diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
index edda7bc81..b373ac65c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ jobs:
             libuv1-dev \
             libjpeg-dev \
             libpng-dev \
-            libglfw3-dev
+            libglfw3-dev \
+            libwebp-dev
 
       - name: Build MapLibre Native Core
         run: |
@@ -185,7 +186,9 @@ jobs:
             libuv1-dev \
             libjpeg-dev \
             libpng-dev \
+            libwebp-dev \
             libglfw3-dev \
+            libsqlite3-dev \
             xserver-xorg-video-dummy \
             xinit
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/node-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/node-ci.yml
index d018098bf..30c921624 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node-ci.yml
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ jobs:
             libc++-9-dev \
             libc++abi-9-dev \
             libjpeg-dev \
-            libpng-dev
+            libpng-dev \
+            libwebp-dev
           /usr/sbin/update-ccache-symlinks
 
       - name: Setup node
diff --git a/.github/workflows/node-release.yml b/.github/workflows/node-release.yml
index 54cf6a8bb..c227e1c1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node-release.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ jobs:
             libc++-9-dev \
             libc++abi-9-dev \
             libjpeg-dev \
-            libpng-dev
+            libpng-dev \
+            libwebp-dev
           /usr/sbin/update-ccache-symlinks
 
       - name: Setup node
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 738686f82..99b43b89e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### ✨ New features
 
 - *...Add new stuff here...*
+- [core] Add WebP image decoding support to default platform (Linux, Windows)
 - [core] All CMake properties are now prefixed `MLN_*` [1054](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/1054).
 - [windows] Added windows build support for core applications and node [#707](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/707)
 - [core] Add `ClientOptions` to configure client information [#365](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/pull/365).
diff --git a/platform/default/BUILD.bazel b/platform/default/BUILD.bazel
index 8d6a24f90..4826e6541 100644
--- a/platform/default/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/platform/default/BUILD.bazel
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ cc_library(
             "src/mbgl/util/string_stdlib.cpp",
             "src/mbgl/util/thread.cpp",
             "src/mbgl/util/timer.cpp",
+            "src/mbgl/util/webp_reader.cpp",
         ],
         "//:ios": [],
     }),
diff --git a/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/image.cpp b/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/image.cpp
index 7d36dbd54..1ff505d6f 100644
--- a/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/image.cpp
+++ b/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/image.cpp
@@ -6,14 +6,29 @@ namespace mbgl {
 
 PremultipliedImage decodePNG(const uint8_t*, size_t);
 PremultipliedImage decodeJPEG(const uint8_t*, size_t);
+PremultipliedImage decodeWEBP(const uint8_t*, size_t);
 
 PremultipliedImage decodeImage(const std::string& string) {
     const auto* data = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(string.data());
     const size_t size = string.size();
 
+    const auto readUInt = [](const uint8_t* imageData, ptrdiff_t offset) -> uint32_t {
+        const auto ptr = imageData + offset;
+        return (static_cast<uint32_t>(ptr[0]) << 24) | (static_cast<uint32_t>(ptr[1]) << 16) |
+               (static_cast<uint32_t>(ptr[2]) << 8) | static_cast<uint32_t>(ptr[3]);
+    };
+
+    if (size >= 16) {
+        uint32_t magic1 = readUInt(data, 0x0);
+        uint32_t magic2 = readUInt(data, 0x8);
+        // RIFF <xxxx = file size> WEBP
+        if (magic1 == 0x52494646 && magic2 == 0x57454250) {
+            return decodeWEBP(data, size);
+        }
+    }
+
     if (size >= 4) {
-        uint32_t magic = (static_cast<uint32_t>(data[0]) << 24) | (static_cast<uint32_t>(data[1]) << 16) |
-                         (static_cast<uint32_t>(data[2]) << 8) | static_cast<uint32_t>(data[3]);
+        uint32_t magic = readUInt(data, 0x0);
         if (magic == 0x89504E47U) {
             return decodePNG(data, size);
         }
diff --git a/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/webp_reader.cpp b/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/webp_reader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7faf6641d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/webp_reader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <mbgl/util/image.hpp>
+#include <mbgl/util/logging.hpp>
+#include <mbgl/util/premultiply.hpp>
+
+#include <webp/types.h>
+#include <webp/decode.h>
+
+namespace mbgl {
+
+PremultipliedImage decodeWEBP(const uint8_t* data, size_t size) {
+    int32_t width, height;
+    if (!WebPGetInfo(data, size, &width, &height)) {
+        Log::Warning(Event::Image, "Failed to decode WebP image header!");
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    auto img = UnassociatedImage({static_cast<uint32_t>(width), static_cast<uint32_t>(height)});
+    if (!WebPDecodeRGBAInto(data, size, img.data.get(), img.bytes(), static_cast<int32_t>(img.stride()))) {
+        Log::Warning(Event::Image, "Failed to decode WebP image contents!");
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    return util::premultiply(std::move(img));
+}
+
+} // namespace mbgl
diff --git a/platform/linux/BUILD.bazel b/platform/linux/BUILD.bazel
index dfbc21b1f..f7ffb87cf 100644
--- a/platform/linux/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/platform/linux/BUILD.bazel
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ cc_library(
         "-lcurl",
         "-lpng",
         "-ljpeg",
+        "-lwebp",
     ] + ICU_FLAGS,
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
diff --git a/platform/linux/README.md b/platform/linux/README.md
index 9f42948a3..7e1d8ad96 100644
--- a/platform/linux/README.md
+++ b/platform/linux/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This guide explains how to get started building and running MapLibre Native on L
 The following system libraries need to be installed.
 
 ```bash
-apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libglfw3-dev libuv1-dev libpng-dev libicu-dev libjpeg62-turbo
+apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libglfw3-dev libuv1-dev libpng-dev libicu-dev libjpeg62-turbo libwebp-dev
 ```
 
