diff --git a/src/compiler/spirv/tests/spirv-to-c-array.py b/src/compiler/spirv/tests/spirv-to-c-array.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import filecmp
+import os
+import struct
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import sys
+
+p = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage="%(prog)s SOURCE [-- [EXTRA_FLAGS ...]]")
+p.add_argument('SOURCE',
+               help='SPIR-V assembly source filename')
+p.add_argument('EXTRA_FLAGS',
+               help='extra flags passed to spirv-as, e.g. --target-env spv1.0',
+               nargs=argparse.REMAINDER)
+args = p.parse_args()
+source = args.SOURCE
+
+fd, generated = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix="spirv-to-c-array.", suffix=".spv")
+os.close(fd)
+
+assembler_cmd = ['spirv-as'] + args.EXTRA_FLAGS
+
+ret = subprocess.run(assembler_cmd + ['-o', generated, source])
+
+if ret.returncode != 0:
+    print(f'Failed to assemble {source}, see error above.')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if os.path.getsize(generated) == 0:
+    print(f'Failed to assemble {source}. Output {generated} is empty.')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if (os.path.getsize(generated) % 4) != 0:
+    print(f'Failed to assemble {source}. Output {generated} size is not multiple of 4 bytes.')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+ret = subprocess.run(['spirv-dis', '--raw-id', generated], capture_output=True)
+if ret.returncode != 0:
+    print(ret.stderr.decode('ascii'))
+    print(f'Something is wrong: assembled binary {generated} ')
+    print('failed to disassemble for checking.')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+disassembled_source = ret.stdout
+
+generated_check = os.path.splitext(generated)[0] + '.check.spv'
+
+ret = subprocess.run(assembler_cmd + ['-o', generated_check],
+                     input=disassembled_source, capture_output=True)
+if ret.returncode != 0:
+    print(ret.stderr.decode('ascii'))
+    print(f'Something is wrong: assembled binary {generated} ')
+    print('failed to reassemble for checking.')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if not filecmp.cmp(generated, generated_check, shallow=False):
+    print('Something is wrong: assembled binary generated ')
+    print('does not match after round trip of using disassembler ')
+    print('and assembler again.  See files:')
+    print()
+    print(f'    {generated}')
+    print(f'    {generated_check}')
+    print()
+    print(f'Extra arguments for spirv-as {" ".join(args.EXTRA_FLAGS)}')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+with open(source, 'r') as f:
+    source_lines = f.readlines()
+
+words = []
+with open(generated, 'rb') as f:
+    while True:
+        w = f.read(4)
+        if not w:
+            break
+        v = struct.unpack('<I', w)[0]
+        words.append(f'{v:#010x}')
+
+os.remove(generated_check)
+os.remove(generated)
+
+print("   /*")
+
+if args.EXTRA_FLAGS:
+    print(f'    ; Extra arguments for spirv-as {" ".join(args.EXTRA_FLAGS)}')
+    print()
+
+for line in source_lines:
+    print(f'   {line}', end='')
+
+print('    */')
+print('   static const uint32_t words[] = {')
+
+while words:
+    line, words = words[:6], words[6:]
+    line = ', '.join(line)
+    print(f'      {line},')
+
+print('   };')