diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f44ff49179..151d7e44bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1004,9 +1004,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "glam"
-version = "0.11.3"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49d9e5a6410cd46e6bea97123cec5ef1cba14274aad26a1835dd3c9b753ae069"
+checksum = "2ad8819b352632f676098176a51e11e324e8cee4c2518dd67e58c36b848438e6"
 dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
  "version_check",
diff --git a/crates/spirv-builder/src/test/basic.rs b/crates/spirv-builder/src/test/basic.rs
index 004ef5a790..86e26d5bf3 100644
--- a/crates/spirv-builder/src/test/basic.rs
+++ b/crates/spirv-builder/src/test/basic.rs
@@ -366,3 +366,17 @@ pub fn create_uninit_and_write() {
 #[spirv(fragment)]
 pub fn main() {}"#);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn vector_extract_dynamic() {
+    val(r#"
+#[allow(unused_attributes)]
+#[spirv(fragment)]
+pub fn main() {
+    let vector = glam::Vec2::new(1.0, 2.0);
+    let element = unsafe { spirv_std::arch::vector_extract_dynamic(&vector, 1) };
+    assert!(2.0 == element);
+}
+"#);
+}
+
diff --git a/crates/spirv-std/Cargo.toml b/crates/spirv-std/Cargo.toml
index 03537f2ab8..902ef67452 100644
--- a/crates/spirv-std/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/spirv-std/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/rust-gpu"
 description = "Standard functions and types for SPIR-V"
 
 [dependencies]
-glam = { version = "0.11.3", default-features = false, features = ["libm", "scalar-math"] }
+glam = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, features = ["libm", "scalar-math"] }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2.14", default-features = false }
 spirv-std-macros = { path = "../spirv-std-macros" }
 
diff --git a/crates/spirv-std/src/arch.rs b/crates/spirv-std/src/arch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f864f278c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/spirv-std/src/arch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//! SPIR-V Instrinics
+//!
+//! This module is intended as a low level abstraction over SPIR-V instructions.
+//! These functions will typically map to a single instruction, and will perform
+//! no additional safety checks beyond type-checking.
+use crate::{scalar::Scalar, vector::Vector};
+
+/// Extract a single, dynamically selected, component of a vector.
+///
+/// # Safety
+/// Behavior is undefined if `index`’s value is greater than or equal to the
+/// number of components in `vector`.
+#[spirv_std_macros::gpu_only]
+#[doc(alias = "OpVectorExtractDynamic")]
+#[inline]
+pub unsafe fn vector_extract_dynamic<T: Scalar, V: Vector<T>>(vector: V, index: usize) -> T {
+    let mut result = T::default();
+
+    asm! {
+        "%vector = OpLoad _ {vector}",
+        "%element = OpVectorExtractDynamic _ %vector {index}",
+        "OpStore {element} %element",
+        vector = in(reg) &vector,
+        index = in(reg) index,
+        element = in(reg) &mut result
+    }
+
+    result
+}
diff --git a/crates/spirv-std/src/lib.rs b/crates/spirv-std/src/lib.rs
index 6bba2ba861..fae52dad6e 100644
--- a/crates/spirv-std/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/spirv-std/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@
 #[macro_use]
 pub extern crate spirv_std_macros;
 
+pub mod arch;
 pub mod derivative;
 pub mod storage_class;
+pub mod scalar;
+pub(crate) mod sealed;
+pub mod vector;
 mod textures;
 
 pub use glam;
diff --git a/crates/spirv-std/src/scalar.rs b/crates/spirv-std/src/scalar.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bac2d11aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/spirv-std/src/scalar.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/// Abstract trait representing a SPIR-V scalar type.
+pub trait Scalar: Copy + Default + crate::sealed::Sealed {}
+
+impl Scalar for bool {}
+impl Scalar for f32 {}
+impl Scalar for u32 {}
+impl Scalar for i32 {}
diff --git a/crates/spirv-std/src/sealed.rs b/crates/spirv-std/src/sealed.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55c05ddf7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/spirv-std/src/sealed.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/// A marker trait used to prevent other traits from being implemented outside
+/// of `spirv-std`.
+pub trait Sealed {}
+
+impl Sealed for bool {}
+impl Sealed for f32 {}
+impl Sealed for u32 {}
+impl Sealed for i32 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::BVec2 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::BVec3 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::BVec4 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::Vec2 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::Vec3 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::Vec3A {}
+impl Sealed for glam::Vec4 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::UVec2 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::UVec3 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::UVec4 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::IVec2 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::IVec3 {}
+impl Sealed for glam::IVec4 {}
diff --git a/crates/spirv-std/src/vector.rs b/crates/spirv-std/src/vector.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f866adf23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/spirv-std/src/vector.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/// Abstract trait representing a SPIR-V vector type.
+pub trait Vector<T: crate::scalar::Scalar>: crate::sealed::Sealed {}
+
+impl Vector<bool> for glam::BVec2 {}
+impl Vector<bool> for glam::BVec3 {}
+impl Vector<bool> for glam::BVec4 {}
+impl Vector<f32> for glam::Vec2 {}
+impl Vector<f32> for glam::Vec3 {}
+impl Vector<f32> for glam::Vec3A {}
+impl Vector<f32> for glam::Vec4 {}
+impl Vector<u32> for glam::UVec2 {}
+impl Vector<u32> for glam::UVec3 {}
+impl Vector<u32> for glam::UVec4 {}
+impl Vector<i32> for glam::IVec2 {}
+impl Vector<i32> for glam::IVec3 {}
+impl Vector<i32> for glam::IVec4 {}