diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
index 03ba0b08e1a..ce6e3a7266f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ zink_screen_init_compiler(struct zink_screen *screen)
       .has_fsub = true,
       .has_isub = true,
       .lower_mul_2x32_64 = true,
+      .support_16bit_alu = true, /* not quite what it sounds like */
    };
 
    screen->nir_options = default_options;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
index 5c00b5430f5..1f654eea5f3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
@@ -700,10 +700,12 @@ zink_get_shader_param(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_FP16:
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_FP16_DERIVATIVES:
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_FP16_CONST_BUFFERS:
-   case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_INT16:
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_GLSL_16BIT_CONSTS:
       return 0; /* not implemented */
 
+   case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_INT16:
+      return screen->info.feats.features.shaderInt16;
+
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_PREFERRED_IR:
       return PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR;