diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/environment_map/environment_map.wgsl b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/environment_map/environment_map.wgsl
index 2288d7d07c8bb..f188a578e478f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/environment_map/environment_map.wgsl
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/environment_map/environment_map.wgsl
@@ -25,12 +25,17 @@ fn environment_map_light(
     let irradiance = textureSample(bindings::environment_map_diffuse, bindings::environment_map_sampler, vec3(N.xy, -N.z)).rgb;
     let radiance = textureSampleLevel(bindings::environment_map_specular, bindings::environment_map_sampler, vec3(R.xy, -R.z), radiance_level).rgb;
 
+    // No real world material has specular values under 0.02, so we use this range as a
+    // "pre-baked specular occlusion" that extinguishes the fresnel term, for artistic control.
+    // See: https://google.github.io/filament/Filament.html#specularocclusion
+    let specular_occlusion = saturate(dot(F0, vec3(50.0 * 0.33)));
+
     // Multiscattering approximation: https://www.jcgt.org/published/0008/01/03/paper.pdf
     // Useful reference: https://bruop.github.io/ibl
     let Fr = max(vec3(1.0 - roughness), F0) - F0;
     let kS = F0 + Fr * pow(1.0 - NdotV, 5.0);
-    let FssEss = kS * f_ab.x + f_ab.y;
     let Ess = f_ab.x + f_ab.y;
+    let FssEss = kS * Ess * specular_occlusion;
     let Ems = 1.0 - Ess;
     let Favg = F0 + (1.0 - F0) / 21.0;
     let Fms = FssEss * Favg / (1.0 - Ems * Favg);
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/pbr_ambient.wgsl b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/pbr_ambient.wgsl
index 23d5cf29b235a..7b174da35c9db 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/pbr_ambient.wgsl
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/pbr_ambient.wgsl
@@ -20,5 +20,10 @@ fn ambient_light(
     let diffuse_ambient = EnvBRDFApprox(diffuse_color, F_AB(1.0, NdotV));
     let specular_ambient = EnvBRDFApprox(specular_color, F_AB(perceptual_roughness, NdotV));
 
-    return (diffuse_ambient + specular_ambient) * lights.ambient_color.rgb * occlusion;
+    // No real world material has specular values under 0.02, so we use this range as a
+    // "pre-baked specular occlusion" that extinguishes the fresnel term, for artistic control.
+    // See: https://google.github.io/filament/Filament.html#specularocclusion
+    let specular_occlusion = saturate(dot(specular_color, vec3(50.0 * 0.33)));
+
+    return (diffuse_ambient + specular_ambient * specular_occlusion) * lights.ambient_color.rgb * occlusion;
 }