diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/KTX2Loader.js b/examples/jsm/loaders/KTX2Loader.js
index b11ae7424b4f78..3c0b3e7eb7347d 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/KTX2Loader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/KTX2Loader.js
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ import {
 	CompressedTexture,
 	CompressedArrayTexture,
 	CompressedCubeTexture,
-	Data3DTexture,
+	DataArrayTexture,
+	DataCubeTexture,
 	DataTexture,
+	Data3DTexture,
 	FileLoader,
 	FloatType,
 	HalfFloatType,
@@ -294,25 +296,53 @@ class KTX2Loader extends Loader {
 
 		if ( messageType === 'error' ) return Promise.reject( error );
 
+		const mipmaps = faces[ 0 ].mipmaps;
+
 		let texture;
 
-		if ( container.faceCount === 6 ) {
+		if ( format === RGBAFormat ) {
+
+			// THREE.DataTexture
+
+			if ( container.faceCount === 6 ) {
+
+				texture = new DataCubeTexture( mipmaps[ 0 ].data, format, type );
+				texture.mipmaps = mipmaps.map( ( mip ) => new DataCubeTexture( mip.data, mip.width, mip.height ) );
+
+			} else if ( container.layerCount > 1 ) {
+
+				texture = new DataArrayTexture( mipmaps[ 0 ].data, width, height, container.layerCount, format, type )
+				texture.mipmaps = mipmaps;
+
+			} else {
 
-			texture = new CompressedCubeTexture( faces, format, type );
+				texture = new DataTexture( mipmaps[ 0 ].data, width, height, format, type );
+				texture.mipmaps = mipmaps;
+
+			}
 
 		} else {
 
-			const mipmaps = faces[ 0 ].mipmaps;
+			// THREE.CompressedTexture
+
+			if ( container.faceCount === 6 ) {
+
+				texture = new CompressedCubeTexture( faces, format, type );
+
+			} else if ( container.layerCount > 1 ) {
 
-			texture = container.layerCount > 1
-				? new CompressedArrayTexture( mipmaps, width, height, container.layerCount, format, type )
-				: new CompressedTexture( mipmaps, width, height, format, type );
+				texture = new CompressedArrayTexture( mipmaps, width, height, container.layerCount, format, type )
+
+			} else {
+
+				texture = new CompressedTexture( mipmaps, width, height, format, type );
+
+			}
 
 		}
 
 		texture.minFilter = faces[ 0 ].mipmaps.length === 1 ? LinearFilter : LinearMipmapLinearFilter;
 		texture.magFilter = LinearFilter;
-		texture.generateMipmaps = false;
 
 		texture.needsUpdate = true;
 		texture.colorSpace = parseColorSpace( container );
diff --git a/examples/textures/compressed/cubemap_etc1s.ktx2 b/examples/textures/compressed/cubemap_etc1s.ktx2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..42587bf0ac038b
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/textures/compressed/cubemap_etc1s.ktx2 differ
diff --git a/examples/textures/compressed/cubemap_uastc.ktx2 b/examples/textures/compressed/cubemap_uastc.ktx2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..812bba23adedbb
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/textures/compressed/cubemap_uastc.ktx2 differ
diff --git a/examples/webgl_loader_texture_ktx2.html b/examples/webgl_loader_texture_ktx2.html
index e36d69d123f038..57a7e98cc2879f 100644
--- a/examples/webgl_loader_texture_ktx2.html
+++ b/examples/webgl_loader_texture_ktx2.html
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@
 
 			import { KTX2Loader } from 'three/addons/loaders/KTX2Loader.js';
 			import { OrbitControls } from 'three/addons/controls/OrbitControls.js';
+			import { TextureHelper } from 'three/addons/helpers/TextureHelper.js';
 			import { GUI } from 'three/addons/libs/lil-gui.module.min.js';
 
