diff --git a/src/bgfx.cpp b/src/bgfx.cpp
index 98b535177..e58d3c635 100644
--- a/src/bgfx.cpp
+++ b/src/bgfx.cpp
@@ -2247,7 +2247,10 @@ namespace bgfx
 					uint16_t height;
 					_cmdbuf.read(height);
 
-					m_renderCtx->resizeTexture(handle, width, height);
+					uint8_t numMips;
+					_cmdbuf.read(numMips);
+
+					m_renderCtx->resizeTexture(handle, width, height, numMips);
 				}
 				break;
 
@@ -2952,7 +2955,14 @@ error:
 			, getName(_format)
 			);
 
-		_numMips = uint8_t(bx::uint32_max(1, _numMips) );
+		if (BackbufferRatio::Count != _ratio)
+		{
+			_width  = uint16_t(s_ctx->m_resolution.m_width);
+			_height = uint16_t(s_ctx->m_resolution.m_height);
+			getTextureSizeFromRatio(_ratio, _width, _height);
+		}
+
+		_numMips = calcNumMips(_numMips, _width, _height);
 
 		if (BX_ENABLED(BGFX_CONFIG_DEBUG)
 		&&  NULL != _mem)
@@ -2966,13 +2976,6 @@ error:
 				);
 		}
 
-		if (BackbufferRatio::Count != _ratio)
-		{
-			_width  = uint16_t(s_ctx->m_resolution.m_width);
-			_height = uint16_t(s_ctx->m_resolution.m_height);
-			getTextureSizeFromRatio(_ratio, _width, _height);
-		}
-
 		uint32_t size = sizeof(uint32_t)+sizeof(TextureCreate);
 		const Memory* mem = alloc(size);
 
@@ -3015,7 +3018,7 @@ error:
 			, getName(_format)
 			);
 
-		_numMips = uint8_t(bx::uint32_max(1, _numMips) );
+		_numMips = calcNumMips(_numMips, _width, _height, _depth);
 
 		if (BX_ENABLED(BGFX_CONFIG_DEBUG)
 		&&  NULL != _mem)
@@ -3058,7 +3061,7 @@ error:
 			, getName(_format)
 			);
 
-		_numMips = uint8_t(bx::uint32_max(1, _numMips) );
+		_numMips = calcNumMips(_numMips, _size, _size);
 
 		if (BX_ENABLED(BGFX_CONFIG_DEBUG)
 		&&  NULL != _mem)
diff --git a/src/bgfx_p.h b/src/bgfx_p.h
index b9876e5b1..f85cf4a52 100644
--- a/src/bgfx_p.h
+++ b/src/bgfx_p.h
@@ -364,6 +364,19 @@ namespace bgfx
 			;
 	}
 
+	inline uint8_t calcNumMips(uint8_t _numMips, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height, uint16_t _depth = 1)
+	{
+		if (1 < _numMips)
+		{
+			const uint32_t max = bx::uint32_max(bx::uint32_max(_width, _height), _depth);
+			const uint32_t num = 1 + uint32_t(bx::flog2(float(max) ) );
+
+			return uint8_t(num);
+		}
+
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	void dump(const VertexDecl& _decl);
 
 	struct TextVideoMem
@@ -2061,7 +2074,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 		virtual void updateTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint8_t _side, uint8_t _mip, const Rect& _rect, uint16_t _z, uint16_t _depth, uint16_t _pitch, const Memory* _mem) = 0;
 		virtual void updateTextureEnd() = 0;
 		virtual void readTexture(TextureHandle _handle, void* _data) = 0;
-		virtual void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height) = 0;
+		virtual void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height, uint8_t _numMips) = 0;
 		virtual void overrideInternal(TextureHandle _handle, uintptr_t _ptr) = 0;
 		virtual uintptr_t getInternal(TextureHandle _handle) = 0;
 		virtual void destroyTexture(TextureHandle _handle) = 0;
@@ -2160,6 +2173,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 					resizeTexture(handle
 						, uint16_t(m_resolution.m_width)
 						, uint16_t(m_resolution.m_height)
+						, textureRef.m_numMips
 						);
 					m_resolution.m_flags |= BGFX_RESET_INTERNAL_FORCE;
 				}
@@ -3107,6 +3121,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 				ref.m_refCount = 1;
 				ref.m_bbRatio  = uint8_t(_ratio);
 				ref.m_format   = uint8_t(_info->format);
+				ref.m_numMips  = imageContainer.m_numMips;
 				ref.m_owned    = false;
 
 				CommandBuffer& cmdbuf = getCommandBuffer(CommandBuffer::CreateTexture);
@@ -3149,12 +3164,13 @@ namespace bgfx
 			return readTexture(textureHandle, _data);
 		}
 
-		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height)
+		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height, uint8_t _numMips)
 		{
 			const TextureRef& textureRef = m_textureRef[_handle.idx];
 			BX_CHECK(BackbufferRatio::Count != textureRef.m_bbRatio, "");
 
 			getTextureSizeFromRatio(BackbufferRatio::Enum(textureRef.m_bbRatio), _width, _height);
+			_numMips = calcNumMips(_numMips, _width, _height);
 
