diff --git a/mediapipe/gpu/gl_scaler_calculator.cc b/mediapipe/gpu/gl_scaler_calculator.cc
index fa06c885..14540b52 100644
--- a/mediapipe/gpu/gl_scaler_calculator.cc
+++ b/mediapipe/gpu/gl_scaler_calculator.cc
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ class GlScalerCalculator : public CalculatorBase {
   bool vertical_flip_output_;
   bool horizontal_flip_output_;
   FrameScaleMode scale_mode_ = FrameScaleMode::kStretch;
+  bool use_nearest_neighbor_interpolation_ = false;
 };
 REGISTER_CALCULATOR(GlScalerCalculator);
 
@@ -186,7 +187,8 @@ absl::Status GlScalerCalculator::Open(CalculatorContext* cc) {
     scale_mode_ =
         FrameScaleModeFromProto(options.scale_mode(), FrameScaleMode::kStretch);
   }
-
+  use_nearest_neighbor_interpolation_ =
+      options.use_nearest_neighbor_interpolation();
   if (HasTagOrIndex(cc->InputSidePackets(), "OUTPUT_DIMENSIONS", 1)) {
     const auto& dimensions =
         TagOrIndex(cc->InputSidePackets(), "OUTPUT_DIMENSIONS", 1)
@@ -297,6 +299,11 @@ absl::Status GlScalerCalculator::Process(CalculatorContext* cc) {
       glBindTexture(src2.target(), src2.name());
     }
 
+    if (use_nearest_neighbor_interpolation_) {
+      glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
+      glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
+    }
+
     MP_RETURN_IF_ERROR(renderer->GlRender(
         src1.width(), src1.height(), dst.width(), dst.height(), scale_mode_,
         rotation_, horizontal_flip_output_, vertical_flip_output_,
diff --git a/mediapipe/gpu/gl_scaler_calculator.proto b/mediapipe/gpu/gl_scaler_calculator.proto
index 99c0d439..f746a30f 100644
--- a/mediapipe/gpu/gl_scaler_calculator.proto
+++ b/mediapipe/gpu/gl_scaler_calculator.proto
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package mediapipe;
 import "mediapipe/framework/calculator.proto";
 import "mediapipe/gpu/scale_mode.proto";
 
-// Next id: 8.
+// Next id: 9.
 message GlScalerCalculatorOptions {
   extend CalculatorOptions {
     optional GlScalerCalculatorOptions ext = 166373014;
@@ -39,4 +39,7 @@ message GlScalerCalculatorOptions {
   // Flip the output texture horizontally. This is applied after rotation.
   optional bool flip_horizontal = 5;
   optional ScaleMode.Mode scale_mode = 6;
+  // Whether to use nearest neighbor interpolation. Default to use linear
+  // interpolation.
+  optional bool use_nearest_neighbor_interpolation = 8 [default = false];
 }