diff --git a/docs/relnotes/new_features.txt b/docs/relnotes/new_features.txt
index 786b4c7e2b4..6f148cf0889 100644
--- a/docs/relnotes/new_features.txt
+++ b/docs/relnotes/new_features.txt
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ multiDrawIndirect on panvk/v10+
 VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count on panvk/v10+
 VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product on panvk
 VK_KHR_shader_terminate_invocation on panvk
+VK_EXT_shader_demote_to_helper_invocation on panvk
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_physical_device.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_physical_device.c
index 46bbee33242..a060006d17c 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_physical_device.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_physical_device.c
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ get_device_extensions(const struct panvk_physical_device *device,
       .EXT_scalar_block_layout = true,
       .EXT_separate_stencil_usage = true,
       .EXT_shader_module_identifier = true,
+      .EXT_shader_demote_to_helper_invocation = true,
       .EXT_subgroup_size_control = has_vk1_1,
       .EXT_tooling_info = true,
       .EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor = true,
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ get_features(const struct panvk_physical_device *device,
       .extendedDynamicState2PatchControlPoints = false,
       .pipelineCreationCacheControl = true,
       .privateData = true,
-      .shaderDemoteToHelperInvocation = false,
+      .shaderDemoteToHelperInvocation = true,
       .shaderTerminateInvocation = true,
       .subgroupSizeControl = true,
       .computeFullSubgroups = true,