diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Texture.cpp b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Texture.cpp
index f33a44de01..cac8d94d87 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Texture.cpp
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Texture.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ Java_com_google_android_filament_Texture_nIsTextureSwizzleSupported(JNIEnv*, jcl
     return (jboolean) Texture::isTextureSwizzleSupported(*engine);
 }
 
+extern "C" JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+Java_com_google_android_filament_Texture_nValidatePixelFormatAndType(JNIEnv*, jclass,
+        jint internalFormat, jint pixelDataFormat, jint pixelDataType) {
+    return (jboolean) Texture::validatePixelFormatAndType(
+        (Texture::InternalFormat) internalFormat,
+        (Texture::Format) pixelDataFormat,
+        (Texture::Type) pixelDataType
+    );
+}
+
 // Texture::Builder...
 
 extern "C" JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
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 525ebd423b..ce6ea537d3 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
@@ -677,6 +677,20 @@ public class Texture {
         return nIsTextureSwizzleSupported(engine.getNativeObject());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks whether a given combination of texture format, pixel data and type is valid.
+     *
+     * @param internalFormat texture format
+     * @param pixelDataFormat pixel data format
+     * @param pixelDataType pixel data type
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the combination is valid
+     */
+    public static boolean validatePixelFormatAndType(@NonNull InternalFormat internalFormat,
+            @NonNull Format pixelDataFormat, @NonNull Type pixelDataType) {
+        return nValidatePixelFormatAndType(internalFormat.ordinal(), pixelDataFormat.ordinal(),
+                pixelDataType.ordinal());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Use <code>Builder</code> to construct a <code>Texture</code> object instance.
      */
@@ -1276,6 +1290,9 @@ public class Texture {
     private static native boolean nIsTextureFormatMipmappable(long nativeEngine, int internalFormat);
     private static native boolean nIsTextureSwizzleSupported(long nativeEngine);
 
+    private static native boolean nValidatePixelFormatAndType(long internalFormat, long pixelDataFormat,
+            long pixelDataType);
+
     private static native long nCreateBuilder();
     private static native void nDestroyBuilder(long nativeBuilder);
 
diff --git a/filament/include/filament/Texture.h b/filament/include/filament/Texture.h
index a4a5e5fb81..caac008472 100644
--- a/filament/include/filament/Texture.h
+++ b/filament/include/filament/Texture.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ public:
     static size_t computeTextureDataSize(Format format, Type type,
             size_t stride, size_t height, size_t alignment) noexcept;
 
+    /** @return Whether a combination of texture format, pixel format and type is valid. */
+    static bool validatePixelFormatAndType(InternalFormat internalFormat, Format format, Type type) noexcept;
 
     /**
      * Options for environment prefiltering into reflection map
diff --git a/filament/src/Texture.cpp b/filament/src/Texture.cpp
index 29d417349e..02086855a6 100644
--- a/filament/src/Texture.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/Texture.cpp
@@ -104,4 +104,8 @@ void Texture::generatePrefilterMipmap(Engine& engine, PixelBufferDescriptor&& bu
     downcast(this)->generatePrefilterMipmap(downcast(engine), std::move(buffer), faceOffsets, options);
 }
 
+bool Texture::validatePixelFormatAndType(InternalFormat internalFormat, Format format, Type type) noexcept {
+    return FTexture::validatePixelFormatAndType(internalFormat, format, type);
+}
+
 } // namespace filament
diff --git a/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp b/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
index 9601df46dd..aa6e6d890a 100644
--- a/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
+++ b/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ class_<TextureSampler>("TextureSampler")
 class_<Texture>("Texture")
     .class_function("Builder", (TexBuilder (*)()) [] { return TexBuilder(); })
     .class_function("isTextureFormatMipmappable", &Texture::isTextureFormatMipmappable)
+    .class_function("validatePixelFormatAndType", &Texture::validatePixelFormatAndType)
     .function("generateMipmaps", &Texture::generateMipmaps)
     .function("_setImage", EMBIND_LAMBDA(void, (Texture* self,
             Engine* engine, uint8_t level, PixelBufferDescriptor pbd), {