diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/GLTFLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
index db67a6be605bba..4080ca027a4e8e 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ THREE.GLTFLoader = ( function () {
 
 		constructor: GLTFLoader,
 
-		load: function ( url, onLoad, onProgress, onError ) {
+		load: function ( url, resolveDependencies = true, onLoad, onProgress, onError ) {
 
 			var scope = this;
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ THREE.GLTFLoader = ( function () {
 
 				try {
 
-					scope.parse( data, resourcePath, function ( gltf ) {
+					scope.parse( data, resourcePath, resolveDependencies, function ( gltf ) {
 
 						onLoad( gltf );
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ THREE.GLTFLoader = ( function () {
 
 		},
 
-		parse: function ( data, path, onLoad, onError ) {
+		parse: function ( data, path, resolveDependencies = true, onLoad, onError ) {
 
 			var content;
 			var extensions = {};
@@ -214,7 +214,17 @@ THREE.GLTFLoader = ( function () {
 
 			} );
 
-			parser.parse( onLoad, onError );
+			if ( resolveDependencies ) {
+
+				parser.parse( onLoad, onError );
+
+			} else {
+
+				parser.markDefs();
+
+				onLoad( { parser: parser } );
+
+			}
 
 		}
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.d.ts b/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.d.ts
index 0910f66ac0281b..dc44a726632bd5 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.d.ts
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.d.ts
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ export class GLTFLoader extends Loader {
 	dracoLoader: DRACOLoader | null;
 	ddsLoader: DDSLoader | null;
 
-	load( url: string, onLoad: ( gltf: GLTF ) => void, onProgress?: ( event: ProgressEvent ) => void, onError?: ( event: ErrorEvent ) => void ) : void;
+	load( url: string, resolveDependencies: boolean, onLoad: ( gltf: GLTF ) => void, onProgress?: ( event: ProgressEvent ) => void, onError?: ( event: ErrorEvent ) => void ) : void;
 	setDRACOLoader( dracoLoader: DRACOLoader ): GLTFLoader;
 	setDDSLoader( ddsLoader: DDSLoader ): GLTFLoader;
-	parse( data: ArrayBuffer | string, path: string, onLoad: ( gltf: GLTF ) => void, onError?: ( event: ErrorEvent ) => void ) : void;
+	parse( data: ArrayBuffer | string, path: string, resolveDependencies: boolean, onLoad: ( gltf: GLTF ) => void, onError?: ( event: ErrorEvent ) => void ) : void;
 
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js b/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
index 8e459e5cec0a11..699cc425cd6175 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var GLTFLoader = ( function () {
 
 		constructor: GLTFLoader,
 
-		load: function ( url, onLoad, onProgress, onError ) {
+		load: function ( url, resolveDependencies = true, onLoad, onProgress, onError ) {
 
 			var scope = this;
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var GLTFLoader = ( function () {
 
 				try {
 
-					scope.parse( data, resourcePath, function ( gltf ) {
+					scope.parse( data, resourcePath, resolveDependencies, function ( gltf ) {
 
 						onLoad( gltf );
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ var GLTFLoader = ( function () {
 
 		},
 
-		parse: function ( data, path, onLoad, onError ) {
+		parse: function ( data, path, resolveDependencies = true, onLoad, onError ) {
 
 			var content;
 			var extensions = {};
@@ -281,7 +281,17 @@ var GLTFLoader = ( function () {
 
 			} );
 
-			parser.parse( onLoad, onError );
+			if ( resolveDependencies ) {
+
+				parser.parse( onLoad, onError );
+
+			} else {
+
+				parser.markDefs();
+
+				onLoad( { parser: parser } );
+
+			}
 
 		}