diff --git a/crates/bevy_gltf/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_gltf/src/lib.rs
index 02c14f4197117..203ad8323e58d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gltf/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_gltf/src/lib.rs
@@ -99,15 +99,15 @@ extern crate alloc;
 
 use alloc::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
+use tracing::warn;
 
 use bevy_platform::collections::HashMap;
 
 use bevy_app::prelude::*;
 use bevy_asset::AssetApp;
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::Resource;
-use bevy_image::{CompressedImageFormats, ImageSamplerDescriptor};
+use bevy_image::{CompressedImageFormatSupport, CompressedImageFormats, ImageSamplerDescriptor};
 use bevy_mesh::MeshVertexAttribute;
-use bevy_render::renderer::RenderDevice;
 
 /// The glTF prelude.
 ///
@@ -204,10 +204,16 @@ impl Plugin for GltfPlugin {
     }
 
     fn finish(&self, app: &mut App) {
-        let supported_compressed_formats = match app.world().get_resource::<RenderDevice>() {
-            Some(render_device) => CompressedImageFormats::from_features(render_device.features()),
-            None => CompressedImageFormats::NONE,
+        let supported_compressed_formats = if let Some(resource) =
+            app.world().get_resource::<CompressedImageFormatSupport>()
+        {
+            resource.0
+        } else {
+            warn!("CompressedImageFormatSupport resource not found. It should either be initialized in finish() of \
+            RenderPlugin, or manually if not using the RenderPlugin or the WGPU backend.");
+            CompressedImageFormats::NONE
         };
+
         let default_sampler_resource = DefaultGltfImageSampler::new(&self.default_sampler);
         let default_sampler = default_sampler_resource.get_internal();
         app.insert_resource(default_sampler_resource);
diff --git a/crates/bevy_image/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_image/Cargo.toml
index 988325c7076b8..c8d795d44e7ba 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_image/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_image/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ bevy_color = { path = "../bevy_color", version = "0.16.0-dev", features = [
   "serialize",
   "wgpu-types",
 ] }
+bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.16.0-dev", default-features = false }
 bevy_math = { path = "../bevy_math", version = "0.16.0-dev" }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.16.0-dev" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.16.0-dev" }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs b/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
index 5260c70bfc8a9..609d0133bcd2a 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, Reflect};
 
 use bevy_asset::{Asset, RenderAssetUsages};
 use bevy_color::{Color, ColorToComponents, Gray, LinearRgba, Srgba, Xyza};
+use bevy_ecs::resource::Resource;
 use bevy_math::{AspectRatio, UVec2, UVec3, Vec2};
 use core::hash::Hash;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -1651,6 +1652,12 @@ impl CompressedImageFormats {
     }
 }
 
+/// For defining which compressed image formats are supported. This will be initialized from available device features
+/// in `finish()` of the bevy `RenderPlugin`, but is left for the user to specify if not using the `RenderPlugin`, or
+/// the WGPU backend.
+#[derive(Resource)]
+pub struct CompressedImageFormatSupport(pub CompressedImageFormats);
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs
index b4c9011c7887e..20bb19cb90f95 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ pub mod prelude {
 }
 use batching::gpu_preprocessing::BatchingPlugin;
 use bevy_ecs::schedule::ScheduleBuildSettings;
+use bevy_image::{CompressedImageFormatSupport, CompressedImageFormats};
 use bevy_utils::prelude::default;
 pub use extract_param::Extract;
 
@@ -462,10 +463,15 @@ impl Plugin for RenderPlugin {
             let RenderResources(device, queue, adapter_info, render_adapter, instance) =
                 future_render_resources.0.lock().unwrap().take().unwrap();
 
+            let compressed_image_format_support = CompressedImageFormatSupport(
+                CompressedImageFormats::from_features(device.features()),
+            );
+
             app.insert_resource(device.clone())
                 .insert_resource(queue.clone())
                 .insert_resource(adapter_info.clone())
-                .insert_resource(render_adapter.clone());
+                .insert_resource(render_adapter.clone())
+                .insert_resource(compressed_image_format_support);
 
             let render_app = app.sub_app_mut(RenderApp);
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/mod.rs
index de5361aad801b..6c2dc67aae3a4 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ pub use crate::render_resource::DefaultImageSampler;
 use bevy_image::CompressedImageSaver;
 #[cfg(feature = "hdr")]
 use bevy_image::HdrTextureLoader;
-use bevy_image::{CompressedImageFormats, Image, ImageLoader, ImageSamplerDescriptor};
+use bevy_image::{
+    CompressedImageFormatSupport, CompressedImageFormats, Image, ImageLoader,
+    ImageSamplerDescriptor,
+};
 pub use fallback_image::*;
 pub use gpu_image::*;
 pub use texture_attachment::*;
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ use crate::{
 use bevy_app::{App, Plugin};
 use bevy_asset::{weak_handle, AssetApp, Assets, Handle};
 use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
+use tracing::warn;
 
 /// A handle to a 1 x 1 transparent white image.
 ///
@@ -111,12 +115,16 @@ impl Plugin for ImagePlugin {
 
     fn finish(&self, app: &mut App) {
         if !ImageLoader::SUPPORTED_FORMATS.is_empty() {
-            let supported_compressed_formats = match app.world().get_resource::<RenderDevice>() {
-                Some(render_device) => {
-                    CompressedImageFormats::from_features(render_device.features())
-                }
-                None => CompressedImageFormats::NONE,
+            let supported_compressed_formats = if let Some(resource) =
+                app.world().get_resource::<CompressedImageFormatSupport>()
+            {
+                resource.0
+            } else {
+                warn!("CompressedImageFormatSupport resource not found. It should either be initialized in finish() of \
+                       RenderPlugin, or manually if not using the RenderPlugin or the WGPU backend.");
+                CompressedImageFormats::NONE
             };
+
             app.register_asset_loader(ImageLoader::new(supported_compressed_formats));
         }