diff --git a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index cc16858849783..532534bcb97e3 100644
--- a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ option(GGML_VULKAN                          "ggml: use Vulkan"
 option(GGML_VULKAN_CHECK_RESULTS            "ggml: run Vulkan op checks"                      OFF)
 option(GGML_VULKAN_DEBUG                    "ggml: enable Vulkan debug output"                OFF)
 option(GGML_VULKAN_MEMORY_DEBUG             "ggml: enable Vulkan memory debug output"         OFF)
+option(GGML_VULKAN_SHADER_DEBUG_INFO        "ggml: enable Vulkan shader debug info"           OFF)
 option(GGML_VULKAN_PERF                     "ggml: enable Vulkan perf output"                 OFF)
 option(GGML_VULKAN_VALIDATE                 "ggml: enable Vulkan validation"                  OFF)
 option(GGML_VULKAN_RUN_TESTS                "ggml: run Vulkan tests"                          OFF)
diff --git a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ec7d308253b59..cd2dcd0660d3a 100644
--- a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -612,6 +612,10 @@ if (GGML_VULKAN)
             add_compile_definitions(GGML_VULKAN_MEMORY_DEBUG)
         endif()
 
+        if (GGML_VULKAN_SHADER_DEBUG_INFO)
+            add_compile_definitions(GGML_VULKAN_SHADER_DEBUG_INFO)
+        endif()
+
         if (GGML_VULKAN_PERF)
             add_compile_definitions(GGML_VULKAN_PERF)
         endif()
diff --git a/ggml/src/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp b/ggml/src/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp
index 0c5b7b2794ad0..1bd1b6f67dd0a 100644
--- a/ggml/src/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ void string_to_spv(const std::string& _name, const std::string& in_fname, const
     #else
         std::vector<std::string> cmd = {GLSLC, "-fshader-stage=compute", "--target-env=vulkan1.2", "-O", in_path, "-o",  out_fname};
     #endif
+
+    #ifdef GGML_VULKAN_SHADER_DEBUG_INFO
+        cmd.push_back("-g");
+    #endif
+
     for (const auto& define : defines) {
         cmd.push_back("-D" + define.first + "=" + define.second);
     }