diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Render2DLightingPass.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Render2DLightingPass.cs
index ffb3b213cd2..39e64928631 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Render2DLightingPass.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Render2DLightingPass.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public Render2DLightingPass(Renderer2DData rendererData, Material blitMaterial,
             m_Renderer2DData = rendererData;
             m_BlitMaterial = blitMaterial;
             m_SamplingMaterial = samplingMaterial;
+            overrideCameraClear = true;
 
             m_CameraSortingLayerBoundsIndex = GetCameraSortingLayerBoundsIndex();
         }
@@ -235,12 +236,18 @@ private int DrawLayerBatches(
             var blendStylesCount = m_Renderer2DData.lightBlendStyles.Length;
             using (new ProfilingScope(cmd, m_ProfilingDrawRenderers))
             {
+                // Clear the target only when the first layer is rendered and this is the base camera (not camera overlay)
+                bool needsClear = ((startIndex == 0) && (renderingData.cameraData.renderType == CameraRenderType.Base));
                 RenderBufferStoreAction initialStoreAction;
                 if (msaaEnabled)
                     initialStoreAction = resolveDuringBatch < startIndex ? RenderBufferStoreAction.Resolve : RenderBufferStoreAction.StoreAndResolve;
                 else
                     initialStoreAction = RenderBufferStoreAction.Store;
-                cmd.SetRenderTarget(colorAttachment, RenderBufferLoadAction.Load, initialStoreAction, depthAttachment, RenderBufferLoadAction.Load, initialStoreAction);
+                cmd.SetRenderTarget(colorAttachment, RenderBufferLoadAction.DontCare, initialStoreAction, depthAttachment, RenderBufferLoadAction.DontCare, initialStoreAction);
+                if (needsClear)
+                {
+                    CoreUtils.ClearRenderTarget(cmd, ClearFlag.All, CoreUtils.ConvertSRGBToActiveColorSpace(renderingData.cameraData.camera.backgroundColor));
+                }
 
                 for (var i = startIndex; i < startIndex + batchesDrawn; i++)
                 {
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/Passes/ScriptableRenderPass.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/Passes/ScriptableRenderPass.cs
index 2c2fd432499..acb0239d867 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/Passes/ScriptableRenderPass.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/Passes/ScriptableRenderPass.cs
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ public Color clearColor
         /// </summary>
         protected internal ProfilingSampler profilingSampler { get; set; }
         internal bool overrideCameraTarget { get; set; }
+        // Use this flag to override the clear logic in ScriptableRenderer and assume responsibility of manually clearing the pass's targets (Color & Depth).
+        internal bool overrideCameraClear { get; set; }
         internal bool isBlitRenderPass { get; set; }
 
         internal bool useNativeRenderPass { get; set; }
@@ -253,6 +255,7 @@ public ScriptableRenderPass()
             m_ClearFlag = ClearFlag.None;
             m_ClearColor = Color.black;
             overrideCameraTarget = false;
+            overrideCameraClear = false;
             isBlitRenderPass = false;
             profilingSampler = new ProfilingSampler($"Unnamed_{nameof(ScriptableRenderPass)}");
             useNativeRenderPass = true;
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/ScriptableRenderer.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/ScriptableRenderer.cs
index a6ed15da98b..0dc9c253d06 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/ScriptableRenderer.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/ScriptableRenderer.cs
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ void ExecuteRenderPass(ScriptableRenderContext context, ScriptableRenderPass ren
         void SetRenderPassAttachments(CommandBuffer cmd, ScriptableRenderPass renderPass, ref CameraData cameraData)
         {
             Camera camera = cameraData.camera;
-            ClearFlag cameraClearFlag = GetCameraClearFlag(ref cameraData);
+            ClearFlag cameraClearFlag = renderPass.overrideCameraClear ? ClearFlag.None : GetCameraClearFlag(ref cameraData);
 
             // Invalid configuration - use current attachment setup
             // Note: we only check color buffers. This is only technically correct because for shadowmaps and depth only passes