diff --git a/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_api_list.hpp b/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_api_list.hpp
index a474102d..b1f1b8c9 100644
--- a/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_api_list.hpp
+++ b/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_api_list.hpp
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@
     VK_FUNC_DECL(vkGetImageSubresourceLayout)                                  \
     VK_FUNC_DECL(vkCreateDebugUtilsMessengerEXT)                               \
     VK_FUNC_DECL(vkDestroyDebugUtilsMessengerEXT)                              \
-    VK_FUNC_DECL(vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferProperties)
+    VK_FUNC_DECL(vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferProperties)                  \
+    VK_FUNC_DECL(vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2)
 #define VK_WINDOWS_FUNC_LIST                                                   \
     VK_FUNC_DECL(vkGetMemoryWin32HandleKHR)                                    \
     VK_FUNC_DECL(vkGetSemaphoreWin32HandleKHR)                                 \
@@ -209,5 +210,6 @@
 #define vkDestroyDebugUtilsMessengerEXT _vkDestroyDebugUtilsMessengerEXT
 #define vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferProperties                            \
     _vkGetPhysicalDeviceExternalBufferProperties
+#define vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 _vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2
 
 #endif //_vulkan_api_list_hpp_
diff --git a/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_wrapper.cpp b/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_wrapper.cpp
index 7254742d..e1c81086 100644
--- a/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_wrapper.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ VulkanInstance::VulkanInstance(bool useValidationLayers)
         // return WAIVED;
     }
 
+    VK_GET_NULL_INSTANCE_PROC_ADDR(vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2);
     VK_GET_NULL_INSTANCE_PROC_ADDR(vkEnumerateInstanceVersion);
     VK_GET_NULL_INSTANCE_PROC_ADDR(vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties);
     VK_GET_NULL_INSTANCE_PROC_ADDR(vkCreateInstance);
@@ -612,7 +613,8 @@ VulkanDevice::VulkanDevice(const VulkanDevice &device)
 
 VulkanDevice::VulkanDevice(
     const VulkanPhysicalDevice &physicalDevice,
-    const VulkanQueueFamilyToQueueCountMap &queueFamilyToQueueCountMap)
+    const VulkanQueueFamilyToQueueCountMap &queueFamilyToQueueCountMap,
+    bool useShaderInt8)
     : m_physicalDevice(physicalDevice), m_vkDevice(NULL)
 {
     uint32_t maxQueueCount = 0;
@@ -676,7 +678,55 @@ VulkanDevice::VulkanDevice(
         enabledExtensionNameList.data();
     vkDeviceCreateInfo.pEnabledFeatures = NULL;
 
-    vkCreateDevice(physicalDevice, &vkDeviceCreateInfo, NULL, &m_vkDevice);
+    if (useShaderInt8)
+    {
+        VkPhysicalDeviceShaderFloat16Int8Features int8Features{};
+        int8Features.sType =
+            VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_FLOAT16_INT8_FEATURES;
+
+        VkPhysicalDevice8BitStorageFeatures storage8Features{};
+        storage8Features.sType =
+            VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_8BIT_STORAGE_FEATURES;
+
+        int8Features.pNext = &storage8Features;
+
+        VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 features2{};
+        features2.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_FEATURES_2;
+        features2.pNext = &int8Features;
+
+        vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2(physicalDevice, &features2);
+
+        if (!int8Features.shaderInt8
+            || !storage8Features.storageBuffer8BitAccess)
+        {
+            throw std::runtime_error("shaderInt8 not supported!\n");
+        }
+
+        VkPhysicalDevice8BitStorageFeatures storage8Enable{};
+        storage8Enable.sType =
+            VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_8BIT_STORAGE_FEATURES;
+        storage8Enable.storageBuffer8BitAccess = VK_TRUE;
+
+        VkPhysicalDeviceShaderFloat16Int8Features int8Enable{};
+        int8Enable.sType =
+            VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_FLOAT16_INT8_FEATURES;
+        int8Enable.shaderInt8 = VK_TRUE;
+        int8Enable.pNext = &storage8Enable;
+
+        vkDeviceCreateInfo.pNext = &int8Enable;
+
+        enabledExtensionNameList.push_back(VK_KHR_8BIT_STORAGE_EXTENSION_NAME);
+        vkDeviceCreateInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames =
+            enabledExtensionNameList.data();
+        vkDeviceCreateInfo.enabledExtensionCount =
+            (uint32_t)enabledExtensionNameList.size();
+
+        vkCreateDevice(physicalDevice, &vkDeviceCreateInfo, NULL, &m_vkDevice);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        vkCreateDevice(physicalDevice, &vkDeviceCreateInfo, NULL, &m_vkDevice);
+    }
 
     for (uint32_t qfIdx = 0;
          qfIdx < (uint32_t)m_physicalDevice.getQueueFamilyList().size();
diff --git a/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_wrapper.hpp b/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_wrapper.hpp
index 9cb031f5..fb707963 100644
--- a/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_wrapper.hpp
+++ b/test_conformance/common/vulkan_wrapper/vulkan_wrapper.hpp
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ public:
     VulkanDevice(
         const VulkanPhysicalDevice &physicalDevice = getVulkanPhysicalDevice(),
         const VulkanQueueFamilyToQueueCountMap &queueFamilyToQueueCountMap =
-            getDefaultVulkanQueueFamilyToQueueCountMap());
+            getDefaultVulkanQueueFamilyToQueueCountMap(),
+        bool useShaderInt8 = false);
     virtual ~VulkanDevice();
     const VulkanPhysicalDevice &getPhysicalDevice() const;
     VulkanQueue &
diff --git a/test_conformance/vulkan/test_vulkan_interop_buffer.cpp b/test_conformance/vulkan/test_vulkan_interop_buffer.cpp
index e39641f1..23578e06 100644
--- a/test_conformance/vulkan/test_vulkan_interop_buffer.cpp
+++ b/test_conformance/vulkan/test_vulkan_interop_buffer.cpp
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ struct BufferTestBase : public VulkanTestBase
 {
     BufferTestBase(cl_device_id device, cl_context context,
                    cl_command_queue queue, cl_int nelems)
-        : VulkanTestBase(device, context, queue, nelems)
+        : VulkanTestBase(device, context, queue, nelems, true)
     {}
 
     int test_buffer_common(bool use_fence)
diff --git a/test_conformance/vulkan/vulkan_test_base.h b/test_conformance/vulkan/vulkan_test_base.h
index 8c7b07cc..1e3f8e2f 100644
--- a/test_conformance/vulkan/vulkan_test_base.h
+++ b/test_conformance/vulkan/vulkan_test_base.h
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ inline void params_reset()
 struct VulkanTestBase
 {
     VulkanTestBase(cl_device_id device, cl_context context,
-                   cl_command_queue queue, cl_int nelems)
+                   cl_command_queue queue, cl_int nelems,
+                   bool useShaderInt8 = false)
         : device(device), context(context), num_elems(nelems)
     {
         vkDevice.reset(new VulkanDevice(
-            getAssociatedVulkanPhysicalDevice(device, useValidationLayers)));
+            getAssociatedVulkanPhysicalDevice(device, useValidationLayers),
+            getDefaultVulkanQueueFamilyToQueueCountMap(), useShaderInt8));
 
         cl_platform_id platform;
         cl_int error = clGetDeviceInfo(device, CL_DEVICE_PLATFORM,