diff --git a/src/objects/Skeleton.js b/src/objects/Skeleton.js
index 8764e93cecd9b8330ea225911a21a77b92ba8b3d..539c75bb20fdd88f4239ab2237d5d0d324321135 100644
--- a/src/objects/Skeleton.js
+++ b/src/objects/Skeleton.js
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ function Skeleton( bones, boneInverses ) {
 	this.bones = bones.slice( 0 );
 	this.boneMatrices = new Float32Array( this.bones.length * 16 );
 
+	this.version = - 1;
+
 	// use the supplied bone inverses or calculate the inverses
 
 	if ( boneInverses === undefined ) {
diff --git a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
index bd6b0f83b4c03184f6efe48d90adfd4e2bd9d18f..da016412bb83f8a5dd937f3e3946b51ac5629fc3 100644
--- a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
@@ -1306,7 +1306,14 @@ function WebGLRenderer( parameters ) {
 
 				if ( object.isSkinnedMesh ) {
 
-					object.skeleton.update();
+					// update skeleton only once in a frame
+
+					if ( object.skeleton.version !== info.render.frame ) {
+
+						object.skeleton.update();
+						object.skeleton.version = info.render.frame;
+
+					}
 
 				}