diff --git a/src/mesh/Mesh.js b/src/mesh/Mesh.js
index 4ed6a27..4990744 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Mesh.js
+++ b/src/mesh/Mesh.js
@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@
         this.indexDirty = 0;
 
         /**
+         * Version of mesh verticies array
+         *
+         * @member {number}
+         */
+        this.vertexDirty = 0;
+
+        /**
+         * For backwards compatibility the default is to re-upload verticies each render call.
+         * Set this to `false` and increase `vertexDirty` to manually re-upload the buffer.
+         *
+         * @member {boolean}
+         */
+        this.autoVertexUpdate = true;
+
+        /**
          * The blend mode to be applied to the sprite. Set to `PIXI.BLEND_MODES.NORMAL` to remove
          * any blend mode.
          *
@@ -210,6 +225,10 @@
      */
     refresh(forceUpdate)
     {
+        if (this.autoVertexUpdate)
+        {
+            this.vertexDirty++;
+        }
         if (this._uvTransform.update(forceUpdate))
         {
             this._refresh();

diff --git a/src/mesh/Mesh.js b/src/mesh/Mesh.js
index 4ed6a27..4990744 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Mesh.js
+++ b/src/mesh/Mesh.js
@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@
         this.indexDirty = 0;
 
         /**
+         * Version of mesh verticies array
+         *
+         * @member {number}
+         */
+        this.vertexDirty = 0;
+
+        /**
+         * For backwards compatibility the default is to re-upload verticies each render call.
+         * Set this to `false` and increase `vertexDirty` to manually re-upload the buffer.
+         *
+         * @member {boolean}
+         */
+        this.autoVertexUpdate = true;
+
+        /**
          * The blend mode to be applied to the sprite. Set to `PIXI.BLEND_MODES.NORMAL` to remove
          * any blend mode.
          *
@@ -210,6 +225,10 @@
      */
     refresh(forceUpdate)
     {
+        if (this.autoVertexUpdate)
+        {
+            this.vertexDirty++;
+        }
         if (this._uvTransform.update(forceUpdate))
         {
             this._refresh();
diff --git a/src/mesh/webgl/MeshRenderer.js b/src/mesh/webgl/MeshRenderer.js
index d1f599f..42ad3cd 100644
--- a/src/mesh/webgl/MeshRenderer.js
+++ b/src/mesh/webgl/MeshRenderer.js
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
                 vao: null,
                 dirty: mesh.dirty,
                 indexDirty: mesh.indexDirty,
+                vertexDirty: mesh.vertexDirty,
             };
 
             // build the vao object that will render..
@@ -98,7 +99,11 @@
             glData.indexBuffer.upload(mesh.indices);
         }
 
-        glData.vertexBuffer.upload(mesh.vertices);
+        if (mesh.vertexDirty !== glData.vertexDirty)
+        {
+            glData.vertexDirty = mesh.vertexDirty;
+            glData.vertexBuffer.upload(mesh.vertices);
+        }
 
         renderer.bindShader(glData.shader);