diff --git a/src/dawn/native/opengl/DeviceGL.cpp b/src/dawn/native/opengl/DeviceGL.cpp
index bc6df998ce..7969a90d99 100644
--- a/src/dawn/native/opengl/DeviceGL.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/native/opengl/DeviceGL.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ MaybeError Device::Initialize(const UnpackedPtr<DeviceDescriptor>& descriptor) {
     mContext->MakeCurrent();
     const OpenGLFunctions& gl = mGL;
 
-    mFormatTable = BuildGLFormatTable(GetBGRAInternalFormat(gl));
+    mFormatTable = BuildGLFormatTable(GetBGRAInternalFormat(gl), GetStencil8InternalFormat(gl));
 
     // Use the debug output functionality to get notified about GL errors
     // TODO(crbug.com/dawn/1475): add support for the KHR_debug and ARB_debug_output
@@ -229,6 +229,14 @@ GLenum Device::GetBGRAInternalFormat(const OpenGLFunctions& gl) const {
     }
 }
 
+GLenum Device::GetStencil8InternalFormat(const OpenGLFunctions& gl) const {
+    if (gl.GetVersion().IsDesktop() || gl.IsAtLeastGLES(3, 2) ||
+        gl.IsGLExtensionSupported("GL_OES_texture_stencil8")) {
+        return GL_STENCIL_INDEX8;
+    }
+    return GL_DEPTH24_STENCIL8;
+}
+
 ResultOrError<Ref<BindGroupBase>> Device::CreateBindGroupImpl(
     const BindGroupDescriptor* descriptor) {
     return BindGroup::Create(this, descriptor);
diff --git a/src/dawn/native/opengl/DeviceGL.h b/src/dawn/native/opengl/DeviceGL.h
index 0b75b37659..d26a7ce527 100644
--- a/src/dawn/native/opengl/DeviceGL.h
+++ b/src/dawn/native/opengl/DeviceGL.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ class Device final : public DeviceBase {
         const SharedFenceDescriptor* descriptor) override;
 
     GLenum GetBGRAInternalFormat(const OpenGLFunctions& gl) const;
+    GLenum GetStencil8InternalFormat(const OpenGLFunctions& gl) const;
     void DestroyImpl() override;
 
     const OpenGLFunctions mGL;
diff --git a/src/dawn/native/opengl/GLFormat.cpp b/src/dawn/native/opengl/GLFormat.cpp
index b1abde86b9..d94f73bbd5 100644
--- a/src/dawn/native/opengl/GLFormat.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/native/opengl/GLFormat.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 namespace dawn::native::opengl {
 
-GLFormatTable BuildGLFormatTable(GLenum internalFormatForBGRA) {
+GLFormatTable BuildGLFormatTable(GLenum internalFormatForBGRA, GLenum internalFormatForStencil8) {
     GLFormatTable table;
 
     using Type = GLFormat::ComponentType;
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ GLFormatTable BuildGLFormatTable(GLenum internalFormatForBGRA) {
     AddFormat(wgpu::TextureFormat::Depth24Plus, GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT32F, GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT, GL_FLOAT, Type::DepthStencil);
     AddFormat(wgpu::TextureFormat::Depth24PlusStencil8, GL_DEPTH32F_STENCIL8, GL_DEPTH_STENCIL, GL_FLOAT_32_UNSIGNED_INT_24_8_REV, Type::DepthStencil);
     AddFormat(wgpu::TextureFormat::Depth16Unorm, GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT16, GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, Type::DepthStencil);
-    AddFormat(wgpu::TextureFormat::Stencil8, GL_STENCIL_INDEX8, GL_STENCIL, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, Type::DepthStencil);
+
+    // Internal format for stencil8 can be either GL_STENCIL_INDEX8 or GL_DEPTH24_STENCIL8
+    DAWN_ASSERT(internalFormatForStencil8 == GL_STENCIL_INDEX8 || internalFormatForStencil8 == GL_DEPTH24_STENCIL8);
+    bool useStencilIndex8 = internalFormatForStencil8 == GL_STENCIL_INDEX8;
+    AddFormat(wgpu::TextureFormat::Stencil8, internalFormatForStencil8, useStencilIndex8 ? GL_STENCIL : GL_DEPTH_STENCIL, useStencilIndex8 ? GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE : GL_UNSIGNED_INT_24_8, Type::DepthStencil);
 
     // Block compressed formats
     AddFormat(wgpu::TextureFormat::BC1RGBAUnorm, GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT1_EXT, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, Type::Float);
diff --git a/src/dawn/native/opengl/GLFormat.h b/src/dawn/native/opengl/GLFormat.h
index 5acaf4b0d1..a272fe316f 100644
--- a/src/dawn/native/opengl/GLFormat.h
+++ b/src/dawn/native/opengl/GLFormat.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct GLFormat {
 };
 
 using GLFormatTable = ityp::array<FormatIndex, GLFormat, kKnownFormatCount>;
-GLFormatTable BuildGLFormatTable(GLenum internalFormatForBGRA);
+GLFormatTable BuildGLFormatTable(GLenum internalFormatForBGRA, GLenum internalFormatForStencil8);
 
 }  // namespace dawn::native::opengl
 
diff --git a/src/dawn/tests/end2end/DepthStencilCopyTests.cpp b/src/dawn/tests/end2end/DepthStencilCopyTests.cpp
index 1eb060eb54..edae745f6d 100644
--- a/src/dawn/tests/end2end/DepthStencilCopyTests.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/tests/end2end/DepthStencilCopyTests.cpp
@@ -1608,13 +1608,14 @@ DAWN_INSTANTIATE_TEST_P(
      MetalBackend(
          {"metal_use_both_depth_and_stencil_attachments_for_combined_depth_stencil_formats"}),
      MetalBackend({"use_blit_for_buffer_to_stencil_texture_copy"}), OpenGLBackend(),
-     OpenGLESBackend(),
+     OpenGLESBackend(), OpenGLESBackend({"gl_force_es_31_and_no_extensions"}),
      // Test with the vulkan_use_s8 toggle forced on and off.
      VulkanBackend({"vulkan_use_s8"}, {}), VulkanBackend({}, {"vulkan_use_s8"})},
     std::vector<wgpu::TextureFormat>(utils::kStencilFormats.begin(), utils::kStencilFormats.end()));
 
 DAWN_INSTANTIATE_TEST_P(StencilCopyTests_Compat,
-                        {OpenGLBackend(), OpenGLESBackend()},
+                        {OpenGLBackend(), OpenGLESBackend(),
+                         OpenGLESBackend({"gl_force_es_31_and_no_extensions"})},
                         std::vector<wgpu::TextureFormat>(utils::kStencilFormats.begin(),
                                                          utils::kStencilFormats.end()));