2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/wgpu/Cargo.toml b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
index b13ecb36..a8ebf3aa 100644
--- a/wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ image = ["iced_graphics/image"]
 svg = ["iced_graphics/svg", "resvg/text"]
 web-colors = ["iced_graphics/web-colors"]
 webgl = ["wgpu/webgl"]
+strict-assertions = []
 
 [dependencies]
 iced_graphics.workspace = true
diff --git a/wgpu/src/window/compositor.rs b/wgpu/src/window/compositor.rs
index 0cfd49b7..56f33b50 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/window/compositor.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/window/compositor.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ impl Compositor {
     ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let instance = wgpu::Instance::new(wgpu::InstanceDescriptor {
             backends: settings.backends,
+            flags: if cfg!(feature = "strict-assertions") {
+                wgpu::InstanceFlags::debugging()
+            } else {
+                wgpu::InstanceFlags::empty()
+            },
             ..Default::default()
         });