diff --git a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/instance.c b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/instance.c
index 811698c668..ae1abe102f 100644
--- a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/instance.c
+++ b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/instance.c
@@ -271,12 +271,24 @@ static bool create_instance(PGRAPHState *pg, Error **errp)
 
     enable_validation = g_config.display.vulkan.validation_layers;
 
+    VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT enables[] = {
+        VK_VALIDATION_FEATURE_ENABLE_SYNCHRONIZATION_VALIDATION_EXT,
+        // VK_VALIDATION_FEATURE_ENABLE_BEST_PRACTICES_EXT,
+    };
+
+    VkValidationFeaturesEXT validationFeatures = {
+        .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXT,
+        .enabledValidationFeatureCount = ARRAY_SIZE(enables),
+        .pEnabledValidationFeatures = enables,
+    };
+
     if (enable_validation) {
         if (check_validation_layer_support()) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Validation layers enabled. Expect "
                             "performance impact.\n");
             create_info.enabledLayerCount = ARRAY_SIZE(validation_layers);
             create_info.ppEnabledLayerNames = validation_layers;
+            create_info.pNext = &validationFeatures;
         } else {
             fprintf(stderr, "Warning: validation layers not available\n");
             enable_validation = false;