diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/api/Context.cpp b/backends/vulkan/runtime/api/Context.cpp
index 9517941f364..f425859935d 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/api/Context.cpp
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/api/Context.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,27 @@ void Context::report_shader_dispatch_end() {
   }
 }
 
+void Context::check_device_capabilities(const vkapi::ShaderInfo& shader) {
+  if (shader.requires_shader_int16) {
+    if (!adapter_p_->supports_int16_shader_types()) {
+      throw vkapi::ShaderNotSupportedError(
+          shader.kernel_name, vkapi::VulkanExtension::SHADER_INT16);
+    }
+  }
+  if (shader.requires_16bit_storage) {
+    if (!adapter_p_->supports_16bit_storage_buffers()) {
+      throw vkapi::ShaderNotSupportedError(
+          shader.kernel_name, vkapi::VulkanExtension::INT16_STORAGE);
+    }
+  }
+  if (shader.requires_8bit_storage) {
+    if (!adapter_p_->supports_8bit_storage_buffers()) {
+      throw vkapi::ShaderNotSupportedError(
+          shader.kernel_name, vkapi::VulkanExtension::INT8_STORAGE);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 vkapi::DescriptorSet Context::get_descriptor_set(
     const vkapi::ShaderInfo& shader_descriptor,
     const utils::uvec3& local_workgroup_size,
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/api/Context.h b/backends/vulkan/runtime/api/Context.h
index 300fd3995dd..0c199c24cc4 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/api/Context.h
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/api/Context.h
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ class Context final {
     }
   }
 
+  void check_device_capabilities(const vkapi::ShaderInfo& shader);
+
   vkapi::DescriptorSet get_descriptor_set(
       const vkapi::ShaderInfo&,
       const utils::uvec3&,
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/gen_vulkan_spv.py b/backends/vulkan/runtime/gen_vulkan_spv.py
index 7d004547a8e..7d3d2d52950 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/gen_vulkan_spv.py
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/gen_vulkan_spv.py
@@ -720,6 +720,10 @@ def maybe_replace_u16vecn(self, input_text: str) -> str:
         if "codegen-nosub" in input_text:
             return input_text
 
+        # Remove extension requirement so that generated ShaderInfo does not mark it
+        input_text = input_text.replace(
+            "#extension GL_EXT_shader_explicit_arithmetic_types_int16 : require", ""
+        )
         input_text = input_text.replace("u16vec", "ivec")
         input_text = input_text.replace("uint16_t", "int")
         return input_text
@@ -791,6 +795,9 @@ class ShaderInfo:
     weight_storage_type: str = ""
     bias_storage_type: str = ""
     register_for: Optional[Tuple[str, List[str]]] = None
+    requires_shader_int16_ext: bool = False
+    requires_16bit_storage_ext: bool = False
+    requires_8bit_storage_ext: bool = False
 
 
 def getName(filePath: str) -> str:
@@ -858,6 +865,11 @@ def findRegisterFor(lineStr: str) -> Tuple[str, List[str]]:
     return (matches_list[0], matches_list[1:])
 
 
+def isExtensionRequireLine(lineStr: str) -> bool:
+    extension_require_id = r"^#extension ([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\s*:\s*require"
+    return re.search(extension_require_id, lineStr) is not None
+
+
 typeIdMapping = {
     r"image[123]D\b": "VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE",
     r"sampler[123]D\b": "VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER",
@@ -889,6 +901,13 @@ def getShaderInfo(srcFilePath: str) -> ShaderInfo:
                 shader_info.bias_storage_type = getBiasStorageType(line)
             if isRegisterForLine(line):
                 shader_info.register_for = findRegisterFor(line)
+            if isExtensionRequireLine(line):
+                if "GL_EXT_shader_explicit_arithmetic_types_int16" in line:
+                    shader_info.requires_shader_int16_ext = True
+                if "GL_EXT_shader_16bit_storage" in line:
+                    shader_info.requires_16bit_storage_ext = True
+                if "GL_EXT_shader_8bit_storage" in line:
+                    shader_info.requires_8bit_storage_ext = True
 
     return shader_info
 
@@ -952,12 +971,18 @@ def generateShaderInfoStr(shader_info: ShaderInfo, name: str, sizeBytes: int) ->
 
     shader_info_layouts = "{{{}}}".format(",\n ".join(shader_info.layouts))
 
