diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/Mesh/PassDepthForwardOnly.template b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/Mesh/PassDepthForwardOnly.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e86c721a0ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/Mesh/PassDepthForwardOnly.template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Pass
+{		
+	Tags { "LightMode"="DepthForwardOnly" }
+
+	ZWrite On
+	Blend Off
+	
+	HLSLPROGRAM
+	#define VFX_PASSDEPTH VFX_PASSDEPTH_ACTUAL
+	#pragma multi_compile _ WRITE_NORMAL_BUFFER
+    #pragma multi_compile _ WRITE_DECAL_BUFFER
+    #pragma multi_compile _ WRITE_MSAA_DEPTH
+	${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/Mesh/PassDepthOrMV.template")}
+
+
+	ENDHLSL
+}
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/Mesh/PassDepthForwardOnly.template.meta b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/Mesh/PassDepthForwardOnly.template.meta
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c8bde8ebf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/Mesh/PassDepthForwardOnly.template.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 251722a6d90822e4db4f5cc082ae48c8
+DefaultImporter:
+  externalObjects: {}
+  userData: 
+  assetBundleName: 
+  assetBundleVariant: 
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassDepthForwardOnly.template b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassDepthForwardOnly.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f02f127278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassDepthForwardOnly.template
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Pass
+{
+    Tags { "LightMode"="DepthForwardOnly" }
+
+    ZWrite On
+    Blend Off
+    
+    HLSLPROGRAM
+    #define VFX_PASSDEPTH VFX_PASSDEPTH_ACTUAL
+    #pragma multi_compile _ WRITE_NORMAL_BUFFER
+    #pragma multi_compile _ WRITE_MSAA_DEPTH
+    ${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassDepthOrMV.template")}
+
+    ENDHLSL
+}
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassDepthForwardOnly.template.meta b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassDepthForwardOnly.template.meta
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ddf46f2937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassDepthForwardOnly.template.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 782f19a04d88d9f4aaf1c889cea63180
+DefaultImporter:
+  externalObjects: {}
+  userData: 
+  assetBundleName: 
+  assetBundleVariant: 
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/VFXParticleLitMesh.template b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/VFXParticleLitMesh.template
index 3cc4082b655..0c8a6c431df 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/VFXParticleLitMesh.template
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/VFXParticleLitMesh.template
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 	    Tags{ "RenderPipeline" = "HDRenderPipeline" }
 		${VFXInclude("Shaders/VFXParticleHeader.template")}
 		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/Mesh/PassSelection.template")}
-		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/Mesh/PassDepth.template"),IS_OPAQUE_PARTICLE}
+		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/Mesh/PassDepth.template"),IS_OPAQUE_NOT_SIMPLE_LIT_PARTICLE}
+		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/Mesh/PassDepthForwardOnly.template"),HDRP_MATERIAL_TYPE_SIMPLELIT}
 		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/Mesh/PassVelocity.template"),USE_MOTION_VECTORS_PASS}
 		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/Mesh/PassGBuffer.template"),IS_OPAQUE_NOT_SIMPLE_LIT_PARTICLE}
 		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/Mesh/PassForward.template")}
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/VFXParticleLitPlanarPrimitive.template b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/VFXParticleLitPlanarPrimitive.template
index c1ec8d659e0..c565abd909e 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/VFXParticleLitPlanarPrimitive.template
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/VFXParticleLitPlanarPrimitive.template
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 		
 		${VFXInclude("Shaders/VFXParticleHeader.template")}
 		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassSelection.template")}
-		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassDepth.template"),IS_OPAQUE_PARTICLE}
+		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassDepth.template"),IS_OPAQUE_NOT_SIMPLE_LIT_PARTICLE}
+		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassDepthForwardOnly.template"),HDRP_MATERIAL_TYPE_SIMPLELIT}
 		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassVelocity.template"),USE_MOTION_VECTORS_PASS}
 		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassGBuffer.template"),IS_OPAQUE_NOT_SIMPLE_LIT_PARTICLE}
 		${VFXIncludeRP("Templates/PlanarPrimitive/PassForward.template")}
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Material/Lit/SimpleLit.hlsl b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Material/Lit/SimpleLit.hlsl
index 0748c7e8119..aa9cfcdbade 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Material/Lit/SimpleLit.hlsl
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Material/Lit/SimpleLit.hlsl
@@ -235,6 +235,14 @@ PreLightData GetPreLightData(float3 V, PositionInputs posInput, inout BSDFData b
     return preLightData;
 }
 
+NormalData ConvertSurfaceDataToNormalData(SurfaceData surfaceData)
+{
+    NormalData normalData;
+    normalData.normalWS = surfaceData.normalWS;
+    normalData.perceptualRoughness = PerceptualSmoothnessToPerceptualRoughness(surfaceData.perceptualSmoothness);
+    return normalData;
+}
+
 #ifdef HAS_LIGHTLOOP
 
 bool IsNonZeroBSDF(float3 V, float3 L, PreLightData preLightData, BSDFData bsdfData)