diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js b/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
index 3557828a6e68a0..1f6f2ea294b74f 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@ class GLTFParser {
 
 		// Use an ImageBitmapLoader if imageBitmaps are supported. Moves much of the
 		// expensive work of uploading a texture to the GPU off the main thread.
-		if ( typeof createImageBitmap !== 'undefined' && /Firefox/.test( navigator.userAgent ) === false ) {
+		if ( typeof createImageBitmap !== 'undefined' && /Firefox|Safari/.test( navigator.userAgent ) === false ) {
 
 			this.textureLoader = new ImageBitmapLoader( this.options.manager );