diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c
index 310a90d523d..26c8c1c7e97 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_shader.c
@@ -914,6 +914,13 @@ nvk_shader_get_executable_statistics(
 
    assert(executable_index == 0);
 
+   vk_outarray_append_typed(VkPipelineExecutableStatisticKHR, &out, stat) {
+      WRITE_STR(stat->name, "Instruction count");
+      WRITE_STR(stat->description, "Number of instructions used by this shader");
+      stat->format = VK_PIPELINE_EXECUTABLE_STATISTIC_FORMAT_UINT64_KHR;
+      stat->value.u64 = shader->info.num_instrs;
+   }
+
    vk_outarray_append_typed(VkPipelineExecutableStatisticKHR, &out, stat) {
       WRITE_STR(stat->name, "Code Size");
       WRITE_STR(stat->description,