diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index df315f865..1184a1702 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -58,3 +58,6 @@
 [submodule "externals/boost-headers"]
 	path = externals/boost-headers
 	url = https://github.com/boostorg/headers.git
+[submodule "externals/SPIRV-Tools"]
+	path = externals/SPIRV-Tools
+	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 17de9ebac..4d0399022 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_HEADERS "Use Vulkan-Headers from externals" ON)
 
 option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES "Use Vulkan-Utility-Libraries from externals" ON)
 
+option(YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS "Use SPIRV-Tools from externals" ON)
+
 option(YUZU_USE_QT_MULTIMEDIA "Use QtMultimedia for Camera" OFF)
 
 option(YUZU_USE_QT_WEB_ENGINE "Use QtWebEngine for web applet implementation" OFF)
@@ -304,6 +306,11 @@ if (NOT YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES)
     find_package(VulkanUtilityLibraries REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
+if (NOT YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS)
+    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+    pkg_check_modules(SPIRV-Tools REQUIRED SPIRV-Tools)
+endif()
+
 if (ENABLE_LIBUSB)
     find_package(libusb 1.0.24 MODULE)
 endif()
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index c8ccc1f79..ab637b3f0 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_UTILITY_LIBRARIES)
     add_subdirectory(Vulkan-Utility-Libraries)
 endif()
 
+# SPIRV-Tools
+if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS)
+    add_subdirectory(SPIRV-Tools)
+endif()
+
 # Boost headers
 add_subdirectory(boost-headers)
 
diff --git a/externals/SPIRV-Tools b/externals/SPIRV-Tools
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..3983d15a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/SPIRV-Tools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3983d15a1d34fb95656818af0fc89c6260cbf316
diff --git a/src/common/settings.h b/src/common/settings.h
index 2117c1676..b47e1ef88 100644
--- a/src/common/settings.h
+++ b/src/common/settings.h
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ struct Values {
 
     SwitchableSetting<bool> use_disk_shader_cache{linkage, true, "use_disk_shader_cache",
                                                   Category::Renderer};
+    SwitchableSetting<bool> optimize_spirv_output{linkage, false, "optimize_spirv_output",
+                                                  Category::Renderer};
     SwitchableSetting<bool> use_asynchronous_gpu_emulation{
         linkage, true, "use_asynchronous_gpu_emulation", Category::Renderer};
     SwitchableSetting<AstcDecodeMode, true> accelerate_astc{linkage,
diff --git a/src/shader_recompiler/CMakeLists.txt b/src/shader_recompiler/CMakeLists.txt
index 19db17c6d..c809b220a 100644
--- a/src/shader_recompiler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/shader_recompiler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -242,7 +242,13 @@ add_library(shader_recompiler STATIC
     varying_state.h
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(shader_recompiler PUBLIC common fmt::fmt sirit)
+if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS)
+    set(SPIRV_TOOLS_LIBRARY SPIRV-Tools-opt)
+else()
+    set(SPIRV_TOOLS_LIBRARY SPIRV-Tools SPIRV-Tools-opt)
+endif()
+
+target_link_libraries(shader_recompiler PUBLIC common fmt::fmt sirit ${SPIRV_TOOLS_LIBRARY})
 
 if (MSVC)
     target_compile_options(shader_recompiler PRIVATE
diff --git a/src/shader_recompiler/backend/spirv/emit_spirv.cpp b/src/shader_recompiler/backend/spirv/emit_spirv.cpp
index 3f9698d6b..c3d33bb13 100644
--- a/src/shader_recompiler/backend/spirv/emit_spirv.cpp
+++ b/src/shader_recompiler/backend/spirv/emit_spirv.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
+#include <spirv-tools/optimizer.hpp>
 
 #include "common/settings.h"
 #include "shader_recompiler/backend/spirv/emit_spirv.h"
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ void PatchPhiNodes(IR::Program& program, EmitContext& ctx) {
 } // Anonymous namespace
 
 std::vector<u32> EmitSPIRV(const Profile& profile, const RuntimeInfo& runtime_info,
-                           IR::Program& program, Bindings& bindings) {
+                           IR::Program& program, Bindings& bindings, bool optimize) {
     EmitContext ctx{profile, runtime_info, program, bindings};
     const Id main{DefineMain(ctx, program)};
     DefineEntryPoint(program, ctx, main);
@@ -493,7 +494,28 @@ std::vector<u32> EmitSPIRV(const Profile& profile, const RuntimeInfo& runtime_in
     SetupCapabilities(profile, program.info, ctx);
     SetupTransformFeedbackCapabilities(ctx, main);
     PatchPhiNodes(program, ctx);
-    return ctx.Assemble();
+
+    if (!optimize) {
+        return ctx.Assemble();
+    } else {
+        std::vector<u32> spirv = ctx.Assemble();
+
+        spvtools::Optimizer spv_opt(SPV_ENV_VULKAN_1_3);
+        spv_opt.SetMessageConsumer([](spv_message_level_t, const char*, const spv_position_t&,
+                                      const char* m) { LOG_ERROR(HW_GPU, "spirv-opt: {}", m); });
+        spv_opt.RegisterPerformancePasses();
+
+        spvtools::OptimizerOptions opt_options;
+        opt_options.set_run_validator(false);
+
+        std::vector<u32> result;
+        if (!spv_opt.Run(spirv.data(), spirv.size(), &result, opt_options)) {
+            LOG_ERROR(HW_GPU,
+                      "Failed to optimize SPIRV shader output, continuing without optimization");
+            result = std::move(spirv);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
 }
 
