diff --git a/cocos/gfx/base/define.ts b/cocos/gfx/base/define.ts
index 235e0880c8e..627c192b7b9 100644
--- a/cocos/gfx/base/define.ts
+++ b/cocos/gfx/base/define.ts
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ export enum TextureFlagBit {
     EXTERNAL_NORMAL = 0x8, // External normal texture
     LAZILY_ALLOCATED = 0x10, // Try lazily allocated mode.
     MUTABLE_VIEW_FORMAT = 0x40, // texture view as different format
+    MUTABLE_STORAGE = 0x80, // mutable storage for gl
 }
 
 export enum FormatFeatureBit {
diff --git a/cocos/gfx/webgl2/webgl2-commands.ts b/cocos/gfx/webgl2/webgl2-commands.ts
index 80f4caab35c..7938358dc41 100644
--- a/cocos/gfx/webgl2/webgl2-commands.ts
+++ b/cocos/gfx/webgl2/webgl2-commands.ts
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ export class WebGL2CmdDraw extends WebGL2CmdObject {
     }
 
     public clear (): void {
+        // noop
     }
 }
 
@@ -1087,6 +1088,8 @@ export function WebGL2CmdFuncCreateTexture (device: WebGL2Device, gpuTexture: IW
                         w = Math.max(1, w >> 1);
                         h = Math.max(1, h >> 1);
                     }
+                } else if (gpuTexture.flags & TextureFlagBit.MUTABLE_STORAGE) {
+                    gl.texImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gpuTexture.glInternalFmt, w, h, 0, gpuTexture.glFormat, gpuTexture.glType, null);
                 } else {
                     gl.texStorage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gpuTexture.mipLevel, gpuTexture.glInternalFmt, w, h);
                 }
@@ -2849,7 +2852,7 @@ export function WebGL2CmdFuncCopyTexImagesToTexture (
 
     switch (gpuTexture.glTarget) {
     case gl.TEXTURE_2D: {
-        if (toUseTexImage2D(texImages, regions)) {
+        if ((gpuTexture.flags & TextureFlagBit.MUTABLE_STORAGE) || toUseTexImage2D(texImages, regions)) {
             gl.texImage2D(
                 gl.TEXTURE_2D,
                 regions[0].texSubres.mipLevel,
diff --git a/native/cocos/renderer/gfx-base/GFXDef-common.h b/native/cocos/renderer/gfx-base/GFXDef-common.h
index 32712dbba97..84926c05202 100644
--- a/native/cocos/renderer/gfx-base/GFXDef-common.h
+++ b/native/cocos/renderer/gfx-base/GFXDef-common.h
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ enum class TextureFlagBit : uint32_t {
     EXTERNAL_NORMAL = 0x8,      // External normal texture
     LAZILY_ALLOCATED = 0x10,    // Try lazily allocated mode.
     MUTABLE_VIEW_FORMAT = 0x40, // texture view as different format
+    MUTABLE_STORAGE = 0x80,     // mutable storage for gl image
 };
 using TextureFlags = TextureFlagBit;
 CC_ENUM_BITWISE_OPERATORS(TextureFlagBit);
diff --git a/native/cocos/renderer/gfx-gles3/GLES3Commands.cpp b/native/cocos/renderer/gfx-gles3/GLES3Commands.cpp
index 2498af22fe1..6236321fddc 100644
--- a/native/cocos/renderer/gfx-gles3/GLES3Commands.cpp
+++ b/native/cocos/renderer/gfx-gles3/GLES3Commands.cpp
@@ -843,7 +843,12 @@ static void textureStorage(GLES3Device *device, GLES3GPUTexture *gpuTexture) {
             } else {
                 auto target = hasFlag(gpuTexture->flags, TextureFlagBit::EXTERNAL_OES) ? GL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_OES : GL_TEXTURE_2D;
                 GL_CHECK(glBindTexture(target, gpuTexture->glTexture));
-                GL_CHECK(glTexStorage2D(target, gpuTexture->mipLevel, gpuTexture->glInternalFmt, w, h));
+                if (hasFlag(gpuTexture->flags, TextureFlagBit::MUTABLE_STORAGE)) {
+                    GL_CHECK(glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, gpuTexture->mipLevel, gpuTexture->glInternalFmt, w, h, 0,
+                                          gpuTexture->glFormat, gpuTexture->glType, nullptr));
+                } else {
+                    GL_CHECK(glTexStorage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, gpuTexture->mipLevel, gpuTexture->glInternalFmt, w, h));
+                }
             }
             break;
         case TextureType::TEX3D:
@@ -2736,6 +2741,16 @@ void cmdFuncGLES3CopyBuffersToTexture(GLES3Device *device, const uint8_t *const
                                                        gpuTexture->glFormat,
                                                        memSize,
                                                        (GLvoid *)buff));
+                } else if (hasFlag(gpuTexture->flags, TextureFlagBit::MUTABLE_STORAGE)) {
+                    GL_CHECK(glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D,
+                                          gpuTexture->mipLevel,
+                                          gpuTexture->glInternalFmt,
+                                          destWidth,
+                                          destHeight,
+                                          0,
+                                          gpuTexture->glFormat,
+                                          gpuTexture->glType,
+                                          (GLvoid *)buff));
                 } else {
                     GL_CHECK(glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D,
                                              mipLevel,