 Optional: `libsqlite3-dev` (also available as vendored dependency).
diff --git a/platform/linux/linux.cmake b/platform/linux/linux.cmake
index 69e32b90e..68e55d588 100644
--- a/platform/linux/linux.cmake
+++ b/platform/linux/linux.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ if (MLN_WITH_X11)
 endif ()
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
+pkg_search_module(WEBP libwebp REQUIRED)
 pkg_search_module(LIBUV libuv REQUIRED)
 
 target_sources(
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ target_sources(
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/filesystem.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/image.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/jpeg_reader.cpp
+        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/webp_reader.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/logging_stderr.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/monotonic_timer.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/png_reader.cpp
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ target_include_directories(
         ${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIRS}
         ${LIBUV_INCLUDE_DIRS}
         ${X11_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+        ${WEBP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/nunicode.cmake)
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
         ${LIBUV_LIBRARIES}
         ${X11_LIBRARIES}
         ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
+        ${WEBP_LIBRARIES}
         $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MLN_USE_BUILTIN_ICU}>>:ICU::i18n>
         $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MLN_USE_BUILTIN_ICU}>>:ICU::uc>
         $<$<BOOL:${MLN_USE_BUILTIN_ICU}>:mbgl-vendor-icu>
diff --git a/platform/windows/Get-VendorPackages.ps1 b/platform/windows/Get-VendorPackages.ps1
index c37a64d1d..fe18fc034 100644
--- a/platform/windows/Get-VendorPackages.ps1
+++ b/platform/windows/Get-VendorPackages.ps1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if(-not (Test-Path "$vcpkg_temp_dir\vcpkg.exe"))
     & "$vcpkg_temp_dir\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat"
 }
 
-& "$vcpkg_temp_dir\vcpkg.exe" --disable-metrics --overlay-triplets=$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($PWD.Path, 'vendor', 'vcpkg-custom-triplets')) --triplet=$($Triplet) --clean-after-build install curl dlfcn-win32 glfw3 icu libuv libjpeg-turbo libpng $($renderer_packages)
+& "$vcpkg_temp_dir\vcpkg.exe" --disable-metrics --overlay-triplets=$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($PWD.Path, 'vendor', 'vcpkg-custom-triplets')) --triplet=$($Triplet) --clean-after-build install curl dlfcn-win32 glfw3 icu libuv libjpeg-turbo libpng libwebp $($renderer_packages)
 
 subst $vcpkg_temp_dir /D
 
diff --git a/platform/windows/windows.cmake b/platform/windows/windows.cmake
index fcebee157..f9b2591e2 100644
--- a/platform/windows/windows.cmake
+++ b/platform/windows/windows.cmake
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ find_package(ICU OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS i18n uc)
 find_package(JPEG REQUIRED)
 find_package(libuv REQUIRED)
 find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
+find_package(WebP REQUIRED)
 find_path(DLFCN_INCLUDE_DIRS dlfcn.h)
 find_path(LIBUV_INCLUDE_DIRS uv.h)
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ target_sources(
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/filesystem.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/image.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/jpeg_reader.cpp
+        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/webp_reader.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/logging_stderr.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/monotonic_timer.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/png_reader.cpp
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ target_include_directories(
 		${DLFCN_INCLUDE_DIRS}
         ${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIRS}
         ${LIBUV_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+        ${WEBP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 include(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/nunicode.cmake)
@@ -172,6 +175,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
         ${CURL_LIBRARIES}
         ${JPEG_LIBRARIES}
         ${LIBUV_LIBRARIES}
+        ${WEBP_LIBRARIES}
 		dlfcn-win32::dl
         $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MLN_USE_BUILTIN_ICU}>>:ICU::data>
         $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MLN_USE_BUILTIN_ICU}>>:ICU::i18n>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/image/tile.webp b/test/fixtures/image/tile.webp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a85c33286
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/image/tile.webp differ
diff --git a/test/util/image.test.cpp b/test/util/image.test.cpp
index a520f94fa..b0f89bba7 100644
--- a/test/util/image.test.cpp
+++ b/test/util/image.test.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ TEST(Image, JPEGTile) {
     EXPECT_EQ(256u, image.size.height);
 }
 
+TEST(Image, WebPTile) {
+    PremultipliedImage image = decodeImage(util::read_file("test/fixtures/image/tile.webp"));
+    EXPECT_EQ(256u, image.size.width);
+    EXPECT_EQ(256u, image.size.height);
+}
+
 TEST(Image, Resize) {
     AlphaImage image({0, 0});