diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/utils/VecUtils.h b/backends/vulkan/runtime/utils/VecUtils.h
index ad4434cf5af..c084a563544 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/utils/VecUtils.h
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/utils/VecUtils.h
@@ -479,5 +479,49 @@ inline int64_t multiply_integers(Iter begin, Iter end) {
       begin, end, static_cast<int64_t>(1), std::multiplies<>());
 }
 
+class WorkgroupSize final {
+  uint32_t val;
+
+ public:
+  explicit WorkgroupSize() : val(0) {}
+  explicit WorkgroupSize(const uint32_t x, const uint32_t y, const uint32_t z) {
+    // shift numbers by multiple of 11 bits, since each local workgroup axis can
+    // be 1024 at most and which is 0x400. only z axis can't store 1024, because
+    // it would overflow uint32_t storage.
+    if (z == 1024) {
+      throw std::runtime_error(
+          "Workgroup size in z axis cannot be 1024 because it would overflow uint32_t storage");
+    }
+    val = x | (y << 11) | (z << 22);
+  }
+
+  explicit WorkgroupSize(const uvec3& vec) {
+    // shift numbers by multiple of 11 bits, since each local workgroup axis can
+    // be 1024 at most and which is 0x400. only z axis can't store 1024, because
+    // it would overflow uint32_t storage.
+    if (vec[2u] == 1024) {
+      throw std::runtime_error(
+          "Workgroup size in z axis cannot be 1024 because it would overflow uint32_t storage");
+    }
+    val = vec[0u] | (vec[1u] << 11) | (vec[2u] << 22);
+  }
+
+  explicit inline operator uvec3() const {
+    return {
+        val & 0x7ffu,
+        (val >> 11) & 0x7ffu,
+        (val >> 22),
+    };
+  }
+
+  explicit inline operator uint32_t() const {
+    return val;
+  }
+
+  inline constexpr uint32_t operator[](const int idx) const {
+    return (val >> (11 * idx)) & 0x7ffu;
+  }
+};
+
 } // namespace utils
 } // namespace vkcompute
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Pipeline.cpp b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Pipeline.cpp
index 0c66a085ad9..51b59ed4d1f 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Pipeline.cpp
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Pipeline.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ void SpecVarList::append(const SpecVarList& other) {
   vars.insert(vars.end(), other.vars.begin(), other.vars.end());
 }
 
+void SpecVarList::reserve(const size_t size) {
+  vars.reserve(size);
+}
+
+void SpecVarList::append(const SpecVar& other) {
+  vars.push_back(other);
+}
+
 std::vector<VkSpecializationMapEntry> SpecVarList::generate_map_entries()
     const {
   std::vector<VkSpecializationMapEntry> map_entries;
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Pipeline.h b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Pipeline.h
index 5460a0acba7..b9f4e3d2a35 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Pipeline.h
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Pipeline.h
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ class SpecVarList final {
 
   void append(const SpecVarList& other);
 
+  void reserve(const size_t size);
+
+  void append(const SpecVar& other);
+
   std::vector<VkSpecializationMapEntry> generate_map_entries() const;
 
   friend bool operator==(const SpecVarList& lhs, const SpecVarList& rhs);