diff --git a/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/Textures/baseTexture.ts b/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/Textures/baseTexture.ts
index a5d723ed022..af064021a78 100644
--- a/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/Textures/baseTexture.ts
+++ b/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/Textures/baseTexture.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ export class BaseTexture extends ThinTexture implements IAnimatable {
     @serialize("coordinatesIndex")
     protected _coordinatesIndex = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * Gets or sets a boolean indicating that the texture should try to reduce shader code if there is no UV manipulation.
+     * (ie. when texture.getTextureMatrix().isIdentityAs3x2() returns true)
+     */
+    @serialize()
+    public optimizeUVAllocation = true;
+
     /**
      * Define the UV channel to use starting from 0 and defaulting to 0.
      * This is part of the texture as textures usually maps to one uv set.
diff --git a/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/Textures/texture.ts b/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/Textures/texture.ts
index 518c68ac159..6d9afa5b985 100644
--- a/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/Textures/texture.ts
+++ b/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/Textures/texture.ts
@@ -735,11 +735,13 @@ export class Texture extends BaseTexture {
             return this._cachedTextureMatrix;
         }
 
-        // We flag the materials that are using this texture as "texture dirty" because depending on the fact that the matrix is the identity or not, some defines
-        // will get different values (see MaterialHelper.PrepareDefinesForMergedUV), meaning we should regenerate the effect accordingly
-        scene.markAllMaterialsAsDirty(Constants.MATERIAL_TextureDirtyFlag, (mat) => {
-            return mat.hasTexture(this);
-        });
+        if (this.optimizeUVAllocation) {
+            // We flag the materials that are using this texture as "texture dirty" because depending on the fact that the matrix is the identity or not, some defines
+            // will get different values (see MaterialHelper.PrepareDefinesForMergedUV), meaning we should regenerate the effect accordingly
+            scene.markAllMaterialsAsDirty(Constants.MATERIAL_TextureDirtyFlag, (mat) => {
+                return mat.hasTexture(this);
+            });
+        }
 
         return this._cachedTextureMatrix;
     }
diff --git a/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/materialHelper.ts b/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/materialHelper.ts
index 37d2d11334f..523edd93532 100644
--- a/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/materialHelper.ts
+++ b/packages/dev/core/src/Materials/materialHelper.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class MaterialHelper {
     public static PrepareDefinesForMergedUV(texture: BaseTexture, defines: any, key: string): void {
         defines._needUVs = true;
         defines[key] = true;
-        if (texture.getTextureMatrix().isIdentityAs3x2()) {
+        if (texture.optimizeUVAllocation && texture.getTextureMatrix().isIdentityAs3x2()) {
             defines[key + "DIRECTUV"] = texture.coordinatesIndex + 1;
             defines["MAINUV" + (texture.coordinatesIndex + 1)] = true;
         } else {