diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/glslang/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/glslang/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63b4b4c2c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/glslang/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, bison }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "glslang-git-${version}";
+  version = "2016-08-26";
+
+  # `vulkan-loader` requires a specific version of `glslang` as specified in
+  # `<vulkan-loader-repo>/glslang_revision`.
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KhronosGroup";
+    repo = "glslang";
+    rev = "81cd764b5ffc475bc73f1fb35f75fd1171bb2343";
+    sha256 = "1vfwl6lzkjh9nh29q32b7zca4q1abf3q4nqkahskijgznw5lr59g";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./install-headers.patch ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake bison ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    description = "Khronos reference front-end for GLSL and ESSL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/glslang/install-headers.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/glslang/install-headers.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ad6f5e1906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/glslang/install-headers.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt b/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
+index 48a6c46..593d941 100755
+--- a/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -42,3 +42,8 @@ endif(WIN32)
+ 
+ install(TARGETS SPIRV SPVRemapper
+         ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
++
++foreach(file ${HEADERS} ${SPVREMAP_HEADERS})
++    get_filename_component(dir ${file} DIRECTORY)
++    install(FILES ${file} DESTINATION include/SPIRV/${dir})
++endforeach()
+diff --git a/glslang/CMakeLists.txt b/glslang/CMakeLists.txt
+index ff91135..4318279 100644
+--- a/glslang/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/glslang/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -90,3 +90,8 @@ endif(WIN32)
+ 
+ install(TARGETS glslang 
+         ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
++
++foreach(file ${HEADERS})
++    get_filename_component(dir ${file} DIRECTORY)
++    install(FILES ${file} DESTINATION include/glslang/${dir})
++endforeach()
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/shaderc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/shaderc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df0c136d05f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/shaderc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, glslang, spirv-tools, python }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "shaderc-git-${version}";
+  version = "2016-09-08";
+
+  # `vulkan-loader` requires a specific version of `glslang` as specified in
+  # `<vulkan-loader-repo>/glslang_revision`.
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "google";
+    repo = "shaderc";
+    rev = "e17bb8ba3b8b0b9142b788d988612a40541c54ce";
+    sha256 = "17qfjqkz6j355qi130kixaz51svl09k9b5sfikksgnbmzglzcwki";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    cp -r ${spirv-tools.src} third_party/spirv-tools
+    chmod -R +w third_party/spirv-tools
+    ln -s ${spirv-tools.headers} third_party/spirv-tools/external/spirv-headers
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake glslang python ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DSHADERC_SKIP_TESTS=ON" "-DSHADERC_GLSLANG_DIR=${glslang.src}" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    description = "A collection of tools, libraries and tests for shader compilation.";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-loader/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-loader/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c00bb86142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-loader/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, git, python3,
+  python3Packages, glslang, spirv-tools, x11, libxcb, wayland }:
+
+assert stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
+
+let
+  version = "1.0.26.0";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KhronosGroup";
+    repo = "Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers";
+    rev = "sdk-${version}";
+    sha256 = "157m746hc76xrxd3qq0f44f5dy7pjbz8cx74ykqrlbc7rmpjpk58";
+  };
+  getRev = name: builtins.substring 0 40 (builtins.readFile "${src}/${name}_revision");
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "vulkan-loader-${version}";
+  inherit version src;
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    if [ "$(cat '${src}/spirv-tools_revision')" != '${spirv-tools.src.rev}' ] \
+      || [ "$(cat '${src}/spirv-headers_revision')" != '${spirv-tools.headers.rev}' ] \
+      || [ "$(cat '${src}/glslang_revision')" != '${glslang.src.rev}' ]
+    then
+      echo "Version mismatch, aborting!"
+      false
+    fi
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig git python3 python3Packages.lxml
+                  glslang spirv-tools x11 libxcb wayland
+                ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBUILD_WSI_WAYLAND_SUPPORT=ON" # XLIB/XCB supported by default
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp loader/libvulkan.so* $out/lib
+    cp demos/vulkaninfo $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "LunarG Vulkan loader";
+    homepage    = http://www.lunarg.com;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0c15a6df4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, python }:
+
+let
+
+spirv_sources = {
+  # `vulkan-loader` requires a specific version of `spirv-tools` and `spirv-headers` as specified in
+  # `<vulkan-loader-repo>/spirv-tools_revision`.
+  tools = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KhronosGroup";
+    repo = "SPIRV-Tools";
+    rev = "923a4596b44831a07060df45caacb522613730c9";
+    sha256 = "0hmgng2sv34amfsag3ya09prnv1w535djwlzfn8h2vh430vgawxa";
+  };
+  headers = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KhronosGroup";
+    repo = "SPIRV-Headers";
+    rev = "33d41376d378761ed3a4c791fc4b647761897f26";
+    sha256 = "1s103bpi3g6hhq453qa4jbabfkyxxpf9vn213j8k4vm26lsi8hs2";
+  };
+};
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "spirv-tools-${version}";
+  version = "2016-07-18";
+
+  src = spirv_sources.tools;
+  patchPhase = ''ln -sv ${spirv_sources.headers} external/spirv-headers'';
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake python ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    headers = spirv_sources.headers;
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    description = "The SPIR-V Tools project provides an API and commands for processing SPIR-V modules.";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c494615a4d7..fce528c6fe0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4852,6 +4852,8 @@ in
 
   dotnetPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./dotnet-packages.nix {});
 
+  glslang = callPackage ../development/compilers/glslang { };
+
   go_bootstrap = callPackage ../development/compilers/go/1.4.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
@@ -6355,6 +6357,8 @@ in
 
   spin = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/spin { };
 
+  spirv-tools = callPackage ../development/tools/spirv-tools { };
+
   splint = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/splint {
     flex = flex_2_5_35;
   };
@@ -9367,6 +9371,8 @@ in
                                           CoreText IOSurface ImageIO OpenGL GLUT;
   };
 
+  vulkan-loader = callPackage ../development/libraries/vulkan-loader { };
+
   vtkWithQt4 = vtk.override { qtLib = qt4; };
 
   vxl = callPackage ../development/libraries/vxl {
@@ -11799,6 +11805,8 @@ in
 
   sampradaya = callPackage ../data/fonts/sampradaya { };
 
+  shaderc = callPackage ../development/compilers/shaderc { };
+
   shared_mime_info = callPackage ../data/misc/shared-mime-info { };
 
   shared_desktop_ontologies = callPackage ../data/misc/shared-desktop-ontologies { };