diff --git a/Core/Graphics/Source/DeviceImpl.cpp b/Core/Graphics/Source/DeviceImpl.cpp
index 3b449cd9d5..4ebfec0bc5 100644
--- a/Core/Graphics/Source/DeviceImpl.cpp
+++ b/Core/Graphics/Source/DeviceImpl.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ namespace Babylon::Graphics
         auto& init = m_state.Bgfx.InitState;
         init.callback = &m_bgfxCallback;
 
+        // bgfx reserves limits.numDrawCalls render-item slots (sort keys, RenderItem,
+        // RenderBind) up front for every Frame, and defaults to
+        // BGFX_CONFIG_MAX_DRAW_CALLS (65535) -- tens of megabytes.
+        //
+        // 0 asks for a single BGFX_CONFIG_DRAW_CALL_BLOCK instead (4096, set in
+        // Dependencies/CMakeLists.txt), and bgfx resizes in block steps up to that same
+        // ceiling. Growth is reactive -- the frame that overflows drops the draws past
+        // capacity -- so the block should sit above the expected peak.
+        //
+        // numDrawCallPeakFrames is the shrink delay in frames, ~1s at 60fps. Resizing
+        // is disabled entirely at 0.
+        init.limits.numDrawCalls = 0;
+        init.limits.numDrawCallPeakFrames = 60;
+
         // Use the noop renderer if the configuration has no window and no size.
         if (config.Window == WindowT{} && config.Width == 0 && config.Height == 0)
         {
diff --git a/Dependencies/CMakeLists.txt b/Dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f7a5a6f4c..c6b2b599e5 100644
--- a/Dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Dependencies/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ FetchContent_MakeAvailable_With_Message(bgfx.cmake)
 target_compile_definitions(bgfx PRIVATE BGFX_CONFIG_DEBUG_ANNOTATION=0)
 
 target_compile_definitions(bgfx PRIVATE BGFX_CONFIG_DEFAULT_MAX_ENCODERS=2)
+target_compile_definitions(bgfx PRIVATE BGFX_CONFIG_DRAW_CALL_BLOCK=4096)
 target_compile_definitions(bgfx PRIVATE BGFX_CONFIG_MAX_VERTEX_STREAMS=18)
 target_compile_definitions(bgfx PRIVATE BGFX_CONFIG_MIN_RESOURCE_COMMAND_BUFFER_SIZE=16)
 target_compile_definitions(bgfx PRIVATE BGFX_CONFIG_MIN_UNIFORM_BUFFER_SIZE=4096)