diff --git a/drivers/gles2/rasterizer_storage_gles2.cpp b/drivers/gles2/rasterizer_storage_gles2.cpp
index e5a4926b33e..3c15374bde3 100644
--- a/drivers/gles2/rasterizer_storage_gles2.cpp
+++ b/drivers/gles2/rasterizer_storage_gles2.cpp
@@ -5961,12 +5961,15 @@ void RasterizerStorageGLES2::initialize() {
 	config.support_write_depth = config.extensions.has("GL_EXT_frag_depth");
 #endif
 
+	config.support_half_float_vertices = true;
+//every platform should support this except web, iOS has issues with their support, so add option to disable
 #ifdef JAVASCRIPT_ENABLED
 	config.support_half_float_vertices = false;
-#else
-	//every other platform, be it mobile or desktop, supports this (even if not in the GLES2 spec).
-	config.support_half_float_vertices = true;
 #endif
+	bool disable_half_float = GLOBAL_GET("rendering/gles2/batching/disable_half_float");
+	if (disable_half_float) {
+		config.support_half_float_vertices = false;
+	}
 
 	config.rgtc_supported = config.extensions.has("GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc") || config.extensions.has("GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc") || config.extensions.has("EXT_texture_compression_rgtc");
 	config.bptc_supported = config.extensions.has("GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc") || config.extensions.has("EXT_texture_compression_bptc");
diff --git a/servers/visual_server.cpp b/servers/visual_server.cpp
index 0482d28a8ba..444131f8531 100644
--- a/servers/visual_server.cpp
+++ b/servers/visual_server.cpp
@@ -2430,6 +2430,7 @@ VisualServer::VisualServer() {
 	GLOBAL_DEF("rendering/gles2/debug/flash_batching", false);
 	GLOBAL_DEF("rendering/gles2/debug/diagnose_frame", false);
 	GLOBAL_DEF_RST("rendering/gles2/debug/use_batching_in_editor", true);
+	GLOBAL_DEF("rendering/gles2/debug/disable_half_float", false);
 
 	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("rendering/gles2/batching/max_join_item_commands", PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "rendering/gles2/batching/max_join_item_commands", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0,65535"));
 	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("rendering/gles2/batching/colored_vertex_format_threshold", PropertyInfo(Variant::REAL, "rendering/gles2/batching/colored_vertex_format_threshold", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0.0,1.0,0.01"));