diff --git a/scene/resources/material.cpp b/scene/resources/material.cpp
index 372b9fea55e..a2aab8e7b45 100644
--- a/scene/resources/material.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/material.cpp
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ void BaseMaterial3D::_update_shader() {
 
 	if (!RenderingServer::get_singleton()->is_low_end() && features[FEATURE_HEIGHT_MAPPING] && !flags[FLAG_UV1_USE_TRIPLANAR]) { //heightmap not supported with triplanar
 		code += "	{\n";
-		code += "		vec3 view_dir = normalize(normalize(-VERTEX)*mat3(TANGENT*heightmap_flip.x,-BINORMAL*heightmap_flip.y,NORMAL));\n"; // binormal is negative due to mikktspace, flip 'unflips' it ;-)
+		code += "		vec3 view_dir = normalize(normalize(-VERTEX + EYE_OFFSET) * mat3(TANGENT * heightmap_flip.x, -BINORMAL * heightmap_flip.y, NORMAL));\n"; // binormal is negative due to mikktspace, flip 'unflips' it ;-)
 
 		if (deep_parallax) {
 			code += "		float num_layers = mix(float(heightmap_max_layers),float(heightmap_min_layers), abs(dot(vec3(0.0, 0.0, 1.0), view_dir)));\n";