diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.cpp
index 84dd307792..7feeff114e 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,57 @@ QSharedPointer<Resource> ResourceCacheSharedItems::getHighestPendingRequest() {
     return highestResource;
 }
 
+ScriptableResource::ScriptableResource(const QSharedPointer<Resource>& resource) :
+    QObject(nullptr),
+    _resource(resource) {}
+
+void ScriptableResource::finished(bool success) {
+    if (_progressConnection) {
+        disconnect(_progressConnection);
+    }
+    if (_finishedConnection) {
+        disconnect(_finishedConnection);
+    }
+
+    _isLoaded = true;
+    _isFailed = !success;
+
+    if (_isFailed) {
+        emit failedChanged(_isFailed);
+    }
+    emit loadedChanged(_isLoaded);
+}
+
+ScriptableResource* ResourceCache::prefetch(const QUrl& url) {
+    auto result = new ScriptableResource();
+
+    if (QThread::currentThread() != thread()) {
+        // Must be called in thread to ensure getResource returns a valid pointer
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "prefetch", Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection,
+            Q_RETURN_ARG(ScriptableResource*, result), Q_ARG(QUrl, url));
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+    auto resource = getResource(url);
+    result->_resource = resource;
+    result->setObjectName(url.toString());
+
+    result->_resource = resource;
+    if (resource->isLoaded()) {
+        result->finished(!resource->_failedToLoad);
+    } else {
+        result->_progressConnection = connect(
+            resource.data(), &Resource::handleDownloadProgress,
+            result, &ScriptableResource::progressChanged);
+        result->_finishedConnection = connect(
+            resource.data(), &Resource::finished,
+            result, &ScriptableResource::finished);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 ResourceCache::ResourceCache(QObject* parent) : QObject(parent) {
     auto& domainHandler = DependencyManager::get<NodeList>()->getDomainHandler();
     connect(&domainHandler, &DomainHandler::disconnectedFromDomain,
@@ -169,11 +220,6 @@ void ResourceCache::clearATPAssets() {
 }
 
 void ResourceCache::refreshAll() {
-    // Remove refs to prefetching resources
-    _prefetchingResourcesLock.lock();
-    _prefetchingResources.clear();
-    _prefetchingResourcesLock.unlock();
-
     // Clear all unused resources so we don't have to reload them
     clearUnusedResource();
     resetResourceCounters();
@@ -221,24 +267,7 @@ QVariantList ResourceCache::getResourceList() {
 
     return list;
 }
-
-void ResourceCache::prefetch(const QUrl& url) {
-    if (QThread::currentThread() != thread()) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "prefetch", Q_ARG(QUrl, url));
-    } else {
-        auto resource = getResource(url);
-        // If it is not loaded, hold a ref until it is
-        if (!resource->isLoaded()) {
-            QMutexLocker lock(&_prefetchingResourcesLock);
-            _prefetchingResources.insert(url, resource);
-            connect(resource.data(), &Resource::finishedLoading, [this, url]{
-                QMutexLocker lock(&_prefetchingResourcesLock);
-                this->_prefetchingResources.remove(url);
-            });
-        }
-    }
-}
-
+ 
 void ResourceCache::setRequestLimit(int limit) {
     _requestLimit = limit;
 
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.h b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.h
index e284e24860..3cd749ebc9 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceCache.h
@@ -78,6 +78,40 @@ private:
     QList<QWeakPointer<Resource>> _loadingRequests;
 };
 
+/// Wrapper to expose resources to JS/QML
+class ScriptableResource : public QObject {
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool loaded READ isLoaded NOTIFY loadedChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool failed READ isFailed NOTIFY failedChanged)
+public:
+    ScriptableResource(const QSharedPointer<Resource>& resource = QSharedPointer<Resource>());
+    virtual ~ScriptableResource() = default;
+
+    bool isLoaded() const { return _isLoaded; }
+    bool isFailed() const { return _isFailed; }
+
+signals:
+    void progressChanged(uint64_t bytesReceived, uint64_t bytesTotal);
+    void loadedChanged(bool loaded); // analogous to &Resource::finished
+    void failedChanged(bool failed);
+
+private slots:
+    void finished(bool success);
+
+private:
+    friend class ResourceCache;
+
+    // Holds a ref to the resource to keep it in scope
+    QSharedPointer<Resource> _resource;
+
+    QMetaObject::Connection _progressConnection;
+    QMetaObject::Connection _finishedConnection;
+
+    bool _isLoaded{ false };
+    bool _isFailed{ false };
+};
+
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(ScriptableResource*);
 
 /// Base class for resource caches.
 class ResourceCache : public QObject {
@@ -96,7 +130,8 @@ public:
 
     Q_INVOKABLE QVariantList getResourceList();
 
-    Q_INVOKABLE void prefetch(const QUrl& url);
+    // This must be exposed as a ptr so the ScriptEngine may take ownership
+    Q_INVOKABLE ScriptableResource* prefetch(const QUrl& url);
 
     static void setRequestLimit(int limit);
     static int getRequestLimit() { return _requestLimit; }
@@ -177,9 +212,6 @@ private:
     qint64 _unusedResourcesMaxSize = DEFAULT_UNUSED_MAX_SIZE;
     QReadWriteLock _unusedResourcesLock { QReadWriteLock::Recursive };
     QMap<int, QSharedPointer<Resource>> _unusedResources;
-
-    QMutex _prefetchingResourcesLock{ QMutex::Recursive };
-    QMap<QUrl, QSharedPointer<Resource>> _prefetchingResources;
 };
 
 /// Base class for resources.
@@ -292,6 +324,7 @@ private:
     void reinsert();
     
     friend class ResourceCache;
+    friend class ScriptableResource;
     
     ResourceRequest* _request = nullptr;
     int _lruKey = 0;
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index 15f3ebb985..4c6a988f36 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -270,6 +270,20 @@ static void resultHandlerFromScriptValue(const QScriptValue& value, AnimVariantR
     assert(false);
 }
 
+// Templated qScriptRegisterMetaType fails to compile with raw pointers
+using ScriptableResourceRawPtr = ScriptableResource*;
+
+static QScriptValue scriptableResourceToScriptValue(QScriptEngine* engine, const ScriptableResourceRawPtr& resource) {
+    auto object = engine->newQObject(
+        const_cast<ScriptableResourceRawPtr>(resource),
+        QScriptEngine::ScriptOwnership);
+    return object;
+}
+
+static void scriptableResourceFromScriptValue(const QScriptValue& value, ScriptableResourceRawPtr& resource) {
+    resource = static_cast<ScriptableResourceRawPtr>(value.toQObject());
+}
+
 void ScriptEngine::init() {
     if (_isInitialized) {
         return; // only initialize once
@@ -332,6 +346,8 @@ void ScriptEngine::init() {
     qScriptRegisterMetaType(this, animVarMapToScriptValue, animVarMapFromScriptValue);
     qScriptRegisterMetaType(this, resultHandlerToScriptValue, resultHandlerFromScriptValue);
 
+    qScriptRegisterMetaType(this, scriptableResourceToScriptValue, scriptableResourceFromScriptValue);
+
     // constants
     globalObject().setProperty("TREE_SCALE", newVariant(QVariant(TREE_SCALE)));