diff --git a/crates/spirv-std/src/arch.rs b/crates/spirv-std/src/arch.rs
index 2319751dac..4fc6a28f67 100644
--- a/crates/spirv-std/src/arch.rs
+++ b/crates/spirv-std/src/arch.rs
@@ -245,3 +245,92 @@ pub fn signed_min<T: SignedInteger>(a: T, b: T) -> T {
 pub fn signed_max<T: SignedInteger>(a: T, b: T) -> T {
     unsafe { call_glsl_op_with_ints::<_, 42>(a, b) }
 }
+
+/// Index into an array without bounds checking.
+///
+/// The main purpose of this trait is to work around the fact that the regular `get_unchecked*`
+/// methods do not work in in SPIR-V.
+pub trait IndexUnchecked<T> {
+    /// Returns a reference to the element at `index`. The equivalent of `get_unchecked`.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    /// Behavior is undefined if the `index` value is greater than or equal to the length of the array.
+    unsafe fn index_unchecked(&self, index: usize) -> &T;
+    /// Returns a mutable reference to the element at `index`. The equivalent of `get_unchecked_mut`.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    /// Behavior is undefined if the `index` value is greater than or equal to the length of the array.
+    unsafe fn index_unchecked_mut(&mut self, index: usize) -> &mut T;
+}
+
+impl<T> IndexUnchecked<T> for [T] {
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "spirv")]
+    unsafe fn index_unchecked(&self, index: usize) -> &T {
+        asm!(
+            "%slice_ptr = OpLoad _ {slice_ptr_ptr}",
+            "%data_ptr = OpCompositeExtract _ %slice_ptr 0",
+            "%val_ptr = OpAccessChain _ %data_ptr {index}",
+            "OpReturnValue %val_ptr",
+            slice_ptr_ptr = in(reg) &self,
+            index = in(reg) index,
+            options(noreturn)
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "spirv"))]
+    unsafe fn index_unchecked(&self, index: usize) -> &T {
+        self.get_unchecked(index)
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "spirv")]
+    unsafe fn index_unchecked_mut(&mut self, index: usize) -> &mut T {
+        asm!(
+            "%slice_ptr = OpLoad _ {slice_ptr_ptr}",
+            "%data_ptr = OpCompositeExtract _ %slice_ptr 0",
+            "%val_ptr = OpAccessChain _ %data_ptr {index}",
+            "OpReturnValue %val_ptr",
+            slice_ptr_ptr = in(reg) &self,
+            index = in(reg) index,
+            options(noreturn)
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "spirv"))]
+    unsafe fn index_unchecked_mut(&mut self, index: usize) -> &mut T {
+        self.get_unchecked_mut(index)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T, const N: usize> IndexUnchecked<T> for [T; N] {
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "spirv")]
+    unsafe fn index_unchecked(&self, index: usize) -> &T {
+        asm!(
+            "%val_ptr = OpAccessChain _ {array_ptr} {index}",
+            "OpReturnValue %val_ptr",
+            array_ptr = in(reg) self,
+            index = in(reg) index,
+            options(noreturn)
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "spirv"))]
+    unsafe fn index_unchecked(&self, index: usize) -> &T {
+        self.get_unchecked(index)
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "spirv")]
+    unsafe fn index_unchecked_mut(&mut self, index: usize) -> &mut T {
+        asm!(
+            "%val_ptr = OpAccessChain _ {array_ptr} {index}",
+            "OpReturnValue %val_ptr",
+            array_ptr = in(reg) self,
+            index = in(reg) index,
+            options(noreturn)
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "spirv"))]
+    unsafe fn index_unchecked_mut(&mut self, index: usize) -> &mut T {
+        self.get_unchecked_mut(index)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/arch/index_unchecked.rs b/tests/ui/arch/index_unchecked.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31e94e948a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/arch/index_unchecked.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// build-pass
+
+use spirv_std::arch::IndexUnchecked;
+
+#[spirv(fragment)]
+pub fn main(
+    #[spirv(descriptor_set = 0, binding = 0, storage_buffer)] runtime_array: &mut [u32],
+    #[spirv(descriptor_set = 1, binding = 1, storage_buffer)] array: &mut [u32; 5],
+) {
+    unsafe {
+        *runtime_array.index_unchecked_mut(0) = *array.index_unchecked(0);
+        *array.index_unchecked_mut(1) = *runtime_array.index_unchecked(1);
+    }
+}