diff --git a/doc/classes/LightmapGI.xml b/doc/classes/LightmapGI.xml
index 55c6ef5eb5d..2b7875a939d 100644
--- a/doc/classes/LightmapGI.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/LightmapGI.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@
 		<constant name="BAKE_ERROR_USER_ABORTED" value="8" enum="BakeError">
 			The user aborted the lightmap baking operation (typically by clicking the [b]Cancel[/b] button in the progress dialog).
 		</constant>
+		<constant name="BAKE_ERROR_TEXTURE_SIZE_TOO_SMALL" value="9" enum="BakeError">
+			Lightmap baking failed as the maximum texture size is too small to fit some of the meshes marked for baking.
+		</constant>
 		<constant name="ENVIRONMENT_MODE_DISABLED" value="0" enum="EnvironmentMode">
 			Ignore environment lighting when baking lightmaps.
 		</constant>
diff --git a/editor/plugins/lightmap_gi_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/lightmap_gi_editor_plugin.cpp
index b549a958e69..7fc462edbbb 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/lightmap_gi_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/lightmap_gi_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ void LightmapGIEditorPlugin::_bake_select_file(const String &p_file) {
 			case LightmapGI::BAKE_ERROR_FOREIGN_DATA: {
 				EditorNode::get_singleton()->show_warning(TTR("Lightmap data is not local to the scene."));
 			} break;
+			case LightmapGI::BAKE_ERROR_TEXTURE_SIZE_TOO_SMALL: {
+				EditorNode::get_singleton()->show_warning(TTR("Maximum texture size is too small for the lightmap images."));
+			} break;
 			default: {
 			} break;
 		}
diff --git a/scene/3d/lightmap_gi.cpp b/scene/3d/lightmap_gi.cpp
index 3ee08fd5485..237c3ef953e 100644
--- a/scene/3d/lightmap_gi.cpp
+++ b/scene/3d/lightmap_gi.cpp
@@ -1081,7 +1081,9 @@ LightmapGI::BakeError LightmapGI::bake(Node *p_from_node, String p_image_data_pa
 
 	Lightmapper::BakeError bake_err = lightmapper->bake(Lightmapper::BakeQuality(bake_quality), use_denoiser, bounces, bias, max_texture_size, directional, Lightmapper::GenerateProbes(gen_probes), environment_image, environment_transform, _lightmap_bake_step_function, &bsud, exposure_normalization);
 
-	if (bake_err == Lightmapper::BAKE_ERROR_LIGHTMAP_CANT_PRE_BAKE_MESHES) {
+	if (bake_err == Lightmapper::BAKE_ERROR_LIGHTMAP_TOO_SMALL) {
+		return BAKE_ERROR_TEXTURE_SIZE_TOO_SMALL;
+	} else if (bake_err == Lightmapper::BAKE_ERROR_LIGHTMAP_CANT_PRE_BAKE_MESHES) {
 		return BAKE_ERROR_MESHES_INVALID;
 	}
 
@@ -1565,6 +1567,7 @@ void LightmapGI::_bind_methods() {
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(BAKE_ERROR_MESHES_INVALID);
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(BAKE_ERROR_CANT_CREATE_IMAGE);
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(BAKE_ERROR_USER_ABORTED);
+	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(BAKE_ERROR_TEXTURE_SIZE_TOO_SMALL);
 
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(ENVIRONMENT_MODE_DISABLED);
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(ENVIRONMENT_MODE_SCENE);
diff --git a/scene/3d/lightmap_gi.h b/scene/3d/lightmap_gi.h
index b9e33cf3004..02123ef7ba6 100644
--- a/scene/3d/lightmap_gi.h
+++ b/scene/3d/lightmap_gi.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ public:
 		BAKE_ERROR_MESHES_INVALID,
 		BAKE_ERROR_CANT_CREATE_IMAGE,
 		BAKE_ERROR_USER_ABORTED,
+		BAKE_ERROR_TEXTURE_SIZE_TOO_SMALL,
 	};
 
 	enum EnvironmentMode {