diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_2d/camera_2d.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_2d/camera_2d.rs
index f68b302acc..d76c0c315c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_2d/camera_2d.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_2d/camera_2d.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ use crate::tonemapping::{DebandDither, Tonemapping};
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
 use bevy_reflect::Reflect;
 use bevy_render::{
-    camera::{Camera, CameraProjection, CameraRenderGraph, OrthographicProjection},
+    camera::{
+        Camera, CameraMainTextureUsages, CameraProjection, CameraRenderGraph,
+        OrthographicProjection,
+    },
     extract_component::ExtractComponent,
     primitives::Frustum,
     view::VisibleEntities,
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ pub struct Camera2dBundle {
     pub camera_2d: Camera2d,
     pub tonemapping: Tonemapping,
     pub deband_dither: DebandDither,
+    pub main_texture_usages: CameraMainTextureUsages,
 }
 
 impl Default for Camera2dBundle {
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ impl Default for Camera2dBundle {
             camera_2d: Camera2d,
             tonemapping: Tonemapping::None,
             deband_dither: DebandDither::Disabled,
+            main_texture_usages: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -93,6 +98,7 @@ impl Camera2dBundle {
             camera_2d: Camera2d,
             tonemapping: Tonemapping::None,
             deband_dither: DebandDither::Disabled,
+            main_texture_usages: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/camera_3d.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/camera_3d.rs
index bdcd81c923..0b8e21da0e 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/camera_3d.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/core_3d/camera_3d.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::tonemapping::{DebandDither, Tonemapping};
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
 use bevy_reflect::{Reflect, ReflectDeserialize, ReflectSerialize};
 use bevy_render::{
-    camera::{Camera, CameraRenderGraph, Projection},
+    camera::{Camera, CameraMainTextureUsages, CameraRenderGraph, Projection},
     extract_component::ExtractComponent,
     primitives::Frustum,
     render_resource::{LoadOp, TextureUsages},
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ pub struct Camera3dBundle {
     pub tonemapping: Tonemapping,
     pub dither: DebandDither,
     pub color_grading: ColorGrading,
+    pub main_texture_usages: CameraMainTextureUsages,
 }
 
 // NOTE: ideally Perspective and Orthographic defaults can share the same impl, but sadly it breaks rust's type inference
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ impl Default for Camera3dBundle {
             tonemapping: Default::default(),
             dither: DebandDither::Enabled,
             color_grading: ColorGrading::default(),
+            main_texture_usages: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
index e6e9469bc9..540f0fc3e3 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use bevy_math::{
     primitives::Direction3d, vec2, Mat4, Ray3d, Rect, URect, UVec2, UVec4, Vec2, Vec3,
 };
 use bevy_reflect::prelude::*;
+use bevy_render_macros::ExtractComponent;
 use bevy_transform::components::GlobalTransform;
 use bevy_utils::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use bevy_window::{
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ use bevy_window::{
     WindowScaleFactorChanged,
 };
 use std::{borrow::Cow, ops::Range};
-use wgpu::{BlendState, LoadOp, TextureFormat};
+use wgpu::{BlendState, LoadOp, TextureFormat, TextureUsages};
 
 use super::{ClearColorConfig, Projection};
 
@@ -750,6 +751,19 @@ pub fn camera_system<T: CameraProjection + Component>(
     }
 }
 
+/// This component lets you control the [`TextureUsages`] field of the main texture generated for the camera
+#[derive(Component, ExtractComponent, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct CameraMainTextureUsages(pub TextureUsages);
+impl Default for CameraMainTextureUsages {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self(
+            TextureUsages::RENDER_ATTACHMENT
+                | TextureUsages::TEXTURE_BINDING
+                | TextureUsages::COPY_SRC,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Component, Debug)]
 pub struct ExtractedCamera {
     pub target: Option<NormalizedRenderTarget>,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/mod.rs
index 2796fb36e5..214ced79d2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/mod.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ pub use manual_texture_view::*;
 pub use projection::*;
 
 use crate::{
-    extract_resource::ExtractResourcePlugin, render_graph::RenderGraph, ExtractSchedule, Render,
-    RenderApp, RenderSet,
+    extract_component::ExtractComponentPlugin, extract_resource::ExtractResourcePlugin,
+    render_graph::RenderGraph, ExtractSchedule, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
 };
 use bevy_app::{App, Plugin};
 use bevy_ecs::schedule::IntoSystemConfigs;
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ impl Plugin for CameraPlugin {
                 CameraProjectionPlugin::<PerspectiveProjection>::default(),
                 ExtractResourcePlugin::<ManualTextureViews>::default(),
                 ExtractResourcePlugin::<ClearColor>::default(),
+                ExtractComponentPlugin::<CameraMainTextureUsages>::default(),
             ));
 
         if let Ok(render_app) = app.get_sub_app_mut(RenderApp) {
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/view/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/view/mod.rs
index 7866fdcdcc..acaa1818b2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/view/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/view/mod.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ pub use window::*;
 
 use crate::{
     camera::{
-        ClearColor, ClearColorConfig, ExposureSettings, ExtractedCamera, ManualTextureViews,
-        MipBias, TemporalJitter,
+        CameraMainTextureUsages, ClearColor, ClearColorConfig, ExposureSettings, ExtractedCamera,
+        ManualTextureViews, MipBias, TemporalJitter,
     },
     extract_resource::{ExtractResource, ExtractResourcePlugin},
     prelude::{Image, Shader},
@@ -465,11 +465,16 @@ fn prepare_view_targets(
     clear_color_global: Res<ClearColor>,
     render_device: Res<RenderDevice>,
     mut texture_cache: ResMut<TextureCache>,
-    cameras: Query<(Entity, &ExtractedCamera, &ExtractedView)>,
+    cameras: Query<(
+        Entity,
+        &ExtractedCamera,
+        &ExtractedView,
+        &CameraMainTextureUsages,
+    )>,
     manual_texture_views: Res<ManualTextureViews>,
 ) {
     let mut textures = HashMap::default();
-    for (entity, camera, view) in cameras.iter() {
+    for (entity, camera, view, texture_usage) in cameras.iter() {
         if let (Some(target_size), Some(target)) = (camera.physical_target_size, &camera.target) {
             if let (Some(out_texture_view), Some(out_texture_format)) = (
                 target.get_texture_view(&windows, &images, &manual_texture_views),
@@ -502,9 +507,7 @@ fn prepare_view_targets(
                             sample_count: 1,
                             dimension: TextureDimension::D2,
                             format: main_texture_format,
-                            usage: TextureUsages::RENDER_ATTACHMENT
-                                | TextureUsages::TEXTURE_BINDING
-                                | TextureUsages::COPY_SRC,
+                            usage: texture_usage.0,
                             view_formats: match main_texture_format {
                                 TextureFormat::Bgra8Unorm => &[TextureFormat::Bgra8UnormSrgb],
                                 TextureFormat::Rgba8Unorm => &[TextureFormat::Rgba8UnormSrgb],