diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs
index 967ccda522ace..0151654a9b05f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs
@@ -1876,3 +1876,19 @@ pub fn get_mesh_instance_world_from_local(
         }
     }
 }
+
+pub(crate) trait MaterialPropertiesExt {
+    fn prepass_reads_material(&self) -> bool;
+}
+
+impl MaterialPropertiesExt for MaterialProperties {
+    fn prepass_reads_material(&self) -> bool {
+        // The default prepass shaders doesn't need material's bind group,
+        // but for user provided prepass shaders currently we don't have a way to known this
+        // because material's bind group is used for both prepass and the other passes.
+        //
+        // So we have to disable the optimization for depth only prepass and always bind the material's bind group.
+        self.get_shader(PrepassVertexShader).is_some()
+            || self.get_shader(PrepassFragmentShader).is_some()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/prepass/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/prepass/mod.rs
index 20644c2a2ac76..795c7ab331c49 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/prepass/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/prepass/mod.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ use crate::{
     alpha_mode_pipeline_key, binding_arrays_are_usable, buffer_layout,
     collect_meshes_for_gpu_building, init_material_pipeline, set_mesh_motion_vector_flags,
     setup_morph_and_skinning_defs, skin, DeferredAlphaMaskDrawFunction, DeferredFragmentShader,
-    DeferredOpaqueDrawFunction, DeferredVertexShader, DrawMesh, MaterialPipeline, MeshLayouts,
-    MeshPipeline, MeshPipelineKey, PreparedMaterial, PrepassAlphaMaskDrawFunction,
-    PrepassFragmentShader, PrepassOpaqueDepthOnlyDrawFunction, PrepassOpaqueDrawFunction,
-    PrepassVertexShader, RenderLightmaps, RenderMaterialInstances, RenderMeshInstanceFlags,
-    RenderMeshInstances, SetMaterialBindGroup, SetMeshBindGroup, ShadowView,
+    DeferredOpaqueDrawFunction, DeferredVertexShader, DrawMesh, MaterialPipeline,
+    MaterialPropertiesExt, MeshLayouts, MeshPipeline, MeshPipelineKey, PreparedMaterial,
+    PrepassAlphaMaskDrawFunction, PrepassFragmentShader, PrepassOpaqueDepthOnlyDrawFunction,
+    PrepassOpaqueDrawFunction, PrepassVertexShader, RenderLightmaps, RenderMaterialInstances,
+    RenderMeshInstanceFlags, RenderMeshInstances, SetMaterialBindGroup, SetMeshBindGroup,
+    ShadowView,
 };
 use bevy_app::{App, Plugin, PreUpdate};
 use bevy_asset::{embedded_asset, load_embedded_asset, AssetServer, Handle};
@@ -390,7 +391,9 @@ impl SpecializedMeshPipeline for PrepassPipelineSpecializer {
 }
 
 fn is_depth_only_opaque_prepass(mesh_key: MeshPipelineKey) -> bool {
-    mesh_key.intersection(MeshPipelineKey::ALL_PREPASS_BITS) == MeshPipelineKey::DEPTH_PREPASS
+    !mesh_key.intersects(MeshPipelineKey::MAY_DISCARD | MeshPipelineKey::PREPASS_READS_MATERIAL)
+        && mesh_key.intersection(MeshPipelineKey::ALL_PREPASS_BITS)
+            == MeshPipelineKey::DEPTH_PREPASS
 }
 
 impl PrepassPipeline {
@@ -425,7 +428,12 @@ impl PrepassPipeline {
         // or emulated by setting depth in the fragment shader for GPUs that don't support it natively.
         let emulate_unclipped_depth = mesh_key.contains(MeshPipelineKey::UNCLIPPED_DEPTH_ORTHO)
             && !self.depth_clip_control_supported;
-        if is_depth_only_opaque_prepass(mesh_key) && !emulate_unclipped_depth {
+        if is_depth_only_opaque_prepass(mesh_key)
+            && !emulate_unclipped_depth
+            && !material_properties.prepass_reads_material()
+        {
+            // The shaders for depth only opaque prepass doesn't need material's bind group.
+            // We set an empty layout and batch them by setting `material_bind_group_index` to `None` in batch set key.
             bind_group_layouts.push(self.empty_layout.clone());
         } else {
             bind_group_layouts.push(
@@ -1181,6 +1189,10 @@ pub(crate) fn specialize_prepass_material_meshes(
                     mesh_key |= MeshPipelineKey::VISIBILITY_RANGE_DITHER;
                 }
 
+                if material.properties.prepass_reads_material() {
+                    mesh_key |= MeshPipelineKey::PREPASS_READS_MATERIAL;
+                }
+
                 // If the previous frame has skins or morph targets, note that.
                 if motion_vector_prepass.is_some() {
                     if mesh_instance
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
index 0188614a17623..6bd5bf4376a4c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
@@ -2448,6 +2448,10 @@ pub(crate) fn specialize_shadows(
                     _ => MeshPipelineKey::NONE,
                 };
 
+                if material.properties.prepass_reads_material() {
+                    mesh_key |= MeshPipelineKey::PREPASS_READS_MATERIAL;
+                }
+
                 work_items.push(ShadowSpecializationWorkItem {
                     visible_entity: *visible_entity,
                     retained_view_entity: extracted_view_light.retained_view_entity,