diff --git a/src/ol/render/EventType.js b/src/ol/render/EventType.js
index 3cb18dc05c..7ea0db387b 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/EventType.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/EventType.js
@@ -21,16 +21,18 @@ export default {
   POSTRENDER: 'postrender',
 
   /**
-   * Triggered before layers are rendered.
-   * The event object will not have a `context` set.
+   * Triggered before layers are composed.  When dispatched by the map, the event object will not have
+   * a `context` set.  When dispatched by a layer, the event object will have a `context` set.  Only
+   * WebGL layers currently dispatch this event.
    * @event module:ol/render/Event~RenderEvent#precompose
    * @api
    */
   PRECOMPOSE: 'precompose',
 
   /**
-   * Triggered after all layers are rendered.
-   * The event object will not have a `context` set.
+   * Triggered after layers are composed.  When dispatched by the map, the event object will not have
+   * a `context` set.  When dispatched by a layer, the event object will have a `context` set.  Only
+   * WebGL layers currently dispatch this event.
    * @event module:ol/render/Event~RenderEvent#postcompose
    * @api
    */
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js
index 39610eb4b0..dfce02f4df 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js
@@ -88,6 +88,45 @@ class WebGLLayerRenderer extends LayerRenderer {
     this.helper;
 
     layer.addChangeListener(LayerProperty.MAP, this.removeHelper_.bind(this));
+
+    this.dispatchPreComposeEvent = this.dispatchPreComposeEvent.bind(this);
+    this.dispatchPostComposeEvent = this.dispatchPostComposeEvent.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {WebGLRenderingContext} context The WebGL rendering context.
+   * @param {import("../../PluggableMap.js").FrameState} frameState Frame state.
+   * @protected
+   */
+  dispatchPreComposeEvent(context, frameState) {
+    const layer = this.getLayer();
+    if (layer.hasListener(RenderEventType.PRECOMPOSE)) {
+      const event = new RenderEvent(
+        RenderEventType.PRECOMPOSE,
+        undefined,
+        frameState,
+        context
+      );
+      layer.dispatchEvent(event);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {WebGLRenderingContext} context The WebGL rendering context.
+   * @param {import("../../PluggableMap.js").FrameState} frameState Frame state.
+   * @protected
+   */
+  dispatchPostComposeEvent(context, frameState) {
+    const layer = this.getLayer();
+    if (layer.hasListener(RenderEventType.POSTCOMPOSE)) {
+      const event = new RenderEvent(
+        RenderEventType.POSTCOMPOSE,
+        undefined,
+        frameState,
+        context
+      );
+      layer.dispatchEvent(event);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js
index 8752cd134f..a122651c5a 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js
@@ -450,7 +450,11 @@ class WebGLPointsLayerRenderer extends WebGLLayerRenderer {
 
     const renderCount = this.indicesBuffer_.getSize();
     this.helper.drawElements(0, renderCount);
-    this.helper.finalizeDraw(frameState);
+    this.helper.finalizeDraw(
+      frameState,
+      this.dispatchPreComposeEvent,
+      this.dispatchPostComposeEvent
+    );
     const canvas = this.helper.getCanvas();
 
     if (this.hitDetectionEnabled_) {
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/TileLayer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/TileLayer.js
index b94618be2f..47c39fcc28 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/TileLayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/TileLayer.js
@@ -552,7 +552,11 @@ class WebGLTileLayerRenderer extends WebGLLayerRenderer {
       }
     }
 
-    this.helper.finalizeDraw(frameState);
+    this.helper.finalizeDraw(
+      frameState,
+      this.dispatchPreComposeEvent,
+      this.dispatchPostComposeEvent
+    );
 
     const canvas = this.helper.getCanvas();
 
