diff --git a/src/gl/context.js b/src/gl/context.js
index 24ed780d0b1..04f84290a91 100644
--- a/src/gl/context.js
+++ b/src/gl/context.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import DepthMode from './depth_mode';
 import StencilMode from './stencil_mode';
 import ColorMode from './color_mode';
 import { deepEqual } from '../util/util';
-import { ClearColor, ClearDepth, ClearStencil, ColorMask, DepthMask, StencilMask, StencilFunc, StencilOp, StencilTest, DepthRange, DepthTest, DepthFunc, Blend, BlendFunc, BlendColor, Program, ActiveTextureUnit, Viewport, BindFramebuffer, BindRenderbuffer, BindTexture, BindVertexBuffer, BindElementBuffer, BindVertexArrayOES, PixelStoreUnpack, PixelStoreUnpackPremultiplyAlpha } from './value';
+import { ClearColor, ClearDepth, ClearStencil, ColorMask, DepthMask, StencilMask, StencilFunc, StencilOp, StencilTest, DepthRange, DepthTest, DepthFunc, Blend, BlendFunc, BlendColor, CullFace, CullFaceMode, FrontFace, Program, ActiveTextureUnit, Viewport, BindFramebuffer, BindRenderbuffer, BindTexture, BindVertexBuffer, BindElementBuffer, BindVertexArrayOES, PixelStoreUnpack, PixelStoreUnpackPremultiplyAlpha } from './value';
 
 
 import type {TriangleIndexArray, LineIndexArray, LineStripIndexArray} from '../data/index_array_type';
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import type {
     StructArrayMember
 } from '../util/struct_array';
 import type Color from '../style-spec/util/color';
+import type {
+    CullFaceModeType,
+    FrontFaceType,
+} from './types';
 
 type ClearArgs = {
     color?: Color,
@@ -44,6 +48,9 @@ class Context {
     blend: Blend;
     blendFunc: BlendFunc;
     blendColor: BlendColor;
+    cullFace: CullFace;
+    cullFaceMode: CullFaceMode;
+    frontFace: FrontFace;
     program: Program;
     activeTexture: ActiveTextureUnit;
     viewport: Viewport;
@@ -79,6 +86,9 @@ class Context {
         this.blend = new Blend(this);
         this.blendFunc = new BlendFunc(this);
         this.blendColor = new BlendColor(this);
+        this.cullFace = new CullFace(this);
+        this.cullFaceMode = new CullFaceMode(this);
+        this.frontFace = new FrontFace(this);
         this.program = new Program(this);
         this.activeTexture = new ActiveTextureUnit(this);
         this.viewport = new Viewport(this);
@@ -156,6 +166,13 @@ class Context {
         gl.clear(mask);
     }
 
+    setCullFace(cullFace: boolean, cullFaceMode?: CullFaceModeType, frontFace?: FrontFaceType) {
+        const gl = this.gl;
+        this.cullFace.set(cullFace);
+        this.cullFaceMode.set(cullFaceMode ? cullFaceMode : gl.BACK);
+        this.frontFace.set(frontFace ? frontFace : gl.CCW);
+    }
+
     setDepthMode(depthMode: $ReadOnly<DepthMode>) {
         if (depthMode.func === this.gl.ALWAYS && !depthMode.mask) {
             this.depthTest.set(false);
diff --git a/src/gl/types.js b/src/gl/types.js
index 01449372bbe..e89ead63183 100644
--- a/src/gl/types.js
+++ b/src/gl/types.js
@@ -68,3 +68,12 @@ export type StencilTest =
     | { func: $PropertyType<WebGLRenderingContext, 'NOTEQUAL'>, mask: number }
     | { func: $PropertyType<WebGLRenderingContext, 'GEQUAL'>, mask: number }
     | { func: $PropertyType<WebGLRenderingContext, 'ALWAYS'>, mask: 0 };
+
+export type CullFaceModeType =
+    | $PropertyType<WebGLRenderingContext, 'FRONT'>
+    | $PropertyType<WebGLRenderingContext, 'BACK'>
+    | $PropertyType<WebGLRenderingContext, 'FRONT_AND_BACK'>
+
+export type FrontFaceType =
+    | $PropertyType<WebGLRenderingContext, 'CW'>
+    | $PropertyType<WebGLRenderingContext, 'CCW'>
diff --git a/src/gl/value.js b/src/gl/value.js
index 7e42bad7d45..860285a1094 100644
--- a/src/gl/value.js
+++ b/src/gl/value.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import type {
     DepthFuncType,
     TextureUnitType,
     ViewportType,
+    CullFaceModeType,
+    FrontFaceType,
 } from './types';
 
 export interface Value<T> {
@@ -335,6 +337,72 @@ export class BlendColor implements Value<Color> {
     }
 }
 
+export class CullFace implements Value<boolean> {
+    context: Context;
+    current: boolean;
+
+    constructor(context: Context) {
+        this.context = context;
+        this.current = false;
+    }
+
+    get(): boolean { return this.current; }
+
+    set(v: boolean): void {
+        if (this.current !== v) {
+            const gl = this.context.gl;
+            if (v) {
+                gl.enable(gl.CULL_FACE);
+            } else {
+                gl.disable(gl.CULL_FACE);
+            }
+            this.current = v;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export class CullFaceMode implements Value<CullFaceModeType> {
+    context: Context;
+    current: CullFaceModeType;
+
+    constructor(context: Context) {
+        this.context = context;
+        const gl = this.context.gl;
+        this.current = gl.BACK;
+    }
+
+    get(): CullFaceModeType { return this.current; }
+
+    set(v: CullFaceModeType): void {
+        if (this.current !== v) {
+            const gl = this.context.gl;
+            gl.cullFace(v);
+            this.current = v;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export class FrontFace implements Value<FrontFaceType> {
+    context: Context;
+    current: FrontFaceType;
+
+    constructor(context: Context) {
+        this.context = context;
+        const gl = this.context.gl;
+        this.current = gl.CCW;
+    }
+
+    get(): FrontFaceType { return this.current; }
+
+    set(v: FrontFaceType): void {
+        if (this.current !== v) {
+            const gl = this.context.gl;
+            gl.frontFace(v);
+            this.current = v;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 export class Program implements Value<?WebGLProgram> {
     context: Context;
     current: ?WebGLProgram;
diff --git a/src/render/painter.js b/src/render/painter.js
index 7041ab9bbde..4f6c011ebd1 100644
--- a/src/render/painter.js
+++ b/src/render/painter.js
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ class Painter {
         this.renderPass = 'offscreen';
         this.depthRboNeedsClear = true;
 
+        // Clockwise winding order for culling front-facing triangles when
+        // rendering offscreen.
+        const gl = this.context.gl;
+        this.context.setCullFace(true, gl.FRONT, gl.CCW);
+
         for (const layerId of layerIds) {
             const layer = this.style._layers[layerId];
             if (!layer.hasOffscreenPass() || layer.isHidden(this.transform.zoom)) continue;
@@ -348,6 +353,10 @@ class Painter {
         // Clear buffers in preparation for drawing to the main framebuffer
         this.context.clear({ color: options.showOverdrawInspector ? Color.black : Color.transparent, depth: 1 });
 
+        // Counter-clockwise winding order for culling back-facing triangles
+        // when rendering on the main buffer.
+        this.context.setCullFace(true, gl.BACK, gl.CCW);
+
         this._showOverdrawInspector = options.showOverdrawInspector;
         this.depthRange = (style._order.length + 2) * this.numSublayers * this.depthEpsilon;