diff --git a/examples/jsm/renderers/common/Renderer.js b/examples/jsm/renderers/common/Renderer.js
index 2c36709b91cdf0..4fd5c76bd15730 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/renderers/common/Renderer.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/renderers/common/Renderer.js
@@ -1384,6 +1384,8 @@ class Renderer {
 
 		object.onBeforeRender( this, scene, camera, geometry, material, group );
 
+		material.onBeforeRender( this, scene, camera, geometry, material, group );
+
 		//
 
 		if ( scene.overrideMaterial !== null ) {
diff --git a/src/materials/Material.js b/src/materials/Material.js
index cd16da40c4960d..27fb784f01e860 100644
--- a/src/materials/Material.js
+++ b/src/materials/Material.js
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ class Material extends EventDispatcher {
 
 	}
 
+	onBuild( /* shaderobject, renderer */ ) {}
+
+	onBeforeRender( /* renderer, scene, camera, geometry, object, group */ ) {}
+
 	onBeforeCompile( /* shaderobject, renderer */ ) {}
 
 	customProgramCacheKey() {
@@ -516,19 +520,6 @@ class Material extends EventDispatcher {
 
 	}
 
-	onBuild( /* shaderobject, renderer */ ) {
-
-		console.warn( 'Material: onBuild() has been removed.' ); // @deprecated, r166
-
-	}
-
-	onBeforeRender( /* renderer, scene, camera, geometry, object, group */ ) {
-
-		console.warn( 'Material: onBeforeRender() has been removed.' ); // @deprecated, r166
-
-	}
-
-
 }
 
 export { Material };
diff --git a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
index 7ad491b76f6355..1827223e1891e2 100644
--- a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
@@ -1599,6 +1599,8 @@ class WebGLRenderer {
 			object.modelViewMatrix.multiplyMatrices( camera.matrixWorldInverse, object.matrixWorld );
 			object.normalMatrix.getNormalMatrix( object.modelViewMatrix );
 
+			material.onBeforeRender( _this, scene, camera, geometry, object, group );
+
 			if ( material.transparent === true && material.side === DoubleSide && material.forceSinglePass === false ) {
 
 				material.side = BackSide;
@@ -1673,6 +1675,8 @@ class WebGLRenderer {
 
 				parameters.uniforms = programCache.getUniforms( material );
 
+				material.onBuild( object, parameters, _this );
+
 				material.onBeforeCompile( parameters, _this );
 
 				program = programCache.acquireProgram( parameters, programCacheKey );