diff --git a/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLTextures.js b/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLTextures.js
index d83dcd124f3ab5d3023b76db21bc2bee4dfd7b10..e589b6ebf86f9bf527504ee3ae68853ebda3e35c 100644
--- a/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLTextures.js
+++ b/src/renderers/webgl/WebGLTextures.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @author mrdoob / http://mrdoob.com/
  */
 
-import { LinearFilter, NearestFilter, RGBFormat, RGBAFormat, DepthFormat, DepthStencilFormat, FloatType, HalfFloatType, ClampToEdgeWrapping, NearestMipMapLinearFilter, NearestMipMapNearestFilter } from '../../constants';
+import { LinearFilter, NearestFilter, RGBFormat, RGBAFormat, DepthFormat, DepthStencilFormat, UnsignedShortType, UnsignedIntType, UnsignedInt248Type, FloatType, HalfFloatType, ClampToEdgeWrapping, NearestMipMapLinearFilter, NearestMipMapNearestFilter } from '../../constants';
 import { _Math } from '../../math/Math';
 
 function WebGLTextures( _gl, extensions, state, properties, capabilities, paramThreeToGL, info ) {
@@ -446,12 +446,40 @@ function WebGLTextures( _gl, extensions, state, properties, capabilities, paramT
 
 			}
 
+			if ( texture.format === DepthFormat && internalFormat === _gl.DEPTH_COMPONENT ) {
+
+				// The error INVALID_OPERATION is generated by texImage2D if format and internalformat are
+				// DEPTH_COMPONENT and type is not UNSIGNED_SHORT or UNSIGNED_INT
+				// (https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/extensions/WEBGL_depth_texture/)
+				if ( texture.type !== UnsignedShortType && texture.type !== UnsignedIntType ) {
+
+				        console.warn( 'THREE.WebGLRenderer: Use UnsignedShortType or UnsignedIntType for DepthFormat DepthTexture.' );
+
+					texture.type = UnsignedShortType;
+					glType = paramThreeToGL( texture.type );
+
+				}
+
+			}
+
 			// Depth stencil textures need the DEPTH_STENCIL internal format
 			// (https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/extensions/WEBGL_depth_texture/)
 			if ( texture.format === DepthStencilFormat ) {
 
 				internalFormat = _gl.DEPTH_STENCIL;
 
+				// The error INVALID_OPERATION is generated by texImage2D if format and internalformat are
+				// DEPTH_STENCIL and type is not UNSIGNED_INT_24_8_WEBGL.
+				// (https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/extensions/WEBGL_depth_texture/)
+				if ( texture.type !== UnsignedInt248Type ) {
+
+				        console.warn( 'THREE.WebGLRenderer: Use UnsignedInt248Type for DepthStencilFormat DepthTexture.' );
+
+					texture.type = UnsignedInt248Type;
+					glType = paramThreeToGL( texture.type );
+
+				}
+
 			}
 
 			state.texImage2D( _gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, internalFormat, image.width, image.height, 0, glFormat, glType, null );
diff --git a/src/textures/DepthTexture.js b/src/textures/DepthTexture.js
index 16436c9889d2016cade6d8a67b81a9844928f813..86b5be523f639df0a466e7bad764e11cc970e6f6 100644
--- a/src/textures/DepthTexture.js
+++ b/src/textures/DepthTexture.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Texture } from './Texture';
-import { NearestFilter, UnsignedShortType, DepthFormat, DepthStencilFormat } from '../constants';
+import { NearestFilter, UnsignedShortType, UnsignedInt248Type, DepthFormat, DepthStencilFormat } from '../constants';
 
 /**
  * @author Matt DesLauriers / @mattdesl
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ function DepthTexture( width, height, type, mapping, wrapS, wrapT, magFilter, mi
 
 	}
 
+	if ( type === undefined && format === DepthFormat ) type = UnsignedShortType;
+	if ( type === undefined && format === DepthStencilFormat ) type = UnsignedInt248Type;
+
 	Texture.call( this, null, mapping, wrapS, wrapT, magFilter, minFilter, format, type, anisotropy );
 
 	this.image = { width: width, height: height };
 
-	this.type = type !== undefined ? type : UnsignedShortType;
-
 	this.magFilter = magFilter !== undefined ? magFilter : NearestFilter;
 	this.minFilter = minFilter !== undefined ? minFilter : NearestFilter;