diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c b/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c
index d6500de677..518c3d642b 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ typedef struct VulkanDevicePriv {
     VkPhysicalDeviceOpticalFlowFeaturesNV optical_flow_features;
     VkPhysicalDeviceShaderObjectFeaturesEXT shader_object_features;
     VkPhysicalDeviceVideoMaintenance1FeaturesKHR video_maint_1_features;
+#ifdef VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction
+    VkPhysicalDeviceShaderRelaxedExtendedInstructionFeaturesKHR relaxed_extended_instr_features;
+#endif
 
     /* Queues */
     pthread_mutex_t **qf_mutex;
@@ -622,6 +625,28 @@ static int check_extensions(AVHWDeviceContext *ctx, int dev, AVDictionary *opts,
         }
     }
 
+#ifdef VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction
+    if (debug_mode == FF_VULKAN_DEBUG_PRINTF) {
+        tstr = VK_KHR_SHADER_RELAXED_EXTENDED_INSTRUCTION_EXTENSION_NAME;
+        found = 0;
+        for (int j = 0; j < sup_ext_count; j++) {
+            if (!strcmp(tstr, sup_ext[j].extensionName)) {
+                found = 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (found) {
+            av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "Using %s extension %s\n", mod, tstr);
+            ADD_VAL_TO_LIST(extension_names, extensions_found, tstr);
+        } else {
+            av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Debug printf enabled, but extension \"%s\" not found!\n",
+                   tstr);
+            err = AVERROR(EINVAL);
+            goto fail;
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+
     if (user_exts_str) {
         char *save, *token = av_strtok(user_exts_str, "+", &save);
         while (token) {
@@ -1419,9 +1444,19 @@ static int vulkan_device_create_internal(AVHWDeviceContext *ctx,
     VkPhysicalDeviceTimelineSemaphoreFeatures timeline_features = {
         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TIMELINE_SEMAPHORE_FEATURES,
     };
+#ifdef VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction
+    VkPhysicalDeviceShaderRelaxedExtendedInstructionFeaturesKHR relaxed_extended_instr_features = {
+        .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_RELAXED_EXTENDED_INSTRUCTION_FEATURES_KHR,
+        .pNext = &timeline_features,
+    };
+#endif
     VkPhysicalDeviceVideoMaintenance1FeaturesKHR video_maint_1_features = {
         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VIDEO_MAINTENANCE_1_FEATURES_KHR,
+#ifdef VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction
+        .pNext = &relaxed_extended_instr_features,
+#else
         .pNext = &timeline_features,
+#endif
     };
     VkPhysicalDeviceShaderObjectFeaturesEXT shader_object_features = {
         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_OBJECT_FEATURES_EXT,
@@ -1535,6 +1570,10 @@ static int vulkan_device_create_internal(AVHWDeviceContext *ctx,
 
     p->shader_object_features.shaderObject = shader_object_features.shaderObject;
 
+#ifdef VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction
+    p->relaxed_extended_instr_features.shaderRelaxedExtendedInstruction = relaxed_extended_instr_features.shaderRelaxedExtendedInstruction;
+#endif
+
     /* Find and enable extensions */
     if ((err = check_extensions(ctx, 1, opts, &dev_info.ppEnabledExtensionNames,
                                 &dev_info.enabledExtensionCount, debug_mode))) {
diff --git a/libavutil/vulkan_functions.h b/libavutil/vulkan_functions.h
index c565d62335..7a5385381b 100644
--- a/libavutil/vulkan_functions.h
+++ b/libavutil/vulkan_functions.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ typedef uint64_t FFVulkanExtensions;
 #define FF_VK_EXT_OPTICAL_FLOW           (1ULL << 12) /* VK_NV_optical_flow */
 #define FF_VK_EXT_SHADER_OBJECT          (1ULL << 13) /* VK_EXT_shader_object */
 #define FF_VK_EXT_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR        (1ULL << 14) /* VK_KHR_push_descriptor */
+#define FF_VK_EXT_RELAXED_EXTENDED_INSTR (1ULL << 15) /* VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction */
 
 /* Video extensions */
 #define FF_VK_EXT_VIDEO_QUEUE            (1ULL << 36) /* VK_KHR_video_queue */
diff --git a/libavutil/vulkan_loader.h b/libavutil/vulkan_loader.h
index 2022eb320b..3dc27c159e 100644
--- a/libavutil/vulkan_loader.h
+++ b/libavutil/vulkan_loader.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static inline uint64_t ff_vk_extensions_to_mask(const char * const *extensions,
         const char *name;
         FFVulkanExtensions flag;
     } extension_map[] = {
+        { VK_KHR_SHADER_RELAXED_EXTENDED_INSTRUCTION_EXTENSION_NAME, FF_VK_EXT_RELAXED_EXTENDED_INSTR },
         { VK_EXT_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_DMA_BUF_EXTENSION_NAME,   FF_VK_EXT_EXTERNAL_DMABUF_MEMORY },
         { VK_EXT_IMAGE_DRM_FORMAT_MODIFIER_EXTENSION_NAME, FF_VK_EXT_DRM_MODIFIER_FLAGS     },
         { VK_KHR_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_FD_EXTENSION_NAME,        FF_VK_EXT_EXTERNAL_FD_MEMORY     },
