diff --git a/src/compiler/shader_info.h b/src/compiler/shader_info.h
index a35bd72b6ea..2b73b544d60 100644
--- a/src/compiler/shader_info.h
+++ b/src/compiler/shader_info.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct spirv_supported_capabilities {
    bool descriptor_indexing;
    bool device_group;
    bool draw_parameters;
+   bool float16_atomic_add;
    bool float16_atomic_min_max;
    bool float32_atomic_add;
    bool float32_atomic_min_max;
diff --git a/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c b/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
index 007e1fe1c1b..35d46aa9b56 100644
--- a/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
+++ b/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
@@ -4604,6 +4604,10 @@ vtn_handle_preamble_instruction(struct vtn_builder *b, SpvOp opcode,
          spv_check_supported(amd_image_gather_bias_lod, cap);
          break;
 
+      case SpvCapabilityAtomicFloat16AddEXT:
+         spv_check_supported(float16_atomic_add, cap);
+         break;
+
       case SpvCapabilityAtomicFloat32AddEXT:
          spv_check_supported(float32_atomic_add, cap);
          break;