+    def to_cpp_str(val: bool):
+        return "true" if val else "false"
+
     shader_info_args = [
         f'"{name}"',
         f"{name}_bin",
         str(sizeBytes),
         shader_info_layouts,
         tile_size,
+        to_cpp_str(shader_info.requires_shader_int16_ext),
+        to_cpp_str(shader_info.requires_16bit_storage_ext),
+        to_cpp_str(shader_info.requires_8bit_storage_ext),
     ]
 
     shader_info_str = textwrap.indent(
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/DispatchNode.cpp b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/DispatchNode.cpp
index a163a0d7aea..63b8798f2c1 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/DispatchNode.cpp
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/DispatchNode.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ void DispatchNode::encode(ComputeGraph* graph) {
   api::Context* const context = graph->context();
   vkapi::PipelineBarrier pipeline_barrier{};
 
+  context->check_device_capabilities(shader_);
+
   std::unique_lock<std::mutex> cmd_lock = context->dispatch_lock();
 
   std::array<uint8_t, kMaxPushConstantSize> push_constants_data;
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/conv2d_dw_output_tile.glsl b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/conv2d_dw_output_tile.glsl
index 20fb9374bec..4a8d7418691 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/conv2d_dw_output_tile.glsl
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/conv2d_dw_output_tile.glsl
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ ${layout_declare_ubo(8, "float", "out_min", "float", "out_max")}
 
 layout(local_size_x_id = 0, local_size_y_id = 1, local_size_z_id = 2) in;
 
-#extension GL_EXT_shader_explicit_arithmetic_types_int16 : require
-
 /*
  * Computes a depthwise convolution. Each shader invocation calculates the
  * output at a single output location.
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Adapter.cpp b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Adapter.cpp
index 5805d476a38..ec30650ba06 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Adapter.cpp
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Adapter.cpp
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ std::string Adapter::stringize() const {
   ss << "    deviceType:    " << device_type << std::endl;
   ss << "    deviceName:    " << properties.deviceName << std::endl;
 
+#define PRINT_BOOL(value, name) \
+  ss << "      " << std::left << std::setw(36) << #name << value << std::endl;
+
 #define PRINT_PROP(struct, name)                                       \
   ss << "      " << std::left << std::setw(36) << #name << struct.name \
      << std::endl;
@@ -298,12 +301,13 @@ std::string Adapter::stringize() const {
   ss << "    }" << std::endl;
 #endif /* VK_KHR_8bit_storage */
 
-#ifdef VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8
   ss << "    Shader 16bit and 8bit Features {" << std::endl;
+  PRINT_BOOL(physical_device_.supports_int16_shader_types, shaderInt16)
+#ifdef VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8
   PRINT_PROP(physical_device_.shader_float16_int8_types, shaderFloat16);
   PRINT_PROP(physical_device_.shader_float16_int8_types, shaderInt8);
-  ss << "    }" << std::endl;
 #endif /* VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8 */
+  ss << "    }" << std::endl;
 
   const VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties& mem_props =
       physical_device_.memory_properties;
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Exception.cpp b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Exception.cpp
index e330c1c079d..d26fbd8cb22 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Exception.cpp
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Exception.cpp
@@ -77,5 +77,36 @@ Error::Error(SourceLocation source_location, const char* cond, std::string msg)
   what_ = oss.str();
 }
 
