diff --git a/vulkan/libvulkan/api.cpp b/vulkan/libvulkan/api.cpp
index 48f26e7..1578d9f 100644
--- a/vulkan/libvulkan/api.cpp
+++ b/vulkan/libvulkan/api.cpp
@@ -519,7 +519,11 @@
       get_device_proc_addr_(nullptr),
       driver_extensions_(nullptr),
       driver_extension_count_(0) {
-    enabled_extensions_.set(driver::ProcHook::EXTENSION_CORE);
+    // advertise the loader supported core Vulkan API version at vulkan::api
+    for (uint32_t i = driver::ProcHook::EXTENSION_CORE_1_0;
+         i != driver::ProcHook::EXTENSION_COUNT; ++i) {
+        enabled_extensions_.set(i);
+    }
 }
 
 LayerChain::~LayerChain() {