diff --git a/src/compiler/shader_info.h b/src/compiler/shader_info.h
index 66634697832..fb9349100f9 100644
--- a/src/compiler/shader_info.h
+++ b/src/compiler/shader_info.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct spirv_supported_capabilities {
    bool float_controls;
    bool shader_clock;
    bool shader_viewport_index_layer;
+   bool sparse_residency;
    bool stencil_export;
    bool storage_8bit;
    bool storage_16bit;
diff --git a/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c b/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
index fbe9d44b2c7..d5fe6483eb8 100644
--- a/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
+++ b/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
@@ -4256,11 +4256,14 @@ vtn_handle_preamble_instruction(struct vtn_builder *b, SpvOp opcode,
          break;
 
       case SpvCapabilityLinkage:
-      case SpvCapabilitySparseResidency:
          vtn_warn("Unsupported SPIR-V capability: %s",
                   spirv_capability_to_string(cap));
          break;
 
+      case SpvCapabilitySparseResidency:
+         spv_check_supported(sparse_residency, cap);
+         break;
+
       case SpvCapabilityMinLod:
          spv_check_supported(min_lod, cap);
          break;