diff --git a/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/linker/mod.rs b/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/linker/mod.rs
index 98e076bf5fe..11bf33ae55d 100644
--- a/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/linker/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/linker/mod.rs
@@ -492,6 +492,11 @@ pub fn link(
         simple_passes::remove_non_uniform_decorations(sess, &mut output)?;
     }
 
+    {
+        let _timer = sess.timer("link_promote_int8_to_int32");
+        simple_passes::promote_int8_to_int32(&mut output);
+    }
+
     // NOTE(eddyb) SPIR-T pipeline is entirely limited to this block.
     {
         let (spv_words, module_or_err, lower_from_spv_timer) =
diff --git a/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/linker/simple_passes.rs b/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/linker/simple_passes.rs
index ebd37a9ad78..9da1b49c260 100644
--- a/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/linker/simple_passes.rs
+++ b/crates/rustc_codegen_spirv/src/linker/simple_passes.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::{get_name, get_names};
-use rspirv::dr::{Block, Function, Module};
+use rspirv::dr::{Block, Function, Module, Operand};
 use rspirv::spirv::{Decoration, ExecutionModel, Op, Word};
 use rustc_codegen_spirv_types::Capability;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::{FxHashMap, FxHashSet};
@@ -365,3 +365,79 @@ pub fn remove_non_uniform_decorations(_sess: &Session, module: &mut Module) -> s
     }
     Ok(())
 }
+
+/// When `OpCapability Int8` is not declared, promote all implicit `i8`/`u8` types to `i32`/`u32`.
+pub fn promote_int8_to_int32(module: &mut Module) {
+    let has_int8 = module.capabilities.iter().any(|inst| {
+        inst.class.opcode == Op::Capability
+            && inst.operands[0].unwrap_capability() == Capability::Int8
+    });
+    if has_int8 {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let narrow_types: FxHashMap<Word, u32> = module
+        .types_global_values
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|inst| {
+            if inst.class.opcode == Op::TypeInt && inst.operands[0].unwrap_literal_bit32() == 8 {
+                let signedness = inst.operands[1].unwrap_literal_bit32();
+                Some((inst.result_id?, signedness))
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    if narrow_types.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // skip any 8-bit type that is used as the element type of an OpTypePointer.
+    // such types are explicit interface/storage types chosen by the user
+    let pointer_element_types: FxHashSet<Word> = module
+        .types_global_values
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|inst| {
+            if inst.class.opcode == Op::TypePointer {
+                // operands: [StorageClass, element_type_id]
+                Some(inst.operands[1].unwrap_id_ref())
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    let narrow_types: FxHashMap<Word, u32> = narrow_types
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|(id, _)| !pointer_element_types.contains(id))
+        .collect();
+
+    if narrow_types.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for inst in &mut module.types_global_values {
+        // widen each 8-bit OpTypeInt to 32 bits
+        if inst.class.opcode == Op::TypeInt
+            && let Some(id) = inst.result_id
+            && narrow_types.contains_key(&id)
+        {
+            inst.operands[0] = Operand::LiteralBit32(32);
+        }
+
+        // fix OpConstant values: sign-extend signed 8-bit constants to 32 bits.
+        if inst.class.opcode == Op::Constant
+            && let Some(ty) = inst.result_type
+            && let Some(&signedness) = narrow_types.get(&ty)
+            && let Operand::LiteralBit32(ref mut val) = inst.operands[0]
+        {
+            let narrow = *val as u8;
+            *val = if signedness != 0 {
+                (narrow as i8 as i32) as u32
+            } else {
+                narrow as u32
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/compiletests/ui/lang/core/promote-u8-to-u32.rs b/tests/compiletests/ui/lang/core/promote-u8-to-u32.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03dfb410c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiletests/ui/lang/core/promote-u8-to-u32.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// build-pass
+//PartialOrd on CustomPosition(u32) internally returns Option<Ordering>,
+//where Ordering is represented as i8 in Rust's layout.
+//This caused rust-gpu to emit OpTypeInt 8 declarations requiring OpCapability Int8
+#![no_std]
+
+use spirv_std::{glam::Vec4, spirv};
+
+pub struct ShaderInputs {
+    pub x: CustomPosition,
+    pub y: CustomPosition,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct CustomPosition(u32);
+
+#[spirv(vertex)]
+pub fn test_vs(
+    #[spirv(push_constant)] inputs: &ShaderInputs,
+    #[spirv(position)] out_pos: &mut Vec4,
+) {
+    let mut result: f32 = 0.;
+    if inputs.x < inputs.y {
+        result = 1.0;
+    }
+    *out_pos = Vec4::new(inputs.x.0 as f32, inputs.y.0 as f32, result as f32, 1.0);
+}