diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp
index 69c5b3c689..fbb4bba263 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp
@@ -149,9 +149,7 @@ void RenderShadowMap::run(const render::RenderContextPointer& renderContext, con
         batch.setStateScissorRect(viewport);
 
         batch.setFramebuffer(fbo);
-        batch.clearFramebuffer(
-            gpu::Framebuffer::BUFFER_COLOR0 | gpu::Framebuffer::BUFFER_DEPTH,
-            vec4(vec3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0), 0.0), 1.0, 0, true);
+        batch.clearDepthFramebuffer(1.0, false);
 
         glm::mat4 projMat;
         Transform viewMat;
@@ -232,12 +230,11 @@ void RenderShadowTask::build(JobModel& task, const render::Varying& input, rende
     const auto queryResolution = setupOutput.getN<RenderShadowSetup::Outputs>(2);
     // Fetch and cull the items from the scene
 
-    // Enable models to not cast shadows (otherwise, models will always cast shadows)
-    static const auto shadowCasterFilter = ItemFilter::Builder::visibleWorldItems().withTypeShape().withOpaque().withoutLayered().withTagBits(tagBits, tagMask).withShadowCaster();
+    static const auto shadowCasterReceiverFilter = ItemFilter::Builder::visibleWorldItems().withTypeShape().withOpaque().withoutLayered().withTagBits(tagBits, tagMask);
 
-    const auto fetchInput = FetchSpatialTree::Inputs(shadowCasterFilter, queryResolution).asVarying();
+    const auto fetchInput = FetchSpatialTree::Inputs(shadowCasterReceiverFilter, queryResolution).asVarying();
     const auto shadowSelection = task.addJob<FetchSpatialTree>("FetchShadowTree", fetchInput);
-    const auto selectionInputs = FetchSpatialSelection::Inputs(shadowSelection, shadowCasterFilter).asVarying();
+    const auto selectionInputs = FetchSpatialSelection::Inputs(shadowSelection, shadowCasterReceiverFilter).asVarying();
     const auto shadowItems = task.addJob<FetchSpatialSelection>("FetchShadowSelection", selectionInputs);
 
     // Cull objects that are not visible in camera view. Hopefully the cull functor only performs LOD culling, not
@@ -261,21 +258,22 @@ void RenderShadowTask::build(JobModel& task, const render::Varying& input, rende
         char jobName[64];
         sprintf(jobName, "ShadowCascadeSetup%d", i);
         const auto cascadeSetupOutput = task.addJob<RenderShadowCascadeSetup>(jobName, i, _cullFunctor, tagBits, tagMask);
-        const auto shadowFilter = cascadeSetupOutput.getN<RenderShadowCascadeSetup::Outputs>(0);
+        const auto shadowRenderFilter = cascadeSetupOutput.getN<RenderShadowCascadeSetup::Outputs>(0);
+        const auto shadowBoundsFilter = cascadeSetupOutput.getN<RenderShadowCascadeSetup::Outputs>(1);
         auto antiFrustum = render::Varying(ViewFrustumPointer());
-        cascadeFrustums[i] = cascadeSetupOutput.getN<RenderShadowCascadeSetup::Outputs>(1);
+        cascadeFrustums[i] = cascadeSetupOutput.getN<RenderShadowCascadeSetup::Outputs>(2);
         if (i > 1) {
             antiFrustum = cascadeFrustums[i - 2];
         }
 
         // CPU jobs: finer grained culling
-        const auto cullInputs = CullShapeBounds::Inputs(sortedShapes, shadowFilter, antiFrustum).asVarying();
+        const auto cullInputs = CullShapeBounds::Inputs(sortedShapes, shadowRenderFilter, shadowBoundsFilter, antiFrustum).asVarying();
         const auto culledShadowItemsAndBounds = task.addJob<CullShapeBounds>("CullShadowCascade", cullInputs, shadowCullFunctor, RenderDetails::SHADOW);
 
         // GPU jobs: Render to shadow map
         sprintf(jobName, "RenderShadowMap%d", i);
         task.addJob<RenderShadowMap>(jobName, culledShadowItemsAndBounds, shapePlumber, i);
-        task.addJob<RenderShadowCascadeTeardown>("ShadowCascadeTeardown", shadowFilter);
+        task.addJob<RenderShadowCascadeTeardown>("ShadowCascadeTeardown", shadowRenderFilter);
     }
 
     task.addJob<RenderShadowTeardown>("ShadowTeardown", setupOutput);
@@ -406,7 +404,11 @@ void RenderShadowCascadeSetup::run(const render::RenderContextPointer& renderCon
 
     const auto globalShadow = lightStage->getCurrentKeyShadow();
     if (globalShadow && _cascadeIndex<globalShadow->getCascadeCount()) {
-        output.edit0() = ItemFilter::Builder::visibleWorldItems().withTypeShape().withOpaque().withoutLayered().withTagBits(_tagBits, _tagMask).withShadowCaster();
+        auto baseFilter = ItemFilter::Builder::visibleWorldItems().withTypeShape().withOpaque().withoutLayered().withTagBits(_tagBits, _tagMask);
+        // Second item filter is to filter items to keep in shadow frustum computation (here we need to keep shadow receivers)
+        output.edit1() = baseFilter;
+        // First item filter is to filter items to render in shadow map (so only keep casters)
+        output.edit0() = baseFilter.withShadowCaster();
 
