diff --git a/examples/gl_viewer/gl_viewer.cpp b/examples/gl_viewer/gl_viewer.cpp
index 5e70bc8ff..99fc350df 100644
--- a/examples/gl_viewer/gl_viewer.cpp
+++ b/examples/gl_viewer/gl_viewer.cpp
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ bool loadMesh(Viewer* viewer, fastgltf::Mesh& mesh) {
             auto& material = viewer->asset.materials[it->materialIndex.value()];
             if (material.pbrData.baseColorTexture.has_value()) {
                 auto& texture = viewer->asset.textures[material.pbrData.baseColorTexture->textureIndex];
-                if (!texture.imageIndex.has_value())
-                    return false;
+				if (!texture.imageIndex.has_value())
+					return false;
                 primitive.albedoTexture = viewer->textures[texture.imageIndex.value()].texture;
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/include/fastgltf/types.hpp b/include/fastgltf/types.hpp
index 539b5bec7..c9df5f6b3 100644
--- a/include/fastgltf/types.hpp
+++ b/include/fastgltf/types.hpp
@@ -1610,22 +1610,32 @@ namespace fastgltf {
     };
 
     struct Texture {
-        /**
-         * When empty, an extension or other mechanism SHOULD supply an alternate texture source,
-         * otherwise behavior is undefined.
-         */
-        Optional<std::size_t> imageIndex;
+		/**
+		 * If no sampler is specified, use a default sampler with repeat wrap and auto filter.
+		 */
+		 Optional<std::size_t> samplerIndex;
 
-        /**
-         * If the imageIndex is specified by the KTX2 or DDS glTF extensions, this is supposed to
-         * be used as a fallback if those file containers are not supported.
-         */
-        Optional<std::size_t> fallbackImageIndex;
+		/**
+		 * The index of the image used by this texture. Either this will have a value,
+		 * or one of the following extensions will define a texture index. If no extensions
+		 * were enabled while parsing, this will always have a value.
+		 */
+		Optional<std::size_t> imageIndex;
 
-        /**
-         * If no sampler is specified, use a default sampler with repeat wrap and auto filter.
-         */
-        Optional<std::size_t> samplerIndex;
+		/**
+		 * An optional texture index from the KHR_texture_basisu extension.
+		 */
+		Optional<std::size_t> basisuImageIndex;
+
+		/**
+		 * An optional texture index from the MSFT_texture_dds extension.
+		 */
+		Optional<std::size_t> ddsImageIndex;
+
+		/**
+		 * An optional texture index from the EXT_texture_webp extension.
+		 */
+		Optional<std::size_t> webpImageIndex;
 
         std::pmr::string name;
     };
diff --git a/src/fastgltf.cpp b/src/fastgltf.cpp
index 82683201e..0d0d8f922 100644
--- a/src/fastgltf.cpp
+++ b/src/fastgltf.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ namespace fastgltf {
 			}
 
 			if (!extensionNotPresent) {
-				texture.imageIndex = imageIndex;
+				texture.basisuImageIndex = imageIndex;
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ namespace fastgltf {
 			}
 
 			if (!extensionNotPresent) {
-				texture.imageIndex = imageIndex;
+				texture.ddsImageIndex = imageIndex;
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ namespace fastgltf {
 			}
 
 			if (!extensionNotPresent) {
-				texture.imageIndex = imageIndex;
+				texture.webpImageIndex = imageIndex;
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1032,9 +1032,21 @@ fg::Error fg::validate(const fastgltf::Asset& asset) {
 	for (const auto& texture : asset.textures) {
 		if (texture.samplerIndex.has_value() && texture.samplerIndex.value() >= asset.samplers.size())
 			return Error::InvalidGltf;
+		// imageIndex needs to be defined, unless one of the texture extensions were enabled and define another image index.
+		if (isExtensionUsed(extensions::KHR_texture_basisu) || isExtensionUsed(extensions::MSFT_texture_dds) || isExtensionUsed(extensions::EXT_texture_webp)) {
+			if (!texture.imageIndex.has_value() && (!texture.basisuImageIndex.has_value() && !texture.ddsImageIndex.has_value() && !texture.webpImageIndex.has_value())) {
+				return Error::InvalidGltf;
+			}
+		} else if (!texture.imageIndex.has_value()) {
+			return Error::InvalidGltf;
+		}
 		if (texture.imageIndex.has_value() && texture.imageIndex.value() >= asset.images.size())
 			return Error::InvalidGltf;
-		if (texture.fallbackImageIndex.has_value() && texture.fallbackImageIndex.value() >= asset.images.size())
+		if (texture.basisuImageIndex.has_value() && texture.basisuImageIndex.value() >= asset.images.size())
+			return Error::InvalidGltf;
+		if (texture.ddsImageIndex.has_value() && texture.ddsImageIndex.value() >= asset.images.size())
+			return Error::InvalidGltf;
+		if (texture.webpImageIndex.has_value() && texture.webpImageIndex.value() >= asset.images.size())
 			return Error::InvalidGltf;
 	}
 
@@ -3082,10 +3094,6 @@ fg::Error fg::Parser::parseTextures(simdjson::dom::array& textures, Asset& asset
         // If we have extensions, we'll use the normal "source" as the fallback and then parse
         // the extensions for any "source" field.
         if (hasExtensions) {
-            if (texture.imageIndex.has_value()) {
-                // If the source was specified we'll use that as a fallback.
-                texture.fallbackImageIndex = texture.imageIndex;
-            }
             if (!parseTextureExtensions(texture, extensionsObject, config.extensions)) {
                 return Error::InvalidGltf;
             }
diff --git a/tests/extension_tests.cpp b/tests/extension_tests.cpp
index 33479e24d..b00c7b710 100644
--- a/tests/extension_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/extension_tests.cpp
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ TEST_CASE("Loading KHR_texture_basisu glTF files", "[gltf-loader]") {
         REQUIRE(!asset->images.empty());
 
         auto& texture = asset->textures[1];
-        REQUIRE(texture.imageIndex == 1);
+        REQUIRE(!texture.imageIndex.has_value());
         REQUIRE(texture.samplerIndex == 0);
-        REQUIRE(!texture.fallbackImageIndex.has_value());
+		REQUIRE(texture.basisuImageIndex.has_value());
+		REQUIRE(texture.basisuImageIndex.value() == 1);
 
         auto& image = asset->images.front();
         auto* filePath = std::get_if<fastgltf::sources::URI>(&image.data);