diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/behavior/19375-AL.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/behavior/19375-AL.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c543f57d3818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api/next_api_changes/behavior/19375-AL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+``Figure.suppressComposite`` now also controls compositing of Axes images
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
index f72e2950100f..a199b350098b 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -3087,7 +3087,8 @@ def draw(self, renderer=None, inframe=False):
                 a.draw(renderer)
             renderer.stop_rasterizing()
 
-        mimage._draw_list_compositing_images(renderer, self, artists)
+        mimage._draw_list_compositing_images(
+            renderer, self, artists, self.figure.suppressComposite)
 
         renderer.close_group('axes')
         self.stale = False
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
index 3e03f7a7f198..b776adfe0434 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -2094,7 +2094,8 @@ def draw(self, renderer):
         try:
             renderer.open_group('subfigure', gid=self.get_gid())
             self.patch.draw(renderer)
-            mimage._draw_list_compositing_images(renderer, self, artists)
+            mimage._draw_list_compositing_images(
+                renderer, self, artists, self.figure.suppressComposite)
             for sfig in self.subfigs:
                 sfig.draw(renderer)
             renderer.close_group('subfigure')
@@ -2118,7 +2119,7 @@ class Figure(FigureBase):
         The `.Rectangle` instance representing the figure background patch.
 
     suppressComposite
-        For multiple figure images, the figure will make composite images
+        For multiple images, the figure will make composite images
         depending on the renderer option_image_nocomposite function.  If
         *suppressComposite* is a boolean, this will override the renderer.
     """
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/image.py b/lib/matplotlib/image.py
index e755b204ab9d..009f7190552e 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/image.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/image.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def flush_images():
 
         for a in artists:
             if (isinstance(a, _ImageBase) and a.can_composite() and
-                    a.get_clip_on()):
+                    a.get_clip_on() and not a.get_clip_path()):
                 image_group.append(a)
             else:
                 flush_images()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
index 36ad1aadaa4c..08f0c4da1dc3 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_image.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from numpy.testing import assert_array_equal
 from PIL import Image
 
+import matplotlib as mpl
 from matplotlib import (
     _api, colors, image as mimage, patches, pyplot as plt, style, rcParams)
 from matplotlib.image import (AxesImage, BboxImage, FigureImage,
@@ -506,6 +507,18 @@ def test_image_composite_alpha():
     ax.set_ylim([5, 0])
 
 
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=["pdf"])
+def test_clip_path_disables_compositing(fig_test, fig_ref):
+    t = np.arange(9).reshape((3, 3))
+    for fig in [fig_test, fig_ref]:
+        ax = fig.add_subplot()
+        ax.imshow(t, clip_path=(mpl.path.Path([(0, 0), (0, 1), (1, 0)]),
+                                ax.transData))
+        ax.imshow(t, clip_path=(mpl.path.Path([(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1)]),
+                                ax.transData))
+    fig_ref.suppressComposite = True
+
+
 @image_comparison(['rasterize_10dpi'],
                   extensions=['pdf', 'svg'], remove_text=True, style='mpl20')
 def test_rasterize_dpi():