diff --git a/src/valid/interface.rs b/src/valid/interface.rs
index fdc1cf43ed..67130ddc68 100644
--- a/src/valid/interface.rs
+++ b/src/valid/interface.rs
@@ -435,6 +435,35 @@ impl super::Validator {
                         return Err(GlobalVariableError::InvalidType(var.space));
                     }
                 };
+                let inner_ty = match &types[var.ty].inner {
+                    &crate::TypeInner::BindingArray { base, .. } => &types[base].inner,
+                    ty => ty,
+                };
+                if let crate::TypeInner::Image {
+                    class:
+                        crate::ImageClass::Storage {
+                            format:
+                                crate::StorageFormat::R16Unorm
+                                | crate::StorageFormat::R16Snorm
+                                | crate::StorageFormat::Rg16Unorm
+                                | crate::StorageFormat::Rg16Snorm
+                                | crate::StorageFormat::Rgba16Unorm
+                                | crate::StorageFormat::Rgba16Snorm,
+                            ..
+                        },
+                    ..
+                } = *inner_ty
+                {
+                    if !self
+                        .capabilities
+                        .contains(Capabilities::STORAGE_TEXTURE_16BIT_NORM_FORMATS)
+                    {
+                        return Err(GlobalVariableError::UnsupportedCapability(
+                            Capabilities::STORAGE_TEXTURE_16BIT_NORM_FORMATS,
+                        ));
+                    }
+                }
+
                 (TypeFlags::empty(), true)
             }
             crate::AddressSpace::Private | crate::AddressSpace::WorkGroup => {
diff --git a/src/valid/mod.rs b/src/valid/mod.rs
index 7679223f03..25fdf20ccc 100644
--- a/src/valid/mod.rs
+++ b/src/valid/mod.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ bitflags::bitflags! {
     #[derive(Default)]
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "serialize", derive(serde::Serialize))]
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "deserialize", derive(serde::Deserialize))]
-    pub struct Capabilities: u8 {
+    pub struct Capabilities: u16 {
         /// Support for [`AddressSpace:PushConstant`].
         const PUSH_CONSTANT = 0x1;
         /// Float values with width = 8.
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ bitflags::bitflags! {
         const CLIP_DISTANCE = 0x40;
         /// Support for [`Builtin::CullDistance`].
         const CULL_DISTANCE = 0x80;
+        /// Support for 16-bit normalized storage texture formats.
+        const STORAGE_TEXTURE_16BIT_NORM_FORMATS = 0x100;
     }
 }