 			BX_TRACE("Resize %3d: %4dx%d %s"
 				, _handle.idx
@@ -3167,6 +3183,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 			cmdbuf.write(_handle);
 			cmdbuf.write(_width);
 			cmdbuf.write(_height);
+			cmdbuf.write(_numMips);
 		}
 
 		void textureTakeOwnership(TextureHandle _handle)
@@ -4012,6 +4029,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 			int16_t m_refCount;
 			uint8_t m_bbRatio;
 			uint8_t m_format;
+			uint8_t m_numMips;
 			bool    m_owned;
 		};
 
diff --git a/src/renderer_d3d11.cpp b/src/renderer_d3d11.cpp
index 5d259f683..f436b22dc 100644
--- a/src/renderer_d3d11.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer_d3d11.cpp
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ BX_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_POP();
 			m_deviceCtx->Unmap(texture.m_ptr, 0);
 		}
 
-		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height) BX_OVERRIDE
+		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height, uint8_t _numMips) BX_OVERRIDE
 		{
 			TextureD3D11& texture = m_textures[_handle.idx];
 
@@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@ BX_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_POP();
 			tc.m_height  = _height;
 			tc.m_sides   = 0;
 			tc.m_depth   = 0;
-			tc.m_numMips = 1;
+			tc.m_numMips = _numMips;
 			tc.m_format  = TextureFormat::Enum(texture.m_requestedFormat);
 			tc.m_cubeMap = false;
 			tc.m_mem     = NULL;
diff --git a/src/renderer_d3d12.cpp b/src/renderer_d3d12.cpp
index 748407279..5624dc5dc 100644
--- a/src/renderer_d3d12.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer_d3d12.cpp
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ namespace bgfx { namespace d3d12
 			DX_RELEASE(readback, 0);
 		}
 
-		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height) BX_OVERRIDE
+		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height, uint8_t _numMips) BX_OVERRIDE
 		{
 			TextureD3D12& texture = m_textures[_handle.idx];
 
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ namespace bgfx { namespace d3d12
 			tc.m_height  = _height;
 			tc.m_sides   = 0;
 			tc.m_depth   = 0;
-			tc.m_numMips = 1;
+			tc.m_numMips = _numMips;
 			tc.m_format  = TextureFormat::Enum(texture.m_requestedFormat);
 			tc.m_cubeMap = false;
 			tc.m_mem     = NULL;
diff --git a/src/renderer_d3d9.cpp b/src/renderer_d3d9.cpp
index 407707ca3..7c0fd21dc 100644
--- a/src/renderer_d3d9.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer_d3d9.cpp
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ namespace bgfx { namespace d3d9
 			DX_CHECK(texture.m_texture2d->UnlockRect(0) );
 		}
 
-		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height) BX_OVERRIDE
+		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height, uint8_t _numMips) BX_OVERRIDE
 		{
 			TextureD3D9& texture = m_textures[_handle.idx];
 
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ namespace bgfx { namespace d3d9
 			tc.m_height  = _height;
 			tc.m_sides   = 0;
 			tc.m_depth   = 0;
-			tc.m_numMips = 1;
+			tc.m_numMips = _numMips;
 			tc.m_format  = TextureFormat::Enum(texture.m_requestedFormat);
 			tc.m_cubeMap = false;
 			tc.m_mem     = NULL;
diff --git a/src/renderer_gl.cpp b/src/renderer_gl.cpp
index de0087603..a46260e1f 100644
--- a/src/renderer_gl.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer_gl.cpp
@@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@ namespace bgfx { namespace gl
 			}
 		}
 
-		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height) BX_OVERRIDE
+		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height, uint8_t _numMips) BX_OVERRIDE
 		{
 			TextureGL& texture = m_textures[_handle.idx];
 
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ namespace bgfx { namespace gl
 			tc.m_height  = _height;
 			tc.m_sides   = 0;
 			tc.m_depth   = 0;
-			tc.m_numMips = 1;
+			tc.m_numMips = _numMips;
 			tc.m_format  = TextureFormat::Enum(texture.m_requestedFormat);
 			tc.m_cubeMap = false;
 			tc.m_mem     = NULL;
diff --git a/src/renderer_mtl.mm b/src/renderer_mtl.mm
index fad1d23cb..97437d240 100644
--- a/src/renderer_mtl.mm
+++ b/src/renderer_mtl.mm
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ namespace bgfx { namespace mtl
 		{
 		}
 
-		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height) BX_OVERRIDE
+		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle _handle, uint16_t _width, uint16_t _height, uint8_t _numMips) BX_OVERRIDE
 		{
 			TextureMtl& texture = m_textures[_handle.idx];
 
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ namespace bgfx { namespace mtl
 			tc.m_height  = _height;
 			tc.m_sides   = 0;
 			tc.m_depth   = 0;
-			tc.m_numMips = 1;
+			tc.m_numMips = _numMips;
 			tc.m_format  = TextureFormat::Enum(texture.m_requestedFormat);
 			tc.m_cubeMap = false;
 			tc.m_mem     = NULL;
diff --git a/src/renderer_null.cpp b/src/renderer_null.cpp
index 9b3de9141..1dcd62175 100644
--- a/src/renderer_null.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer_null.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ namespace bgfx { namespace noop
 		{
 		}
 
-		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle /*_handle*/, uint16_t /*_width*/, uint16_t /*_height*/) BX_OVERRIDE
+		void resizeTexture(TextureHandle /*_handle*/, uint16_t /*_width*/, uint16_t /*_height*/, uint8_t /*_numMips*/) BX_OVERRIDE
 		{
 		}