diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 70e9a4ca7cb15..5fe0449660fe0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1767,6 +1767,17 @@ description = "A shader and a material that uses it"
 category = "Shaders"
 wasm = true
 
+[[example]]
+name = "shader_material_2d"
+path = "examples/shader/shader_material_2d.rs"
+doc-scrape-examples = true
+
+[package.metadata.example.shader_material_2d]
+name = "Material"
+description = "A shader and a material that uses it on a 2d mesh"
+category = "Shaders"
+wasm = true
+
 [[example]]
 name = "extended_material"
 path = "examples/shader/extended_material.rs"
diff --git a/assets/shaders/custom_material_2d.wgsl b/assets/shaders/custom_material_2d.wgsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..98b85afd463b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/shaders/custom_material_2d.wgsl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#import bevy_sprite::mesh2d_vertex_output::VertexOutput
+// we can import items from shader modules in the assets folder with a quoted path
+#import "shaders/custom_material_import.wgsl"::COLOR_MULTIPLIER
+
+@group(1) @binding(0) var<uniform> material_color: vec4<f32>;
+@group(1) @binding(1) var base_color_texture: texture_2d<f32>;
+@group(1) @binding(2) var base_color_sampler: sampler;
+
+@fragment
+fn fragment(mesh: VertexOutput) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
+    return material_color * textureSample(base_color_texture, base_color_sampler, mesh.uv) * COLOR_MULTIPLIER;
+}
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index db73c982f060c..70b1842643858 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ Example | Description
 [Extended Material](../examples/shader/extended_material.rs) | A custom shader that builds on the standard material
 [Instancing](../examples/shader/shader_instancing.rs) | A shader that renders a mesh multiple times in one draw call
 [Material](../examples/shader/shader_material.rs) | A shader and a material that uses it
+[Material](../examples/shader/shader_material_2d.rs) | A shader and a material that uses it on a 2d mesh
 [Material - GLSL](../examples/shader/shader_material_glsl.rs) | A shader that uses the GLSL shading language
 [Material - Screenspace Texture](../examples/shader/shader_material_screenspace_texture.rs) | A shader that samples a texture with view-independent UV coordinates
 [Material Prepass](../examples/shader/shader_prepass.rs) | A shader that uses the various textures generated by the prepass
diff --git a/examples/shader/shader_material_2d.rs b/examples/shader/shader_material_2d.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..351b5c5c8bf72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/shader/shader_material_2d.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//! A shader and a material that uses it.
+
+use bevy::{
+    prelude::*,
+    reflect::TypePath,
+    render::render_resource::{AsBindGroup, ShaderRef},
+    sprite::{Material2d, Material2dPlugin, MaterialMesh2dBundle},
+};
+
+fn main() {
+    App::new()
+        .add_plugins((
+            DefaultPlugins,
+            Material2dPlugin::<CustomMaterial>::default(),
+        ))
+        .add_systems(Startup, setup)
+        .run();
+}
+
+// Setup a simple 2d scene
+fn setup(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    mut meshes: ResMut<Assets<Mesh>>,
+    mut materials: ResMut<Assets<CustomMaterial>>,
+    asset_server: Res<AssetServer>,
+) {
+    // camera
+    commands.spawn(Camera2dBundle::default());
+
+    // quad
+    commands.spawn(MaterialMesh2dBundle {
+        mesh: meshes.add(Mesh::from(shape::Quad::default())).into(),
+        transform: Transform::default().with_scale(Vec3::splat(128.)),
+        material: materials.add(CustomMaterial {
+            color: Color::BLUE,
+            color_texture: Some(asset_server.load("branding/icon.png")),
+        }),
+        ..default()
+    });
+}
+
+// This is the struct that will be passed to your shader
+#[derive(Asset, TypePath, AsBindGroup, Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct CustomMaterial {
+    #[uniform(0)]
+    color: Color,
+    #[texture(1)]
+    #[sampler(2)]
+    color_texture: Option<Handle<Image>>,
+}
+
+/// The Material2d trait is very configurable, but comes with sensible defaults for all methods.
+/// You only need to implement functions for features that need non-default behavior. See the Material2d api docs for details!
+impl Material2d for CustomMaterial {
+    fn fragment_shader() -> ShaderRef {
+        "shaders/custom_material_2d.wgsl".into()
+    }
+}