diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/RGBMLoader.d.ts b/examples/jsm/loaders/RGBMLoader.d.ts
index aff39a61011011..02e34e2e7cea61 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/RGBMLoader.d.ts
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/RGBMLoader.d.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import {
 	LoadingManager,
 	DataTextureLoader,
 	PixelFormat,
-	TextureDataType
+	TextureDataType,
+	TextureEncoding
 } from '../../../src/Three';
 
 export interface RGBM {
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ export interface RGBM {
 	header: string;
 	format: PixelFormat;
 	type: TextureDataType;
+	flipY: boolean;
+	encoding: TextureEncoding;
 }
 
 export class RGBMLoader extends DataTextureLoader {
diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/RGBMLoader.js b/examples/jsm/loaders/RGBMLoader.js
index 54119c9ef959e5..a81e2c98b62d66 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/RGBMLoader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/RGBMLoader.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import {
 	UnsignedByteType,
 	RGBAFormat,
 	LinearFilter,
-	CubeTexture
+	CubeTexture,
+	RGBM7Encoding
 } from '../../../build/three.module.js';
 
 class RGBMLoader extends DataTextureLoader {
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ class RGBMLoader extends DataTextureLoader {
 			data: new Uint8Array( rgba ),
 			format: RGBAFormat,
 			type: UnsignedByteType,
-			flipY: true
+			flipY: true,
+			encoding: RGBM7Encoding
 		};
 
 	}
diff --git a/src/loaders/DataTextureLoader.js b/src/loaders/DataTextureLoader.js
index 97e2ca663fbffd..96c82b558925c2 100644
--- a/src/loaders/DataTextureLoader.js
+++ b/src/loaders/DataTextureLoader.js
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ DataTextureLoader.prototype = Object.assign( Object.create( Loader.prototype ),
 
 			texture.anisotropy = texData.anisotropy !== undefined ? texData.anisotropy : 1;
 
+			if ( texData.encoding !== undefined ) {
+
+				texture.encoding = texData.encoding;
+
+			}
+
 			if ( texData.flipY !== undefined ) {
 
 				texture.flipY = texData.flipY;