diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Texture.cpp b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Texture.cpp
index ff3fd36d26..f33a44de01 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Texture.cpp
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Texture.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ Java_com_google_android_filament_Texture_nIsTextureFormatSupported(JNIEnv*, jcla
             (Texture::InternalFormat) internalFormat);
 }
 
+extern "C" JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+Java_com_google_android_filament_Texture_nIsTextureFormatMipmappable(JNIEnv*, jclass,
+        jlong nativeEngine, jint internalFormat) {
+    Engine *engine = (Engine *) nativeEngine;
+    return (jboolean) Texture::isTextureFormatMipmappable(*engine,
+            (Texture::InternalFormat) internalFormat);
+}
+
 extern "C" JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
 Java_com_google_android_filament_Texture_nIsTextureSwizzleSupported(JNIEnv*, jclass,
         jlong nativeEngine) {
diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Texture.java b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Texture.java
index eaf81adc3c..525ebd423b 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Texture.java
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Texture.java
@@ -653,6 +653,19 @@ public class Texture {
         return nIsTextureFormatSupported(engine.getNativeObject(), format.ordinal());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks whether a given texture format is supported for mipmapping in this {@link Engine}.
+     * This depends on the selected backend.
+     *
+     * @param engine {@link Engine} to test the {@link InternalFormat InternalFormat} against
+     * @param format format to check
+     * @return <code>true</code> if this format is supported for texturing.
+     */
+    public static boolean isTextureFormatMipmappable(@NonNull Engine engine,
+            @NonNull InternalFormat format) {
+        return nIsTextureFormatMipmappable(engine.getNativeObject(), format.ordinal());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks whether texture swizzling is supported in this {@link Engine}.
      * This depends on the selected backend.
@@ -1260,6 +1273,7 @@ public class Texture {
     }
 
     private static native boolean nIsTextureFormatSupported(long nativeEngine, int internalFormat);
+    private static native boolean nIsTextureFormatMipmappable(long nativeEngine, int internalFormat);
     private static native boolean nIsTextureSwizzleSupported(long nativeEngine);
 
     private static native long nCreateBuilder();
diff --git a/filament/include/filament/Texture.h b/filament/include/filament/Texture.h
index 62ab509435..a4a5e5fb81 100644
--- a/filament/include/filament/Texture.h
+++ b/filament/include/filament/Texture.h
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ public:
     /** @return Whether a backend supports a particular format. */
     static bool isTextureFormatSupported(Engine& engine, InternalFormat format) noexcept;
 
+    /** @return Whether a backend supports mipmapping of a particular format. */
+    static bool isTextureFormatMipmappable(Engine& engine, InternalFormat format) noexcept;
+
     /** @return Whether this backend supports protected textures. */
     static bool isProtectedTexturesSupported(Engine& engine) noexcept;
 
diff --git a/filament/src/Texture.cpp b/filament/src/Texture.cpp
index d3f53e8ea9..29d417349e 100644
--- a/filament/src/Texture.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/Texture.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ bool Texture::isTextureFormatSupported(Engine& engine, InternalFormat const form
     return FTexture::isTextureFormatSupported(downcast(engine), format);
 }
 
+bool Texture::isTextureFormatMipmappable(Engine& engine, InternalFormat const format) noexcept {
+    return FTexture::isTextureFormatMipmappable(downcast(engine), format);
+}
+
 bool Texture::isProtectedTexturesSupported(Engine& engine) noexcept {
     return FTexture::isProtectedTexturesSupported(downcast(engine));
 }
diff --git a/filament/src/details/Texture.cpp b/filament/src/details/Texture.cpp
index 4d2675dace..d018f3800f 100644
--- a/filament/src/details/Texture.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/details/Texture.cpp
@@ -658,6 +658,10 @@ bool FTexture::isTextureFormatSupported(FEngine& engine, InternalFormat const fo
     return engine.getDriverApi().isTextureFormatSupported(format);
 }
 
+bool FTexture::isTextureFormatMipmappable(FEngine& engine, InternalFormat const format) noexcept {
+    return engine.getDriverApi().isTextureFormatMipmappable(format);
+}
+
 bool FTexture::isProtectedTexturesSupported(FEngine& engine) noexcept {
     return engine.getDriverApi().isProtectedTexturesSupported();
 }
diff --git a/filament/src/details/Texture.h b/filament/src/details/Texture.h
index ad0064b52c..7e463e7834 100644
--- a/filament/src/details/Texture.h
+++ b/filament/src/details/Texture.h
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ public:
     // Synchronous call to the backend. Returns whether a backend supports a particular format.
     static bool isTextureFormatSupported(FEngine& engine, InternalFormat format) noexcept;
 
+    // Synchronous call to the backend. Returns whether a backend supports mipmapping of a particular format.
+    static bool isTextureFormatMipmappable(FEngine& engine, InternalFormat format) noexcept;
+
     // Synchronous call to the backend. Returns whether a backend supports protected textures.
     static bool isProtectedTexturesSupported(FEngine& engine) noexcept;
 
diff --git a/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp b/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
index 26138d7a7a..9601df46dd 100644
--- a/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
+++ b/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
@@ -1453,6 +1453,7 @@ class_<TextureSampler>("TextureSampler")
 /// Texture ::core class:: 2D image or cubemap that can be sampled by the GPU, possibly mipmapped.
 class_<Texture>("Texture")
     .class_function("Builder", (TexBuilder (*)()) [] { return TexBuilder(); })
+    .class_function("isTextureFormatMipmappable", &Texture::isTextureFormatMipmappable)
     .function("generateMipmaps", &Texture::generateMipmaps)
     .function("_setImage", EMBIND_LAMBDA(void, (Texture* self,
             Engine* engine, uint8_t level, PixelBufferDescriptor pbd), {