diff --git a/src/ol/webgl/Helper.js b/src/ol/webgl/Helper.js
index ae8358c00d..f7ceb515b8 100644
--- a/src/ol/webgl/Helper.js
+++ b/src/ol/webgl/Helper.js
@@ -637,15 +637,25 @@ class WebGLHelper extends Disposable {
   /**
    * Apply the successive post process passes which will eventually render to the actual canvas.
    * @param {import("../PluggableMap.js").FrameState} frameState current frame state
-   * @api
+   * @param {function(WebGLRenderingContext, import("../PluggableMap.js").FrameState):void} [preCompose] Called before composing.
+   * @param {function(WebGLRenderingContext, import("../PluggableMap.js").FrameState):void} [postCompose] Called before composing.
    */
-  finalizeDraw(frameState) {
+  finalizeDraw(frameState, preCompose, postCompose) {
     // apply post processes using the next one as target
-    for (let i = 0; i < this.postProcessPasses_.length; i++) {
-      this.postProcessPasses_[i].apply(
-        frameState,
-        this.postProcessPasses_[i + 1] || null
-      );
+    for (let i = 0, ii = this.postProcessPasses_.length; i < ii; i++) {
+      if (i === ii - 1) {
+        this.postProcessPasses_[i].apply(
+          frameState,
+          null,
+          preCompose,
+          postCompose
+        );
+      } else {
+        this.postProcessPasses_[i].apply(
+          frameState,
+          this.postProcessPasses_[i + 1]
+        );
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ol/webgl/PostProcessingPass.js b/src/ol/webgl/PostProcessingPass.js
index 0df0051650..5989ccb3bb 100644
--- a/src/ol/webgl/PostProcessingPass.js
+++ b/src/ol/webgl/PostProcessingPass.js
@@ -250,9 +250,11 @@ class WebGLPostProcessingPass {
    * Render to the next postprocessing pass (or to the canvas if final pass).
    * @param {import("../PluggableMap.js").FrameState} frameState current frame state
    * @param {WebGLPostProcessingPass} [nextPass] Next pass, optional
+   * @param {function(WebGLRenderingContext, import("../PluggableMap.js").FrameState):void} [preCompose] Called before composing.
+   * @param {function(WebGLRenderingContext, import("../PluggableMap.js").FrameState):void} [postCompose] Called before composing.
    * @api
    */
-  apply(frameState, nextPass) {
+  apply(frameState, nextPass, preCompose, postCompose) {
     const gl = this.getGL();
     const size = frameState.size;
 
@@ -288,7 +290,13 @@ class WebGLPostProcessingPass {
 
     this.applyUniforms(frameState);
 
+    if (preCompose) {
+      preCompose(gl, frameState);
+    }
     gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
+    if (postCompose) {
+      postCompose(gl, frameState);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/browser/spec/ol/layer/WebGLTile.test.js b/test/browser/spec/ol/layer/WebGLTile.test.js
index d4b14695f8..f590af4c26 100644
--- a/test/browser/spec/ol/layer/WebGLTile.test.js
+++ b/test/browser/spec/ol/layer/WebGLTile.test.js
@@ -257,6 +257,21 @@ describe('ol/layer/WebGLTile', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  it('dispatches a precompose event with WebGL context', (done) => {
+    let called = false;
+    layer.on('precompose', (event) => {
+      expect(event.context).to.be.a(WebGLRenderingContext);
+      called = true;
+    });
+
+    map.once('rendercomplete', () => {
+      expect(called).to.be(true);
+      done();
+    });
+
+    map.render();
+  });
+
   it('dispatches a prerender event with WebGL context and inverse pixel transform', (done) => {
     let called = false;
     layer.on('prerender', (event) => {
diff --git a/test/rendering/cases/webgl-precompose-event/expected.png b/test/rendering/cases/webgl-precompose-event/expected.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d93d3624f6
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diff --git a/test/rendering/cases/webgl-precompose-event/main.js b/test/rendering/cases/webgl-precompose-event/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..750ef76160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/rendering/cases/webgl-precompose-event/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import DataTileSource from '../../../../src/ol/source/DataTile.js';
+import Map from '../../../../src/ol/Map.js';
+import TileLayer from '../../../../src/ol/layer/WebGLTile.js';
+import View from '../../../../src/ol/View.js';
+
+const high = new Uint8Array(256 * 256).fill(255);
+const low = new Uint8Array(256 * 256).fill(0);
+
+const red = new TileLayer({
+  transition: 0,
+  source: new DataTileSource({
+    minZoom: 2,
+    loader: function (z, x, y) {
+      if ((x + y) % 2 === 0) {
+        return high;
+      }
+      return low;
+    },
+  }),
+  style: {
+    color: ['array', ['band', 1], 0, 0, 1],
+  },
+});
+
+const green = new TileLayer({
+  transition: 0,
+  source: new DataTileSource({
+    minZoom: 2,
+    loader: (z, x) => {
+      if (x % 2 === 0) {
+        return high;
+      }
+      return low;
+    },
+  }),
+  style: {
+    color: ['array', 0, ['band', 1], 0, 1],
+  },
+});
+
+green.on('precompose', (event) => {
+  const gl = event.context;
+  gl.blendEquation(gl.FUNC_ADD);
+  gl.blendFunc(gl.ONE, gl.ONE);
+});
+
+const blue = new TileLayer({
+  transition: 0,
+  source: new DataTileSource({
+    minZoom: 2,
+    loader: (z, x, y) => {
+      if (y % 2 === 0) {
+        return high;
+      }
+      return low;
+    },
+  }),
+  style: {
+    color: ['array', 0, 0, ['band', 1], 1],
+  },
+});
+
+blue.on('precompose', (event) => {
+  const gl = event.context;
+  gl.blendEquation(gl.FUNC_ADD);
+  gl.blendFunc(gl.ONE, gl.ONE);
+});
+
+new Map({
+  target: 'map',
+  layers: [red, green, blue],
+  view: new View({
+    center: [0, 0],
+    zoom: 0,
+  }),
+});
+
+render({
+  message: 'precompose events can be used to change layer blending',
+});