diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cb6b839bc..2f4ed4ed2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "num-traits 0.2.14",
  "petgraph",
+ "pp-rs",
  "serde",
  "spirv",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1271,6 +1272,15 @@ version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bb20dcc30536a1508e75d47dd0e399bb2fe7354dcf35cda9127f2bf1ed92e30e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pp-rs"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb458bb7f6e250e6eb79d5026badc10a3ebb8f9a15d1fff0f13d17c71f4d6dee"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-xid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.10"
diff --git a/wgpu/Cargo.toml b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
index 89dcc09a8..d8c64e8bd 100644
--- a/wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ test = true
 [features]
 default = []
 spirv = ["naga/spv-in"]
-spirv-web = ["spirv", "naga/wgsl-out"]
+glsl = ["naga/glsl-in"]
 trace = ["serde", "wgc/trace"]
 replay = ["serde", "wgc/replay"]
 webgl = ["wgc"]
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ optional = true
 version = "0.7"
 features = ["wgsl-in"]
 
+[target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies.naga]
+version = "0.7"
+features = ["wgsl-out"]
+
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2.76" # remember to change version in wiki as well
 web-sys = { version = "0.3.53", features = [
diff --git a/wgpu/README.md b/wgpu/README.md
index 3ff7d4f3e..2de2ec07d 100644
--- a/wgpu/README.md
+++ b/wgpu/README.md
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ Users can run the [naga](https://github.com/gfx-rs/naga) binary in the following
 cargo run -- <input.spv> <output.wgsl>
 ```
 
-In addition, SPIR-V can be used by enabling the `spirv` feature, or the `spirv-web` feature for wasm targets, at the cost of slightly increased build times.
+In addition, SPIR-V can be used by enabling the `spirv` feature and GLSL can be enabled by enabling the `glsl` feature at the cost of slightly increased build times.
diff --git a/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs b/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs
index 22796c2f5..609992d23 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs
@@ -1011,6 +1011,22 @@ impl crate::Context for Context {
                 let module = parser.parse().unwrap();
                 wgc::pipeline::ShaderModuleSource::Naga(module)
             }
+            #[cfg(feature = "glsl")]
+            ShaderSource::Glsl {
+                ref shader,
+                stage,
+                ref defines,
+            } => {
+                // Parse the given shader code and store its representation.
+                let options = naga::front::glsl::Options {
+                    stage,
+                    defines: defines.clone(),
+                };
+                let mut parser = naga::front::glsl::Parser::default();
+                let module = parser.parse(&options, shader).unwrap();
+
+                wgc::pipeline::ShaderModuleSource::Naga(module)
+            }
             ShaderSource::Wgsl(ref code) => wgc::pipeline::ShaderModuleSource::Wgsl(Borrowed(code)),
         };
         let (id, error) = wgc::gfx_select!(
diff --git a/wgpu/src/backend/web.rs b/wgpu/src/backend/web.rs
index 616c758fb..7b31d6de8 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/backend/web.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/backend/web.rs
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ impl crate::Context for Context {
         _shader_bound_checks: wgt::ShaderBoundChecks,
     ) -> Self::ShaderModuleId {
         let mut descriptor = match desc.source {
-            #[cfg(feature = "spirv-web")]
+            #[cfg(feature = "spirv")]
             crate::ShaderSource::SpirV(ref spv) => {
                 use naga::{back, front, valid};
 
@@ -1214,6 +1214,29 @@ impl crate::Context for Context {
                 let wgsl_text = back::wgsl::write_string(&spv_module, &spv_module_info).unwrap();
                 web_sys::GpuShaderModuleDescriptor::new(wgsl_text.as_str())
             }
+            #[cfg(feature = "glsl")]
+            ShaderSource::Glsl {
+                ref shader,
+                stage,
+                ref defines,
+            } => {
+                // Parse the given shader code and store its representation.
+                let options = naga::front::glsl::Options {
+                    stage,
+                    defines: defines.clone(),
+                };
+                let mut parser = naga::front::glsl::Parser::default();
+                let glsl_module = parser.parse(&options, shader).unwrap();
+
+                let mut validator = valid::Validator::new(
+                    valid::ValidationFlags::all(),
+                    valid::Capabilities::all(),
+                );
+                let glsl_module_info = validator.validate(&glsl_module).unwrap();
+
+                let wgsl_text = back::wgsl::write_string(&glsl_module, &glsl_module_info).unwrap();
+                web_sys::GpuShaderModuleDescriptor::new(wgsl_text.as_str())
+            }
             crate::ShaderSource::Wgsl(ref code) => web_sys::GpuShaderModuleDescriptor::new(code),
         };
         if let Some(label) = desc.label {
diff --git a/wgpu/src/lib.rs b/wgpu/src/lib.rs
index 3a2da91c7..35dde3e9b 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/lib.rs
@@ -747,6 +747,21 @@ pub enum ShaderSource<'a> {
     /// is passed to `gfx-rs` and `spirv_cross` for translation.
     #[cfg(feature = "spirv")]
     SpirV(Cow<'a, [u32]>),
+    /// GSLS module as a string slice.
+    ///
+    /// wgpu will attempt to parse and validate it. The module will get
+    /// passed to wgpu-core where it will translate it to the required languages.
+    ///
+    /// Note: GLSL is not yet fully supported and must be a direct ShaderStage.
+    #[cfg(feature = "glsl")]
+    Glsl {
+        /// The shaders code
+        shader: Cow<'a, str>,
+        /// Stage in which the GLSL shader is for example: naga::ShaderStage::Vertex
+        stage: naga::ShaderStage,
+        /// Defines to unlock configured shader features
+        defines: naga::FastHashMap<String, String>,
+    },
     /// WGSL module as a string slice.
     ///
     /// wgpu-rs will parse it and use for validation. It will attempt