diff --git a/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c b/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
index f52b52ea799..d4e2537124d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
+++ b/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
@@ -1886,10 +1886,26 @@ vtn_handle_type(struct vtn_builder *b, SpvOp opcode,
    case SpvOpTypeFloat: {
       int bit_size = w[2];
       val->type->base_type = vtn_base_type_scalar;
-      vtn_fail_if(bit_size != 16 && bit_size != 32 && bit_size != 64,
-                  "Invalid float bit size: %u", bit_size);
-      val->type->type = glsl_floatN_t_type(bit_size);
       val->type->length = 1;
+
+      int32_t encoding = count > 3 ? w[3] : -1;
+      switch (encoding) {
+      case -1:
+         /* No encoding specified, it is a regular FP. */
+         vtn_fail_if(bit_size != 16 && bit_size != 32 && bit_size != 64,
+                     "Invalid float bit size: %u", bit_size);
+         val->type->type = glsl_floatN_t_type(bit_size);
+         break;
+
+      case SpvFPEncodingBFloat16KHR:
+         vtn_fail_if(bit_size != 16,
+                     "Invalid Bfloat16 bit size: %u", bit_size);
+         val->type->type = glsl_bfloatN_t_type(bit_size);
+         break;
+
+      default:
+         vtn_fail("Unsupported OpTypeFloat encoding: %d", encoding);
+      }
       break;
    }