diff --git a/vulkan/tools/vkinfo.cpp b/vulkan/tools/vkinfo.cpp
index 42bdb9d..d8dd01b 100644
--- a/vulkan/tools/vkinfo.cpp
+++ b/vulkan/tools/vkinfo.cpp
@@ -168,12 +168,28 @@
         .queueCount = 1,
         queue_priorities
     };
+    // clang-format off
+    const char *kValidationLayers[] = {
+        "VK_LAYER_GOOGLE_threading",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_device_limits",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_draw_state",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_image",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_mem_tracker",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_object_tracker",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_param_checker",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_swapchain",
+        "VK_LAYER_GOOGLE_unique_objects"
+    };
+    // clang-format on
+    uint32_t num_layers = sizeof(kValidationLayers) / sizeof(char*);
     const VkDeviceCreateInfo create_info = {
         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_CREATE_INFO,
         .queueCreateInfoCount = 1,
         .pQueueCreateInfos = &queue_create_info,
         .enabledExtensionCount = num_extensions,
         .ppEnabledExtensionNames = extensions,
+        .enabledLayerCount = num_layers,
+        .ppEnabledLayerNames = kValidationLayers,
         .pEnabledFeatures = &info.features,
     };
     result = vkCreateDevice(gpu, &create_info, nullptr, &device);
@@ -218,10 +234,27 @@
             extensions[num_extensions++] = desired_ext;
     }
 
+    // clang-format off
+    const char *kValidationLayers[] = {
+        "VK_LAYER_GOOGLE_threading",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_device_limits",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_draw_state",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_image",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_mem_tracker",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_object_tracker",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_param_checker",
+        "VK_LAYER_LUNARG_swapchain",
+        "VK_LAYER_GOOGLE_unique_objects"
+    };
+    // clang-format on
+    uint32_t num_layers = sizeof(kValidationLayers) / sizeof(char*);
+
     const VkInstanceCreateInfo create_info = {
         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO,
         .enabledExtensionCount = num_extensions,
         .ppEnabledExtensionNames = extensions,
+        .enabledLayerCount = num_layers,
+        .ppEnabledLayerNames = kValidationLayers,
     };
     VkInstance instance;
     result = vkCreateInstance(&create_info, nullptr, &instance);