diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/meson.build b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/meson.build
index 9cc0b1ddfad..dc13b8ea849 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/meson.build
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ zink_device_info = custom_target(
   input : ['zink_device_info.py'],
   output : ['zink_device_info.h', 'zink_device_info.c'],
   command : [
-    prog_python, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'
+    prog_python, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@', join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'src/vulkan/registry/vk.xml')
   ]
 )
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_device_info.py b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_device_info.py
index 5117cc7000e..8bb30d62773 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_device_info.py
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_device_info.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from mako.template import Template
 from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
 from os import path
-from zink_extensions import Extension,Version
+from zink_extensions import Extension,ExtensionRegistry,Version
 import sys
 
 # constructor: 
@@ -390,13 +390,17 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:
         header_path = sys.argv[1]
         impl_path = sys.argv[2]
+        vkxml_path = sys.argv[3]
 
         header_path = path.abspath(header_path)
         impl_path = path.abspath(impl_path)
+        vkxml_path = path.abspath(vkxml_path)
     except:
-        print("usage: %s <path to .h> <path to .c>" % sys.argv[0])
+        print("usage: %s <path to .h> <path to .c> <path to vk.xml>" % sys.argv[0])
         exit(1)
 
+    registry = ExtensionRegistry(vkxml_path)
+
     extensions = EXTENSIONS
     versions = VERSIONS
     replacement = REPLACEMENTS