+//
+// ShaderNotSupportedError
+//
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const VulkanExtension result) {
+  switch (result) {
+    case VulkanExtension::SHADER_INT16:
+      out << "shaderInt16";
+      break;
+    case VulkanExtension::INT16_STORAGE:
+      out << "VK_KHR_16bit_storage";
+      break;
+    case VulkanExtension::INT8_STORAGE:
+      out << "VK_KHR_8bit_storage";
+      break;
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+ShaderNotSupportedError::ShaderNotSupportedError(
+    std::string shader_name,
+    VulkanExtension extension)
+    : shader_name_(std::move(shader_name)), extension_{extension} {
+  std::ostringstream oss;
+  oss << "Shader " << shader_name_ << " ";
+  oss << "not compatible with device. ";
+  oss << "Missing support for extension or physical device feature: ";
+  oss << extension_;
+  what_ = oss.str();
+}
+
 } // namespace vkapi
 } // namespace vkcompute
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Exception.h b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Exception.h
index ec2f2956a88..a65afb1bcc5 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Exception.h
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Exception.h
@@ -78,5 +78,26 @@ class Error : public std::exception {
   }
 };
 
+enum class VulkanExtension : uint8_t {
+  SHADER_INT16,
+  INT16_STORAGE,
+  INT8_STORAGE,
+};
+
+class ShaderNotSupportedError : public std::exception {
+ public:
+  ShaderNotSupportedError(std::string shader_name, VulkanExtension extension);
+
+ private:
+  std::string shader_name_;
+  VulkanExtension extension_;
+  std::string what_;
+
+ public:
+  const char* what() const noexcept override {
+    return what_.c_str();
+  }
+};
+
 } // namespace vkapi
 } // namespace vkcompute
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.cpp b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.cpp
index 29774e2f404..e560f37868e 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.cpp
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.cpp
@@ -28,14 +28,20 @@ ShaderInfo::ShaderInfo(
     const uint32_t* const spirv_bin,
     const uint32_t size,
     std::vector<VkDescriptorType>  layout,
-    const utils::uvec3 tile_size)
+    const utils::uvec3 tile_size,
+    const bool requires_shader_int16_ext,
+    const bool requires_16bit_storage_ext,
+    const bool requires_8bit_storage_ext)
     : src_code{
           spirv_bin,
           size,
       },
       kernel_name{std::move(name)},
       kernel_layout{std::move(layout)},
-      out_tile_size(tile_size) {
+      out_tile_size(tile_size),
+      requires_shader_int16(requires_shader_int16_ext),
+      requires_16bit_storage(requires_16bit_storage_ext),
+      requires_8bit_storage(requires_8bit_storage_ext) {
 }
 
 bool operator==(const ShaderInfo& _1, const ShaderInfo& _2) {
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.h b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.h
index 1e3b2a799f2..d9fec65febc 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.h
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ struct ShaderInfo final {
 
   // Shader Metadata
   utils::uvec3 out_tile_size{1u, 1u, 1u};
+  bool requires_shader_int16 = false;
+  bool requires_16bit_storage = false;
+  bool requires_8bit_storage = false;
 
   explicit ShaderInfo();
 
@@ -70,7 +73,10 @@ struct ShaderInfo final {
       const uint32_t*,
       const uint32_t,
       std::vector<VkDescriptorType>,
-      const utils::uvec3 tile_size);
+      const utils::uvec3 tile_size,
+      const bool requires_shader_int16_ext,
+      const bool requires_16bit_storage_ext,
+      const bool requires_8bit_storage_ext);
 
   operator bool() const {
     return src_code.bin != nullptr;
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/test/op_tests/utils/gen_correctness_base.py b/backends/vulkan/test/op_tests/utils/gen_correctness_base.py
index 3d9aa6aa80b..d7e38969452 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/test/op_tests/utils/gen_correctness_base.py
+++ b/backends/vulkan/test/op_tests/utils/gen_correctness_base.py
@@ -45,8 +45,13 @@ class GeneratedOpsTest_{op_name} : public ::testing::Test {{
 test_suite_template = """
 TEST_P(GeneratedOpsTest_{op_name}, {case_name}) {{
 {create_ref_data}
+try {{
 {create_and_check_out}
 }}
+catch (const vkcompute::vkapi::ShaderNotSupportedError& e) {{
+    GTEST_SKIP() << e.what();
+}}
+}}
 """