diff --git a/gdk/gdkvulkancontext.c b/gdk/gdkvulkancontext.c
index 048fa57dc3..0aed58cc2b 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkvulkancontext.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkvulkancontext.c
@@ -603,7 +603,8 @@ physical_device_check_features (VkPhysicalDevice device)
     features |= GDK_VULKAN_FEATURE_YCBCR;
 
   if (physical_device_supports_extension (device, VK_KHR_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_FD_EXTENSION_NAME) &&
-      physical_device_supports_extension (device, VK_EXT_IMAGE_DRM_FORMAT_MODIFIER_EXTENSION_NAME))
+      physical_device_supports_extension (device, VK_EXT_IMAGE_DRM_FORMAT_MODIFIER_EXTENSION_NAME) &&
+      physical_device_supports_extension (device, VK_EXT_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_DMA_BUF_EXTENSION_NAME))
     features |= GDK_VULKAN_FEATURE_DMABUF;
 
   if (physical_device_supports_extension (device, VK_KHR_EXTERNAL_SEMAPHORE_FD_EXTENSION_NAME))
@@ -1503,6 +1504,7 @@ gdk_display_create_vulkan_device (GdkDisplay  *display,
 
                   g_ptr_array_add (device_extensions, (gpointer) VK_KHR_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_FD_EXTENSION_NAME);
                   g_ptr_array_add (device_extensions, (gpointer) VK_KHR_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_EXTENSION_NAME);
+                  g_ptr_array_add (device_extensions, (gpointer) VK_EXT_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_DMA_BUF_EXTENSION_NAME);
 
                   g_ptr_array_add (device_extensions, (gpointer) VK_EXT_IMAGE_DRM_FORMAT_MODIFIER_EXTENSION_NAME);
                   g_ptr_array_add (device_extensions, (gpointer) VK_KHR_IMAGE_FORMAT_LIST_EXTENSION_NAME);