diff --git a/shell/ios/AppDelegate.mm b/shell/ios/AppDelegate.mm
index d2aa3c00e2..4f428ea044 100644
--- a/shell/ios/AppDelegate.mm
+++ b/shell/ios/AppDelegate.mm
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication*)application
                              .majorVersion = 3,
                              .minorVersion = 0},
           .swapchainColorTextureFormat = igl::TextureFormat::BGRA_SRGB,
+          .depthTextureFormat = igl::TextureFormat::S8_UInt_Z32_UNorm,
       },
 #endif
 #if IGL_BACKEND_OPENGL
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication*)application
                              .majorVersion = 3,
                              .minorVersion = 0},
           .swapchainColorTextureFormat = igl::TextureFormat::BGRA_SRGB,
+          .depthTextureFormat = igl::TextureFormat::S8_UInt_Z24_UNorm,
       },
 #endif
       {
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication*)application
                              .majorVersion = 2,
                              .minorVersion = 0},
           .swapchainColorTextureFormat = igl::TextureFormat::BGRA_SRGB,
+          .depthTextureFormat = igl::TextureFormat::S8_UInt_Z24_UNorm,
       },
 #endif
 // @fb-only
diff --git a/shell/ios/ViewController.mm b/shell/ios/ViewController.mm
index 8fa521b8b3..f8455d15cc 100644
--- a/shell/ios/ViewController.mm
+++ b/shell/ios/ViewController.mm
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ - (void)initRenderSessionController {
     IGL_DEBUG_ASSERT(platformDevice);
     return igl::SurfaceTextures{
         .color = platformDevice->createTextureFromNativeDrawable((CAEAGLLayer*)layer_, nullptr),
-        .depth = platformDevice->createTextureFromNativeDepth((CAEAGLLayer*)layer_, igl::TextureFormat::Z_UNorm16, nullptr),
+        .depth = platformDevice->createTextureFromNativeDepth((CAEAGLLayer*)layer_, config_.depthTextureFormat, nullptr),
     };
   }
 #endif