 Id EmitPhi(EmitContext& ctx, IR::Inst* inst) {
diff --git a/src/shader_recompiler/backend/spirv/emit_spirv.h b/src/shader_recompiler/backend/spirv/emit_spirv.h
index 937881484..47f88c304 100644
--- a/src/shader_recompiler/backend/spirv/emit_spirv.h
+++ b/src/shader_recompiler/backend/spirv/emit_spirv.h
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ constexpr u32 RESCALING_LAYOUT_DOWN_FACTOR_OFFSET = offsetof(RescalingLayout, do
 constexpr u32 RENDERAREA_LAYOUT_OFFSET = offsetof(RenderAreaLayout, render_area);
 
 [[nodiscard]] std::vector<u32> EmitSPIRV(const Profile& profile, const RuntimeInfo& runtime_info,
-                                         IR::Program& program, Bindings& bindings);
+                                         IR::Program& program, Bindings& bindings, bool optimize);
 
-[[nodiscard]] inline std::vector<u32> EmitSPIRV(const Profile& profile, IR::Program& program) {
+[[nodiscard]] inline std::vector<u32> EmitSPIRV(const Profile& profile, IR::Program& program,
+                                                bool optimize) {
     Bindings binding;
-    return EmitSPIRV(profile, {}, program, binding);
+    return EmitSPIRV(profile, {}, program, binding, optimize);
 }
 
 } // namespace Shader::Backend::SPIRV
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.cpp
index c4bad6fca..4801c803e 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.cpp
@@ -537,7 +537,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<GraphicsPipeline> ShaderCache::CreateGraphicsPipeline(
             break;
         case Settings::ShaderBackend::SpirV:
             ConvertLegacyToGeneric(program, runtime_info);
-            sources_spirv[stage_index] = EmitSPIRV(profile, runtime_info, program, binding);
+            sources_spirv[stage_index] =
+                EmitSPIRV(profile, runtime_info, program, binding,
+                          Settings::values.optimize_spirv_output.GetValue());
             break;
         }
         previous_program = &program;
@@ -596,7 +598,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<ComputePipeline> ShaderCache::CreateComputePipeline(
         code = EmitGLASM(profile, info, program);
         break;
     case Settings::ShaderBackend::SpirV:
-        code_spirv = EmitSPIRV(profile, program);
+        code_spirv = EmitSPIRV(profile, program, Settings::values.optimize_spirv_output.GetValue());
         break;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
index d34b585d6..4fbd321c4 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
@@ -673,7 +673,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<GraphicsPipeline> PipelineCache::CreateGraphicsPipeline(
 
         const auto runtime_info{MakeRuntimeInfo(programs, key, program, previous_stage)};
         ConvertLegacyToGeneric(program, runtime_info);
-        const std::vector<u32> code{EmitSPIRV(profile, runtime_info, program, binding)};
+        const std::vector<u32> code{EmitSPIRV(profile, runtime_info, program, binding,
+                                              Settings::values.optimize_spirv_output.GetValue())};
         device.SaveShader(code);
         modules[stage_index] = BuildShader(device, code);
         if (device.HasDebuggingToolAttached()) {
@@ -767,7 +768,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<ComputePipeline> PipelineCache::CreateComputePipeline(
     }
 
     auto program{TranslateProgram(pools.inst, pools.block, env, cfg, host_info)};
-    const std::vector<u32> code{EmitSPIRV(profile, program)};
+    const std::vector<u32> code{
+        EmitSPIRV(profile, program, Settings::values.optimize_spirv_output.GetValue())};
     device.SaveShader(code);
     vk::ShaderModule spv_module{BuildShader(device, code)};
     if (device.HasDebuggingToolAttached()) {
diff --git a/src/yuzu/configuration/shared_translation.cpp b/src/yuzu/configuration/shared_translation.cpp
index 0549e8ae4..df82f376f 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/configuration/shared_translation.cpp
+++ b/src/yuzu/configuration/shared_translation.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ std::unique_ptr<TranslationMap> InitializeTranslations(QWidget* parent) {
            tr("Allows saving shaders to storage for faster loading on following game "
               "boots.\nDisabling "
               "it is only intended for debugging."));
+    INSERT(Settings, optimize_spirv_output, tr("Optimize SPIRV output shader"),
+           tr("Runs an additional optimization pass over generated SPIRV shaders.\n"
+              "Will increase time required for shader compilation.\nMay slightly improve "
+              "performance.\nThis feature is experimental."));
     INSERT(
         Settings, use_asynchronous_gpu_emulation, tr("Use asynchronous GPU emulation"),
         tr("Uses an extra CPU thread for rendering.\nThis option should always remain enabled."));