diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/instance.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/instance.rs
index 536f46e793..a60d3d626d 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/instance.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/instance.rs
@@ -653,7 +653,10 @@ impl crate::Instance<super::Api> for super::Instance {
 
         // Request validation layer if asked.
         let mut debug_utils = None;
-        if desc.flags.intersects(wgt::InstanceFlags::VALIDATION) {
+        if desc
+            .flags
+            .intersects(wgt::InstanceFlags::VALIDATION | wgt::InstanceFlags::GPU_BASED_VALIDATION)
+        {
             let validation_layer_name =
                 CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation\0").unwrap();
             if let Some(layer_properties) = find_layer(&instance_layers, validation_layer_name) {