diff --git a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp
index 63df7fdda9..e5de6fce8a 100644
--- a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp
+++ b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.cpp
@@ -497,16 +497,26 @@ void OpenGLDisplayPlugin::submitFrame(const gpu::FramePointer& newFrame) {
         _newFrameQueue.push(newFrame);
     });
 }
+
 void OpenGLDisplayPlugin::renderFromTexture(gpu::Batch& batch, const gpu::TexturePointer texture, glm::ivec4 viewport, const glm::ivec4 scissor) {
+    renderFromTexture(batch, texture, viewport, scissor, gpu::FramebufferPointer());
+}
+
+void OpenGLDisplayPlugin::renderFromTexture(gpu::Batch& batch, const gpu::TexturePointer texture, glm::ivec4 viewport, const glm::ivec4 scissor, gpu::FramebufferPointer copyFbo /*=gpu::FramebufferPointer()*/) {
+    auto fbo = gpu::FramebufferPointer();
     batch.enableStereo(false);
     batch.resetViewTransform();
-    batch.setFramebuffer(gpu::FramebufferPointer());
+    batch.setFramebuffer(fbo);
     batch.clearColorFramebuffer(gpu::Framebuffer::BUFFER_COLOR0, vec4(0));
     batch.setStateScissorRect(scissor);
     batch.setViewportTransform(viewport);
     batch.setResourceTexture(0, texture);
     batch.setPipeline(_presentPipeline);
     batch.draw(gpu::TRIANGLE_STRIP, 4);
+    if (copyFbo) {
+        gpu::Vec4i rect {0, 0, scissor.z, scissor.w};
+        batch.blit(fbo, rect, copyFbo, rect);
+    }
 }
 
 void OpenGLDisplayPlugin::updateFrameData() {
diff --git a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.h b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.h
index 237864ded6..2f93fa630d 100644
--- a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.h
+++ b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/OpenGLDisplayPlugin.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ protected:
     // Plugin specific functionality to send the composed scene to the output window or device
     virtual void internalPresent();
 
+    void renderFromTexture(gpu::Batch& batch, const gpu::TexturePointer texture, glm::ivec4 viewport, const glm::ivec4 scissor, gpu::FramebufferPointer fbo);
     void renderFromTexture(gpu::Batch& batch, const gpu::TexturePointer texture, glm::ivec4 viewport, const glm::ivec4 scissor);
     virtual void updateFrameData();
 
diff --git a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.cpp b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.cpp
index aed99da920..656d3013ab 100644
--- a/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.cpp
+++ b/libraries/display-plugins/src/display-plugins/hmd/HmdDisplayPlugin.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ void HmdDisplayPlugin::internalPresent() {
 
         glm::ivec4 viewport = getViewportForSourceSize(sourceSize);
         glm::ivec4 scissor = viewport;
-
         render([&](gpu::Batch& batch) {
 
             if (_monoPreview) {
@@ -287,10 +286,11 @@ void HmdDisplayPlugin::internalPresent() {
 
                 viewport.z *= 2;
             }
-            DependencyManager::get<TextureCache>()->setHmdPreviewTexture(_compositeFramebuffer->getRenderBuffer(0));
-            renderFromTexture(batch, _compositeFramebuffer->getRenderBuffer(0), viewport, scissor);
+            auto fbo = DependencyManager::get<TextureCache>()->getHmdPreviewFramebuffer();
+            renderFromTexture(batch, _compositeFramebuffer->getRenderBuffer(0), viewport, scissor, fbo);
         });
         swapBuffers();
+
     } else if (_clearPreviewFlag) {
         QImage image;
         if (_vsyncEnabled) {
diff --git a/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.cpp b/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.cpp
index a01979730f..c511db28ac 100644
--- a/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -970,13 +970,6 @@ void ImageReader::read() {
                                 Q_ARG(int, texture->getHeight()));
 }
 
-void TextureCache::setHmdPreviewTexture(gpu::TexturePointer texturePointer) {
-    if (!_hmdPreviewNetworkTexture) {
-        _hmdPreviewNetworkTexture.reset(new NetworkTexture(HMD_PREVIEW_FRAME_URL));
-    }
-    _hmdPreviewNetworkTexture->setImage(texturePointer, texturePointer->getWidth(), texturePointer->getHeight());
-}
-
 NetworkTexturePointer TextureCache::getResourceTexture(QUrl resourceTextureUrl) {
     gpu::TexturePointer texture;
     if (resourceTextureUrl == SPECTATOR_CAMERA_FRAME_URL) {
@@ -991,15 +984,30 @@ NetworkTexturePointer TextureCache::getResourceTexture(QUrl resourceTextureUrl)
             }
         }
     }
+    // FIXME: Generalize this, DRY up this code
     if (resourceTextureUrl == HMD_PREVIEW_FRAME_URL) {
-        if (_hmdPreviewNetworkTexture) {
-            return _hmdPreviewNetworkTexture;
+        if (!_hmdPreviewNetworkTexture) {
+            _hmdPreviewNetworkTexture.reset(new NetworkTexture(resourceTextureUrl));
+        }
+        if (_hmdPreviewFramebuffer) {
+            texture = _hmdPreviewFramebuffer->getRenderBuffer(0);
+            if (texture) {
+                _hmdPreviewNetworkTexture->setImage(texture, texture->getWidth(), texture->getHeight());
+                return _hmdPreviewNetworkTexture;
+            }
         }
     }
 
     return NetworkTexturePointer();
 }
 
+const gpu::FramebufferPointer& TextureCache::getHmdPreviewFramebuffer() {
+    if (!_hmdPreviewFramebuffer) {
+        _hmdPreviewFramebuffer.reset(gpu::Framebuffer::create("hmdPreview",gpu::Element::COLOR_SRGBA_32, 2040, 1024));
+    }
+    return _hmdPreviewFramebuffer;
+}
+
 const gpu::FramebufferPointer& TextureCache::getSpectatorCameraFramebuffer() {
     if (!_spectatorCameraFramebuffer) {
         resetSpectatorCameraFramebuffer(2048, 1024);
diff --git a/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.h b/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.h
index 7e3d421ad0..8b7607d04d 100644
--- a/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.h
+++ b/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public:
     NetworkTexturePointer getResourceTexture(QUrl resourceTextureUrl);
     const gpu::FramebufferPointer& getSpectatorCameraFramebuffer();
     void resetSpectatorCameraFramebuffer(int width, int height);
-    void setHmdPreviewTexture(gpu::TexturePointer texturePointer);
+    const gpu::FramebufferPointer& getHmdPreviewFramebuffer();
 
 protected:
     // Overload ResourceCache::prefetch to allow specifying texture type for loads
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ private:
     gpu::FramebufferPointer _spectatorCameraFramebuffer;
 
     NetworkTexturePointer _hmdPreviewNetworkTexture;
+    gpu::FramebufferPointer _hmdPreviewFramebuffer;
 };
 
 #endif // hifi_TextureCache_h