diff --git a/lib/std/spirv.zig b/lib/std/spirv.zig
index 7a7c4f3d78797a939c29507b1fce43cfb18a7b65..6f9fd74967053ec295ad14882d4abda7eedccc18 100644
--- a/lib/std/spirv.zig
+++ b/lib/std/spirv.zig
@@ -19,3 +19,66 @@ pub extern const local_invocation_id: @Vector(3, u32) addrspace(.input);
 pub extern const global_invocation_id: @Vector(3, u32) addrspace(.input);
 pub extern const vertex_index: u32 addrspace(.input);
 pub extern const instance_index: u32 addrspace(.input);
+
+pub const Scope = enum(u32) {
+    cross_device = 0,
+    device = 1,
+    workgroup = 2,
+    subgroup = 3,
+    invocation = 4,
+    queue_family = 5,
+    shader_call_khr = 6,
+};
+
+pub const MemorySemantics = packed struct(u32) {
+    _reserved_bit_0: bool = false,
+    acquire: bool = false,
+    release: bool = false,
+    acquire_release: bool = false,
+    sequentially_consistent: bool = false,
+    _reserved_bit_5: bool = false,
+    uniform_memory: bool = false,
+    subgroup_memory: bool = false,
+    workgroup_memory: bool = false,
+    cross_workgroup_memory: bool = false,
+    atomic_counter_memory: bool = false,
+    image_memory: bool = false,
+    output_memory: bool = false,
+    make_available: bool = false,
+    make_visible: bool = false,
+    @"volatile": bool = false,
+    _reserved: u16 = 0,
+
+    pub const none: MemorySemantics = .{};
+};
+
+pub fn controlBarrier(
+    comptime execution: Scope,
+    comptime memory: Scope,
+    comptime semantics: MemorySemantics,
+) void {
+    asm volatile (
+        \\OpControlBarrier %exec %mem %sem
+        :
+        : [exec] "" (@as(u32, @intFromEnum(execution))),
+          [mem] "" (@as(u32, @intFromEnum(memory))),
+          [sem] "" (@as(u32, @bitCast(semantics))),
+    );
+}
+
+pub fn memoryBarrier(comptime memory: Scope, comptime semantics: MemorySemantics) void {
+    asm volatile (
+        \\OpMemoryBarrier %mem %sem
+        :
+        : [mem] "" (@as(u32, @intFromEnum(memory))),
+          [sem] "" (@as(u32, @bitCast(semantics))),
+    );
+}
+
+pub fn workgroupBarrier() void {
+    controlBarrier(
+        .workgroup,
+        .workgroup,
+        .{ .acquire_release = true, .workgroup_memory = true },
+    );
+}