@@ -817,6 +817,10 @@ const Material* Engine::getDefaultMaterial() const noexcept {
     return upcast(this)->getDefaultMaterial();
 }
 
+Backend Engine::getBackend() const noexcept {
+    return upcast(this)->getBackend();
+}
+
 Renderer* Engine::createRenderer() noexcept {
     return upcast(this)->createRenderer();
 }
diff --git a/libs/gltfio/src/MaterialGenerator.cpp b/libs/gltfio/src/MaterialGenerator.cpp
index c111763f91..1813014a87 100644
--- a/libs/gltfio/src/MaterialGenerator.cpp
+++ b/libs/gltfio/src/MaterialGenerator.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,21 @@ static Material* createMaterial(Engine* engine, const MaterialKey& config, const
             .material(shader.c_str())
             .doubleSided(config.doubleSided);
 
+    switch (engine->getBackend()) {
+        case Engine::Backend::OPENGL:
+            builder.targetApi(MaterialBuilder::TargetApi::OPENGL);
+            break;
+        case Engine::Backend::VULKAN:
+            builder.targetApi(MaterialBuilder::TargetApi::VULKAN);
+            break;
+        case Engine::Backend::METAL:
+            builder.targetApi(MaterialBuilder::TargetApi::METAL);
+            break;
+        default:
+            slog.e << "Unresolved backend, unable to use filamat." << io::endl;
+            return nullptr;
+    }
+
     static_assert(std::tuple_size<UvMap>::value == 8, "Badly sized uvset.");
     int numTextures = std::max({
         uvmap[0], uvmap[1], uvmap[2], uvmap[3],