diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/CHANGELOG.md
index aa5b61d23bb..a17ba8d2ffc 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Fixed an issue where Sprite type Light2Ds were missing a default sprite
 - Fixed an issue where ShadowCasters were sometimes being rendered twice in the editor while in playmode.
 - Fixed an issue where ShadowCaster2D was generating garbage when running in the editor. [case 1304158](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/product/unity/issues/guid/1304158/)
+- Fixed an issue where the 2D Renderer was not rendering depth and stencil in the normal rendering pass
 - Fixed an issue where 2D lighting was incorrectly calculated when using a perspective camera.
 - Fixed an issue where objects in motion might jitter when the Pixel Perfect Camera is used. [case 1300474](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/urp-characters-sprite-repeats-in-the-build-when-using-pixel-perfect-camera-and-2d-renderer)
 - Fixed an issue where filtering in the scene view would not properly highlight the filtered objects. case 1324359
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Utility/RendererLighting.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Utility/RendererLighting.cs
index 3c2e6e5f9f3..dc63977005b 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Utility/RendererLighting.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Utility/RendererLighting.cs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public static void CreateNormalMapRenderTexture(this IRenderPass2D pass, Renderi
                 descriptor.graphicsFormat = GetRenderTextureFormat();
                 descriptor.useMipMap = false;
                 descriptor.autoGenerateMips = false;
-                descriptor.depthBufferBits = 0;
+                descriptor.depthBufferBits = pass.rendererData.useDepthStencilBuffer ? 32 : 0;
                 descriptor.msaaSamples = renderingData.cameraData.cameraTargetDescriptor.msaaSamples;
                 descriptor.dimension = TextureDimension.Tex2D;
 
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ public static void RenderNormals(this IRenderPass2D pass, ScriptableRenderContex
                 else
                     cmd.SetRenderTarget(pass.rendererData.normalsRenderTarget.Identifier(), RenderBufferLoadAction.DontCare, storeAction);
 
-                cmd.ClearRenderTarget(false, true, k_NormalClearColor);
+                cmd.ClearRenderTarget(pass.rendererData.useDepthStencilBuffer, true, k_NormalClearColor);
 
                 context.ExecuteCommandBuffer(cmd);
                 cmd.Clear();