diff --git a/web/Cargo.toml b/web/Cargo.toml
index c71899eea5588..e0920a73e54c9 100644
--- a/web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/web/Cargo.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ features = [
     "EventTarget", "GainNode", "Headers", "HtmlCanvasElement", "HtmlDocument", "HtmlElement", "HtmlFormElement",
     "HtmlInputElement", "HtmlTextAreaElement", "KeyboardEvent", "Location", "PointerEvent",
     "Request", "RequestInit", "Response", "Storage", "WheelEvent", "Window", "ReadableStream", "RequestCredentials",
-    "Url", "Clipboard", "FocusEvent", "ShadowRoot", "Gamepad", "GamepadButton"
+    "Url", "WebGlContextEvent", "Clipboard", "FocusEvent", "ShadowRoot", "Gamepad", "GamepadButton"
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.cargo-machete]
diff --git a/web/packages/core/src/internal/player/inner.tsx b/web/packages/core/src/internal/player/inner.tsx
index d8af904f19b85..4e49bce28371d 100644
--- a/web/packages/core/src/internal/player/inner.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/core/src/internal/player/inner.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
     DataLoadOptions,
     DEFAULT_CONFIG,
     NetworkingAccessMode,
+    RenderBackend,
     UnmuteOverlay,
     URLLoadOptions,
     WindowMode,
@@ -793,6 +794,24 @@ export class InnerPlayer {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reloads the player, as if you called {@link RufflePlayer.load} with the same config as the last time it was called, but setting the preferredRenderer to "canvas".
+     *
+     * If this player has never been loaded, this method will return an error.
+     * If this player was already trying to use the canvas render, this method will panic.
+     */
+    protected async reloadWithCanvasRenderer(): Promise<void> {
+        if (this.loadedConfig && this.loadedConfig.preferredRenderer !== RenderBackend.Canvas) {
+            const combinedOptions = { ...this.loadedConfig, preferredRenderer: RenderBackend.Canvas};
+            await this.load(combinedOptions);
+        } else if (this.loadedConfig) {
+            this.panic(new Error(text("error-canvas-reload")));
+        } else {
+            throw new Error("Cannot reload if load wasn't first called");
+        }
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Loads a specified movie into this player.
      *
diff --git a/web/packages/core/texts/en-US/messages.ftl b/web/packages/core/texts/en-US/messages.ftl
index 4534186eadaf6..2239200719ed9 100644
--- a/web/packages/core/texts/en-US/messages.ftl
+++ b/web/packages/core/texts/en-US/messages.ftl
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ clipboard-message-description =
 clipboard-message-copy = { " " } for copy
 clipboard-message-cut = { " " } for cut
 clipboard-message-paste = { " " } for paste
+error-canvas-reload = Cannot reload with the canvas renderer when the canvas renderer is already in use.
 error-file-protocol =
     It appears you are running Ruffle on the "file:" protocol.
     This doesn't work as browsers block many features from working for security reasons.
diff --git a/web/src/lib.rs b/web/src/lib.rs
index b33ba182320c6..babb293afef80 100644
--- a/web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/web/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 use web_sys::{
     AddEventListenerOptions, ClipboardEvent, Element, Event, EventTarget, FocusEvent,
     Gamepad as WebGamepad, GamepadButton as WebGamepadButton, HtmlCanvasElement, HtmlElement,
-    KeyboardEvent, Node, PointerEvent, ShadowRoot, WheelEvent, Window,
+    KeyboardEvent, Node, PointerEvent, ShadowRoot, WebGlContextEvent, WheelEvent, Window,
 };
 
 static RUFFLE_GLOBAL_PANIC: Once = Once::new();
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ struct RuffleInstance {
     focusin_callback: Option<JsCallback<FocusEvent>>,
     focusout_callback: Option<JsCallback<FocusEvent>>,
     focus_on_press_callback: Option<JsCallback<PointerEvent>>,
+    webglcontextlost_callback: Option<JsCallback<WebGlContextEvent>>,
     has_focus: bool,
     trace_observer: Rc<RefCell<JsValue>>,
     log_subscriber: Arc<Layered<WASMLayer, Registry>>,
@@ -193,6 +194,9 @@ extern "C" {
 
     #[wasm_bindgen(method, js_name = "suppressContextMenu")]
     fn suppress_context_menu(this: &JavascriptPlayer);
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen(method, js_name = "reloadWithCanvasRenderer")]
+    fn reload_with_canvas_renderer(this: &JavascriptPlayer);
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -505,6 +509,7 @@ impl RuffleHandle {
             focusin_callback: None,
             focusout_callback: None,
             focus_on_press_callback: None,
+            webglcontextlost_callback: None,
             timestamp: None,
             has_focus: false,
             trace_observer: player.trace_observer,
@@ -771,6 +776,21 @@ impl RuffleHandle {
                 },
             ));
 
+            // Create webglcontextlost handler.
+            instance.webglcontextlost_callback = Some(JsCallback::register(
+                &player.canvas,
+                "webglcontextlost",
+                false,
+                move |_js_event: WebGlContextEvent| {
+                    INSTANCES.with(|instances| {
+                        if instances.borrow().len() >= 8 {
+                            let _ = ruffle.remove_instance();
+                            js_player.reload_with_canvas_renderer();
+                        }
+                    });
+                },
+            ));
+
             instance.unload_callback =
                 Some(JsCallback::register(&window, "unload", false, move |_| {
                     let _ = ruffle.with_core_mut(|core| {