         // Set the keylight render args
         auto& cascade = globalShadow->getCascade(_cascadeIndex);
@@ -419,10 +421,11 @@ void RenderShadowCascadeSetup::run(const render::RenderContextPointer& renderCon
         texelSize *= minTexelCount;
         _cullFunctor._minSquareSize = texelSize * texelSize;
 
-        output.edit1() = cascadeFrustum;
+        output.edit2() = cascadeFrustum;
     } else {
         output.edit0() = ItemFilter::Builder::nothing();
-        output.edit1() = ViewFrustumPointer();
+        output.edit1() = ItemFilter::Builder::nothing();
+        output.edit2() = ViewFrustumPointer();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.h b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.h
index 98b70c0c9f..19ffcb4234 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.h
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ private:
 
 class RenderShadowCascadeSetup {
 public:
-    using Outputs = render::VaryingSet2<render::ItemFilter, ViewFrustumPointer>;
+    using Outputs = render::VaryingSet3<render::ItemFilter, render::ItemFilter, ViewFrustumPointer>;
     using JobModel = render::Job::ModelO<RenderShadowCascadeSetup, Outputs>;
 
     RenderShadowCascadeSetup(unsigned int cascadeIndex, RenderShadowTask::CullFunctor& cullFunctor, uint8_t tagBits = 0x00, uint8_t tagMask = 0x00) : 
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/CullTask.cpp b/libraries/render/src/render/CullTask.cpp
index f04427540a..b5819f114f 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/CullTask.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/CullTask.cpp
@@ -368,17 +368,19 @@ void CullShapeBounds::run(const RenderContextPointer& renderContext, const Input
     RenderArgs* args = renderContext->args;
 
     const auto& inShapes = inputs.get0();
-    const auto& filter = inputs.get1();
-    const auto& antiFrustum = inputs.get2();
+	const auto& cullFilter = inputs.get1();
+	const auto& boundsFilter = inputs.get2();
+	const auto& antiFrustum = inputs.get3();
     auto& outShapes = outputs.edit0();
     auto& outBounds = outputs.edit1();
 
     outShapes.clear();
     outBounds = AABox();
 
-    if (!filter.selectsNothing()) {
+    if (!cullFilter.selectsNothing() || !boundsFilter.selectsNothing()) {
         auto& details = args->_details.edit(_detailType);
         Test test(_cullFunctor, args, details, antiFrustum);
+		auto scene = args->_scene;
 
         for (auto& inItems : inShapes) {
             auto key = inItems.first;
@@ -393,16 +395,26 @@ void CullShapeBounds::run(const RenderContextPointer& renderContext, const Input
             if (antiFrustum == nullptr) {
                 for (auto& item : inItems.second) {
                     if (test.solidAngleTest(item.bound) && test.frustumTest(item.bound)) {
-                        outItems->second.emplace_back(item);
-                        outBounds += item.bound;
+						const auto shapeKey = scene->getItem(item.id).getKey();
+						if (cullFilter.test(shapeKey)) {
+							outItems->second.emplace_back(item);
+						}
+						if (boundsFilter.test(shapeKey)) {
+							outBounds += item.bound;
+						}
                     }
                 }
             } else {
                 for (auto& item : inItems.second) {
                     if (test.solidAngleTest(item.bound) && test.frustumTest(item.bound) && test.antiFrustumTest(item.bound)) {
-                        outItems->second.emplace_back(item);
-                        outBounds += item.bound;
-                    }
+						const auto shapeKey = scene->getItem(item.id).getKey();
+						if (cullFilter.test(shapeKey)) {
+							outItems->second.emplace_back(item);
+						}
+						if (boundsFilter.test(shapeKey)) {
+							outBounds += item.bound;
+						}
+					}
                 }
             }
             details._rendered += (int)outItems->second.size();
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/CullTask.h b/libraries/render/src/render/CullTask.h
index 3c5a30de89..47abe8a960 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/CullTask.h
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/CullTask.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace render {
 
     class CullShapeBounds {
     public:
-        using Inputs = render::VaryingSet3<ShapeBounds, ItemFilter, ViewFrustumPointer>;
+        using Inputs = render::VaryingSet4<ShapeBounds, ItemFilter, ItemFilter, ViewFrustumPointer>;
         using Outputs = render::VaryingSet2<ShapeBounds, AABox>;
         using JobModel = Job::ModelIO<CullShapeBounds, Inputs, Outputs>;