diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_shader_cache.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_shader_cache.cpp
index e3d798521d..c1008fc5c1 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_shader_cache.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_shader_cache.cpp
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ rdcstr D3D12ShaderCache::GetShaderBlob(const char *source, const char *entry,
       uint32_t flags = DXBC::DecodeFlags(compileFlags) & ~D3DCOMPILE_NO_PRESHADER;
       rdcarray<rdcwstr> argsData;
       DXBC::EncodeDXCFlags(flags, argsData);
+      argsData.push_back(L"-select-validator internal");
       rdcarray<LPCWSTR> arguments;
       for(const rdcwstr &arg : argsData)
         arguments.push_back(arg.c_str());