diff --git a/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoavulkan.m b/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoavulkan.m
index cb8236fae..62929fd2e 100644
--- a/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoavulkan.m
+++ b/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoavulkan.m
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ char const* const* Cocoa_Vulkan_GetInstanceExtensions(SDL_VideoDevice *_this,
                                             Uint32 *count)
 {
     static const char *const extensionsForCocoa[] = {
-        VK_KHR_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME, VK_EXT_METAL_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME
+        VK_KHR_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME, VK_EXT_METAL_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME, VK_KHR_PORTABILITY_ENUMERATION_EXTENSION_NAME
     };
     if(count) {
         *count = SDL_arraysize(extensionsForCocoa);
diff --git a/test/testvulkan.c b/test/testvulkan.c
index 2fbac6ce2..4b07a5871 100644
--- a/test/testvulkan.c
+++ b/test/testvulkan.c
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ static void createInstance(void)
     appInfo.apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_0;
     instanceCreateInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO;
     instanceCreateInfo.pApplicationInfo = &appInfo;
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    instanceCreateInfo.flags = VK_INSTANCE_CREATE_ENUMERATE_PORTABILITY_BIT_KHR;
+#endif
 
     instanceCreateInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames = SDL_Vulkan_GetInstanceExtensions(&instanceCreateInfo.enabledExtensionCount);
     result = vkCreateInstance(&instanceCreateInfo, NULL, &vulkanContext->instance);
@@ -445,6 +448,9 @@ static void createDevice(void)
     VkDeviceCreateInfo deviceCreateInfo = { 0 };
     static const char *const deviceExtensionNames[] = {
         VK_KHR_SWAPCHAIN_EXTENSION_NAME,
+#ifdef __APPLE__        
+        "VK_KHR_portability_subset"
+#endif        
     };
     VkResult result;