diff --git a/sokol_app.h b/sokol_app.h
index 1a13ba7b8..7055653b0 100644
--- a/sokol_app.h
+++ b/sokol_app.h
@@ -5743,12 +5743,21 @@ _SOKOL_PRIVATE void _sapp_emsc_wgpu_request_adapter_cb(WGPURequestAdapterStatus
     }
     SOKOL_ASSERT(adapter);
     _sapp.wgpu.adapter = adapter;
-    const WGPUFeatureName requiredFeatures[1] = {
+    size_t cur_feature_index = 1;
+    WGPUFeatureName requiredFeatures[8] = {
         WGPUFeatureName_Depth32FloatStencil8,
     };
+    // check for optional features we're interested in
+    // FIXME: ASTC texture compression
+    if (wgpuAdapterHasFeature(adapter, WGPUFeatureName_TextureCompressionBC)) {
+        requiredFeatures[cur_feature_index++] = WGPUFeatureName_TextureCompressionBC;
+    } else if (wgpuAdapterHasFeature(adapter, WGPUFeatureName_TextureCompressionETC2)) {
+        requiredFeatures[cur_feature_index++] = WGPUFeatureName_TextureCompressionETC2;
+    }
+
     WGPUDeviceDescriptor dev_desc;
     _sapp_clear(&dev_desc, sizeof(dev_desc));
-    dev_desc.requiredFeaturesCount = 1,
+    dev_desc.requiredFeaturesCount = cur_feature_index;
     dev_desc.requiredFeatures = requiredFeatures,
     wgpuAdapterRequestDevice(adapter, &dev_desc, _sapp_emsc_wgpu_request_device_cb, 0);
 }
diff --git a/sokol_gfx.h b/sokol_gfx.h
index 2ee46b9d9..dde49065c 100644
--- a/sokol_gfx.h
+++ b/sokol_gfx.h
@@ -12341,6 +12341,7 @@ _SOKOL_PRIVATE void _sg_wgpu_init_caps(void) {
     _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_R8SN]);
     _sg_pixelformat_srm(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_R8UI]);
     _sg_pixelformat_srm(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_R8SI]);
+    // NOTE: no WGPUTextureFormat_R16Unorm
     _sg_pixelformat_srm(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_R16UI]);
     _sg_pixelformat_srm(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_R16SI]);
     _sg_pixelformat_all(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_R16F]);
@@ -12373,19 +12374,25 @@ _SOKOL_PRIVATE void _sg_wgpu_init_caps(void) {
     _sg_pixelformat_srmd(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_DEPTH]);
     _sg_pixelformat_srmd(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_DEPTH_STENCIL]);
 
-    /* FIXME FIXME FIXME: need to check if BC texture compression is
-        actually supported, currently the WebGPU C-API doesn't allow this
-    */
-    _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC1_RGBA]);
-    _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC2_RGBA]);
-    _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC3_RGBA]);
-    _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC4_R]);
-    _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC4_RSN]);
-    _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC5_RG]);
-    _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC5_RGSN]);
-    _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC6H_RGBF]);
-    _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC6H_RGBUF]);
-    _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC7_RGBA]);
+    if (wgpuDeviceHasFeature(_sg.wgpu.dev, WGPUFeatureName_TextureCompressionBC)) {
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC1_RGBA]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC2_RGBA]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC3_RGBA]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC4_R]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC4_RSN]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC5_RG]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC5_RGSN]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC6H_RGBF]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC6H_RGBUF]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_BC7_RGBA]);
+    }
+    if (wgpuDeviceHasFeature(_sg.wgpu.dev, WGPUFeatureName_TextureCompressionETC2)) {
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_ETC2_RGB8]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_ETC2_RGB8A1]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_ETC2_RGBA8]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_ETC2_RG11]);
+        _sg_pixelformat_sf(&_sg.formats[SG_PIXELFORMAT_ETC2_RG11SN]);
+    }
 }
 
 _SOKOL_PRIVATE void _sg_wgpu_uniform_buffer_init(const sg_desc* desc) {