diff --git a/src/spirv.jl b/src/spirv.jl
index ea552e70..ef96f4c4 100644
--- a/src/spirv.jl
+++ b/src/spirv.jl
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Base.@kwdef struct SPIRVCompilerTarget <: AbstractCompilerTarget
     extensions::Vector{String} = []
     supports_fp16::Bool = true
     supports_fp64::Bool = true
+    supports_bfloat16::Bool = false
 
     backend::Symbol = isavailable(SPIRV_LLVM_Backend_jll) ? :llvm : :khronos
     # XXX: these don't really belong in the _target_ struct
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ function validate_ir(job::CompilerJob{SPIRVCompilerTarget}, mod::LLVM.Module)
     if !job.config.target.supports_fp64
         append!(errors, check_ir_values(mod, LLVM.DoubleType()))
     end
+    if !job.config.target.supports_bfloat16 && isdefined(LLVM, :BFloatType)
+        append!(errors, check_ir_values(mod, LLVM.BFloatType()))
+    end
 
     return errors
 end
diff --git a/test/helpers/spirv.jl b/test/helpers/spirv.jl
index 0144cd6a..5e765bb7 100644
--- a/test/helpers/spirv.jl
+++ b/test/helpers/spirv.jl
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ struct CompilerParams <: AbstractCompilerParams end
 GPUCompiler.runtime_module(::CompilerJob{<:Any,CompilerParams}) = TestRuntime
 
 function create_job(@nospecialize(func), @nospecialize(types);
-                   supports_fp16=true, supports_fp64=true, backend::Symbol,
-                   kwargs...)
+                   supports_fp16=true, supports_fp64=true, supports_bfloat16=false,
+                   backend::Symbol, kwargs...)
     config_kwargs, kwargs = split_kwargs(kwargs, GPUCompiler.CONFIG_KWARGS)
     source = methodinstance(typeof(func), Base.to_tuple_type(types), Base.get_world_counter())
     target = SPIRVCompilerTarget(; backend, validate=true, optimize=true,
-                                   supports_fp16, supports_fp64)
+                                   supports_fp16, supports_fp64, supports_bfloat16)
     params = CompilerParams()
     config = CompilerConfig(target, params; kernel=false, config_kwargs...)
     CompilerJob(source, config), kwargs
diff --git a/test/spirv.jl b/test/spirv.jl
index c737b6f4..f5ef53fa 100644
--- a/test/spirv.jl
+++ b/test/spirv.jl
@@ -88,6 +88,23 @@ end
         occursin("[1] unsafe_store!", msg) &&
         occursin(r"\[\d+\] kernel", msg)
     end
+
+    @static if isdefined(Core, :BFloat16)
+        @test @filecheck begin
+            @check_label "define void @{{(julia|j)_kernel_[0-9]+}}"
+            @check "store bfloat"
+            SPIRV.code_llvm(mod.kernel, Tuple{Ptr{Core.BFloat16}, Core.BFloat16};
+                            backend, supports_bfloat16=true)
+        end
+
+        @test_throws_message(InvalidIRError,
+                             SPIRV.code_execution(mod.kernel, Tuple{Ptr{Core.BFloat16}, Core.BFloat16};
+                                                  backend, supports_bfloat16=false)) do msg
+            occursin("unsupported use of bfloat value", msg) &&
+            occursin("[1] unsafe_store!", msg) &&
+            occursin(r"\[\d+\] kernel", msg)
+        end
+    end
 end
 
 end