diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
index 62ffa0e2096..36363ad7246 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ nvk_get_device_extensions(const struct nv_device_info *dev,
       .EXT_robustness2 = true,
       .EXT_sample_locations = dev->cls_eng3d >= MAXWELL_B,
       .EXT_separate_stencil_usage = true,
+      .EXT_shader_demote_to_helper_invocation = true,
       .EXT_transform_feedback = true,
       .EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor = true,
       .EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state = true,
@@ -399,6 +400,7 @@ nvk_get_device_features(const struct nv_device_info *dev,
       .inlineUniformBlock = true,
       .descriptorBindingInlineUniformBlockUpdateAfterBind = true,
       .privateData = true,
+      .shaderDemoteToHelperInvocation = true,
       .dynamicRendering = true,
       .maintenance4 = true,
 
diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c
index 7929c064d73..ad94604b0d9 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ nvk_physical_device_spirv_options(const struct nvk_physical_device *pdevice,
          .min_lod = true,
          .transform_feedback = true,
          .geometry_streams = true,
+         .demote_to_helper_invocation = true,
       },
       .ssbo_addr_format = nvk_buffer_addr_format(rs->storage_buffers),
       .phys_ssbo_addr_format = nir_address_format_64bit_global,