diff --git a/packages/dev/inspector/src/components/actionTabs/tabs/tools/gltfComponent.tsx b/packages/dev/inspector/src/components/actionTabs/tabs/tools/gltfComponent.tsx
index 6464776fa01..3917a0c9a35 100644
--- a/packages/dev/inspector/src/components/actionTabs/tabs/tools/gltfComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/dev/inspector/src/components/actionTabs/tabs/tools/gltfComponent.tsx
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ export class GLTFComponent extends React.Component<IGLTFComponentProps> {
                         isSelected={() => extensionStates["EXT_texture_webp"].enabled}
                         onSelect={(value) => (extensionStates["EXT_texture_webp"].enabled = value)}
                     />
+                    <CheckBoxLineComponent
+                        label="EXT_texture_avif"
+                        isSelected={() => extensionStates["EXT_texture_avif"].enabled}
+                        onSelect={(value) => (extensionStates["EXT_texture_avif"].enabled = value)}
+                    />
                     <CheckBoxLineComponent
                         label="KHR_draco_mesh_compression"
                         isSelected={() => extensionStates["KHR_draco_mesh_compression"].enabled}
diff --git a/packages/dev/inspector/src/components/globalState.ts b/packages/dev/inspector/src/components/globalState.ts
index b31c1bf17d5..47e22428d50 100644
--- a/packages/dev/inspector/src/components/globalState.ts
+++ b/packages/dev/inspector/src/components/globalState.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export class GlobalState {
         EXT_lights_image_based: { enabled: true },
         EXT_mesh_gpu_instancing: { enabled: true },
         EXT_texture_webp: { enabled: true },
+        EXT_texture_avif: { enabled: true },
     };
 
     public glTFLoaderDefaults: { [key: string]: any } = {
diff --git a/packages/dev/loaders/src/glTF/2.0/Extensions/EXT_texture_avif.ts b/packages/dev/loaders/src/glTF/2.0/Extensions/EXT_texture_avif.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01c082e78cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dev/loaders/src/glTF/2.0/Extensions/EXT_texture_avif.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import type { IGLTFLoaderExtension } from "../glTFLoaderExtension";
+import { GLTFLoader, ArrayItem } from "../glTFLoader";
+import type { ITexture } from "../glTFLoaderInterfaces";
+import type { BaseTexture } from "core/Materials/Textures/baseTexture";
+import type { Nullable } from "core/types";
+import type { IEXTTextureAVIF } from "babylonjs-gltf2interface";
+
+const NAME = "EXT_texture_avif";
+
+/**
+ * [glTF PR](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/pull/2235)
+ * [Specification](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/main/extensions/2.0/Vendor/EXT_texture_avif/README.md)
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+export class EXT_texture_avif implements IGLTFLoaderExtension {
+    /** The name of this extension. */
+    public readonly name = NAME;
+
+    /** Defines whether this extension is enabled. */
+    public enabled: boolean;
+
+    private _loader: GLTFLoader;
+
+    /**
+     * @internal
+     */
+    constructor(loader: GLTFLoader) {
+        this._loader = loader;
+        this.enabled = loader.isExtensionUsed(NAME);
+    }
+
+    /** @internal */
+    public dispose() {
+        (this._loader as any) = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @internal
+     */
+    public _loadTextureAsync(context: string, texture: ITexture, assign: (babylonTexture: BaseTexture) => void): Nullable<Promise<BaseTexture>> {
+        return GLTFLoader.LoadExtensionAsync<IEXTTextureAVIF, BaseTexture>(context, texture, this.name, (extensionContext, extension) => {
+            const sampler = texture.sampler == undefined ? GLTFLoader.DefaultSampler : ArrayItem.Get(`${context}/sampler`, this._loader.gltf.samplers, texture.sampler);
+            const image = ArrayItem.Get(`${extensionContext}/source`, this._loader.gltf.images, extension.source);
+            return this._loader._createTextureAsync(
+                context,
+                sampler,
+                image,
+                (babylonTexture) => {
+                    assign(babylonTexture);
+                },
+                undefined,
+                !texture._textureInfo.nonColorData
+            );
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+GLTFLoader.RegisterExtension(NAME, (loader) => new EXT_texture_avif(loader));
diff --git a/packages/dev/loaders/src/glTF/2.0/Extensions/index.ts b/packages/dev/loaders/src/glTF/2.0/Extensions/index.ts
index 36c11cf1050..923024e679b 100644
--- a/packages/dev/loaders/src/glTF/2.0/Extensions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dev/loaders/src/glTF/2.0/Extensions/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export * from "./EXT_lights_image_based";
 export * from "./EXT_mesh_gpu_instancing";
 export * from "./EXT_meshopt_compression";
 export * from "./EXT_texture_webp";
+export * from "./EXT_texture_avif";
 export * from "./KHR_draco_mesh_compression";
 export * from "./KHR_lights_punctual";
 export * from "./KHR_materials_pbrSpecularGlossiness";
diff --git a/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFMaterialExporter.ts b/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFMaterialExporter.ts
index 3d4d28340e4..1c37db9c5d5 100644
--- a/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFMaterialExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/dev/serializers/src/glTF/2.0/glTFMaterialExporter.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ function getFileExtensionFromMimeType(mimeType: ImageMimeType): string {
             return ".png";
         case ImageMimeType.WEBP:
             return ".webp";
+        case ImageMimeType.AVIF:
+            return ".avif";
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/public/glTF2Interface/babylon.glTF2Interface.d.ts b/packages/public/glTF2Interface/babylon.glTF2Interface.d.ts
index 36736a19716..dd1b80847fb 100644
--- a/packages/public/glTF2Interface/babylon.glTF2Interface.d.ts
+++ b/packages/public/glTF2Interface/babylon.glTF2Interface.d.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ declare module BABYLON.GLTF2 {
          * WEBP Mime-type
          */
         WEBP = "image/webp",
+        /**
+         * AVIF Mime-type
+         */
+        AVIF = "image/avif",
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1204,6 +1208,15 @@ declare module BABYLON.GLTF2 {
         source: number;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Interfaces from the EXT_texture_avif extension
+     */
+
+    /** @internal */
+    interface IEXTTextureAVIF {
+        source: number;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Interfaces from the KHR_texture_transform extension
      */