diff --git a/GLMakie/src/rendering.jl b/GLMakie/src/rendering.jl
index b5f9c6e86ba..3f9b5073c24 100644
--- a/GLMakie/src/rendering.jl
+++ b/GLMakie/src/rendering.jl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function setup!(screen)
                 a = pixelarea(scene)[]
                 rt = (minimum(a)..., widths(a)...)
                 glViewport(rt...)
-                if scene.clear
+                if scene.clear[]
                     c = scene.backgroundcolor[]
                     glScissor(rt...)
                     glClearColor(red(c), green(c), blue(c), alpha(c))
diff --git a/GLMakie/src/screen.jl b/GLMakie/src/screen.jl
index 262774aa560..61021022490 100644
--- a/GLMakie/src/screen.jl
+++ b/GLMakie/src/screen.jl
@@ -435,7 +435,13 @@ function Makie.insertplots!(screen::Screen, scene::Scene)
     get!(screen.screen2scene, WeakRef(scene)) do
         id = length(screen.screens) + 1
         push!(screen.screens, (id, scene))
-        on(_ -> screen.requires_update = true, scene.visible)
+        screen.requires_update = true
+        onany(
+            (_, _, _, _, _, _) -> screen.requires_update = true,
+            scene,
+            scene.visible, scene.backgroundcolor, scene.clear,
+            scene.ssao.bias, scene.ssao.blur, scene.ssao.radius
+        )
         return id
     end
     for elem in scene.plots
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f69a9cb34c7..246b707c576 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Fixed incorrect line depth in GLMakie [#2843](https://github.com/MakieOrg/Makie.jl/pull/2843)
 - Fixed incorrect line alpha in dense lines in GLMakie [#2843](https://github.com/MakieOrg/Makie.jl/pull/2843)
+- Change `scene.clear` to an observable and make changes in `Scene` Observables trigger renders in GLMakie [#2929](https://github.com/MakieOrg/Makie.jl/pull/2929)
 
 ## v0.19.4
 
diff --git a/WGLMakie/src/wglmakie.bundled.js b/WGLMakie/src/wglmakie.bundled.js
index 886aee4b1ae..bf8483e5bc7 100644
--- a/WGLMakie/src/wglmakie.bundled.js
+++ b/WGLMakie/src/wglmakie.bundled.js
@@ -20243,7 +20243,7 @@ function render_scene(scene, picking = false) {
     if (!scene.visible.value) {
         return true;
     }
-    renderer.autoClear = scene.clearscene;
+    renderer.autoClear = scene.clearscene.value;
     const area = scene.pixelarea.value;
     if (area) {
         const [x, y, w, h] = area.map((t)=>t / pixelRatio1);
diff --git a/src/scenes.jl b/src/scenes.jl
index 73d0d850f16..c992e2970fb 100644
--- a/src/scenes.jl
+++ b/src/scenes.jl
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ mutable struct Scene <: AbstractScene
     px_area::Observable{Rect2i}
 
     "Whether the scene should be cleared."
-    clear::Bool
+    clear::Observable{Bool}
 
     "The `Camera` associated with the Scene."
     camera::Camera
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ mutable struct Scene <: AbstractScene
             parent::Union{Nothing, Scene},
             events::Events,
             px_area::Observable{Rect2i},
-            clear::Bool,
+            clear::Observable{Bool},
             camera::Camera,
             camera_controls::AbstractCamera,
             transformation::Transformation,
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ end
 function Scene(;
         px_area::Union{Observable{Rect2i}, Nothing} = nothing,
         events::Events = Events(),
-        clear::Union{Automatic, Bool} = automatic,
+        clear::Union{Automatic, Observable{Bool}, Bool} = automatic,
         transform_func=identity,
         camera::Union{Function, Camera, Nothing} = nothing,
         camera_controls::AbstractCamera = EmptyCamera(),
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ function Scene(;
 
     # if we have an opaque background, automatically set clear to true!
     if clear isa Automatic
-        clear = alpha(bg[]) == 1 ? true : false
+        clear = Observable(alpha(bg[]) == 1 ? true : false)
+    else
+        clear = convert(Observable{Bool}, clear)
     end
     scene = Scene(
         parent, events, px_area, clear, cam, camera_controls,
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@ function Scene(
     child = Scene(;
         events=events,
         px_area=child_px_area,
-        clear=clear,
+        clear=convert(Observable{Bool}, clear),
         camera=camera,
         camera_controls=camera_controls,
         parent=parent,