diff --git a/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFExporter.ts b/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFExporter.ts
index c704b198b910..82a45cabe062 100644
--- a/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFExporter.ts
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ export class _Exporter {
 
     private static _ExtensionNames = new Array<string>();
     private static _ExtensionFactories: { [name: string]: (exporter: _Exporter) => IGLTFExporterExtensionV2 } = {};
+    private _exportMimeType: ImageMimeType;
 
     private _applyExtension<T>(
         node: Nullable<T>,
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ export class _Exporter {
         this._orderedImageData = [];
         this._options = options || {};
         this._animationSampleRate = options && options.animationSampleRate ? options.animationSampleRate : 1 / 60;
+        this._exportMimeType = options && options.mimetype ? options.mimetype : ImageMimeType.PNG;
         this._includeCoordinateSystemConversionNodes = options && options.includeCoordinateSystemConversionNodes ? true : false;
 
         this._glTFMaterialExporter = new _GLTFMaterialExporter(this);
@@ -1973,7 +1975,7 @@ export class _Exporter {
         });
 
         const [exportNodes, exportMaterials] = this._getExportNodes(nodes);
-        return this._glTFMaterialExporter._convertMaterialsToGLTFAsync(exportMaterials, ImageMimeType.PNG, true).then(() => {
+        return this._glTFMaterialExporter._convertMaterialsToGLTFAsync(exportMaterials, this._exportMimeType, true).then(() => {
             return this._createNodeMapAndAnimationsAsync(babylonScene, exportNodes, binaryWriter).then((nodeMap) => {
                 return this._createSkinsAsync(babylonScene, nodeMap, binaryWriter).then((skinMap) => {
                     this._nodeMap = nodeMap;
diff --git a/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFMaterialExporter.ts b/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFMaterialExporter.ts
index fcfb15c4f720..0120730d7fb5 100644
--- a/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFMaterialExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFMaterialExporter.ts
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ export class _GLTFMaterialExporter {
         }
 
         imageData[textureName] = imageValues;
-        if (mimeType === ImageMimeType.JPEG || mimeType === ImageMimeType.PNG) {
+        if (mimeType === ImageMimeType.JPEG || mimeType === ImageMimeType.PNG  || mimeType === ImageMimeType.WEBP) {
             const glTFImage: IImage = {
                 name: baseTextureName,
                 uri: textureName,
diff --git a/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFSerializer.ts b/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFSerializer.ts
index 839dd9aa736e..5189f4749390 100644
--- a/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFSerializer.ts
+++ b/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFSerializer.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { ImageMimeType } from "babylonjs-gltf2interface";
 import type { Node } from "core/node";
 import type { Scene } from "core/scene";
 import type { GLTFData } from "./glTFData";
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ export interface IExportOptions {
      * Indicates if coordinate system swapping root nodes should be included in export
      */
     includeCoordinateSystemConversionNodes?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates the desired export mimetype. Default is png.
+     */
+    mimetype?: ImageMimeType;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/public/glTF2Interface/babylon.glTF2Interface.d.ts b/packages/public/glTF2Interface/babylon.glTF2Interface.d.ts
index d00a1305a796..180032ea13f8 100644
--- a/packages/public/glTF2Interface/babylon.glTF2Interface.d.ts
+++ b/packages/public/glTF2Interface/babylon.glTF2Interface.d.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ declare module BABYLON.GLTF2 {
          * PNG Mime-type
          */
         PNG = "image/png",
+        /**
+         * WEBP Mime-type
+         */
+        WEBP = "image/webp",
     }
 
     /**