-			let camera, scene, renderer, controls, loader, material;
+			let camera, scene, renderer, controls, loader, helper;
 
 			const SAMPLES = {
 				'BasisU ETC1S': '2d_etc1s.ktx2',
@@ -43,6 +44,10 @@
 				'RGBA16 Linear (UASTC HDR)': '2d_rgba16_uastc_hdr_linear.ktx2',
 				'RGBA32 Linear': '2d_rgba32_linear.ktx2',
 				'ASTC 6x6 (mobile)': '2d_astc_6x6.ktx2',
+
+				// Cube
+				'Cube / BasisU ETC1S': 'cubemap_etc1s.ktx2',
+				'Cube / BasisU UASTC': 'cubemap_uastc.ktx2',
 			};
 
 			const FORMAT_LABELS = {
@@ -99,16 +104,6 @@
 
 				controls = new OrbitControls( camera, renderer.domElement );
 
-				// PlaneGeometry UVs assume flipY=true, which compressed textures don't support.
-				const geometry = flipY( new THREE.PlaneGeometry() );
-				material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( {
-					color: 0xFFFFFF,
-					side: THREE.DoubleSide,
-					transparent: true,
-				} );
-				const mesh = new THREE.Mesh( geometry, material );
-				scene.add( mesh );
-
 				loader = new KTX2Loader()
 					.setTranscoderPath( 'jsm/libs/basis/' )
 					.detectSupport( renderer );
@@ -149,9 +144,17 @@
 					const texture = await loader.loadAsync( `./textures/compressed/${path}` );
 					texture.minFilter = THREE.NearestMipmapNearestFilter;
 
-					material.map = texture;
-					material.needsUpdate = true;
+					if ( helper ) {
+
+						scene.remove( helper );
+						helper.dispose();
+
+					}
 
+					helper = new TextureHelper( texture );
+					scene.add( helper );
+
+					console.info( `class: ${ texture.constructor.name }` );
 					console.info( `format: ${ FORMAT_LABELS[ texture.format ] }` );
 					console.info( `type: ${ TYPE_LABELS[ texture.type ] }` );
 					console.info( `colorSpace: ${ texture.colorSpace }` );
@@ -167,21 +170,6 @@
 
 			}
 
-			/** Correct UVs to be compatible with `flipY=false` textures. */
-			function flipY( geometry ) {
-
-				const uv = geometry.attributes.uv;
-
-				for ( let i = 0; i < uv.count; i ++ ) {
-
-					uv.setY( i, 1 - uv.getY( i ) );
-
-				}
-
-				return geometry;
-
-			}
-
 		</script>
 
 	</body>
diff --git a/src/Three.core.js b/src/Three.core.js
index f7a10261f0014e..e5dad7d1f276bc 100644
--- a/src/Three.core.js
+++ b/src/Three.core.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export { FramebufferTexture } from './textures/FramebufferTexture.js';
 export { Source } from './textures/Source.js';
 export { DataTexture } from './textures/DataTexture.js';
 export { DataArrayTexture } from './textures/DataArrayTexture.js';
+export { DataCubeTexture } from './textures/DataCubeTexture.js';
 export { Data3DTexture } from './textures/Data3DTexture.js';
 export { CompressedTexture } from './textures/CompressedTexture.js';
 export { CompressedArrayTexture } from './textures/CompressedArrayTexture.js';
diff --git a/src/textures/DataCubeTexture.js b/src/textures/DataCubeTexture.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c4d221878a2caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/textures/DataCubeTexture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { Texture } from './Texture.js';
+import { CubeReflectionMapping } from '../constants.js';
+
+class DataCubeTexture extends Texture {
+
+	constructor( data, width, height ) {
+
+		super( data, CubeReflectionMapping );
+
+		this.isDataCubeTexture = true;
+		this.isCubeTexture = true;
+
+		this.image = { data: data, width: width, height: height };
+
+		this.generateMipmaps = false;
+		this.flipY = false;
+		this.unpackAlignment = 1;
+
+	}
+
+	get images() {
+
+		return this.image;
+
+	}
+
+	set images( value ) {
+
+		this.image = value;
+
+	}
+
+}
+
+export { DataCubeTexture };