diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 376045f..c4629b8 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         });
     }
 
-    // remaindure of the script is for local testing
+    // remainder of the script is for local testing
 
     const triangle_exe = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = "triangle",
diff --git a/generator/main.zig b/generator/main.zig
index 18f7213..93d20b5 100644
--- a/generator/main.zig
+++ b/generator/main.zig
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 const std = @import("std");
-const generate = @import("vulkan/generator.zig").generate;
+const generator = @import("vulkan/generator.zig");
 
-const usage = "Usage: {s} [-h|--help] <spec xml path> <output zig source>\n";
+const usage =
+    \\Usage: {s} [options] <spec xml path> <output zig source>
+    \\Options:
+    \\-h --help        show this message and exit.
+    \\-a --api <api>   Generate API for 'vulkan' or 'vulkansc'. Defaults to 'vulkan'.
+    \\
+;
 
 pub fn main() !void {
     const stderr = std.io.getStdErr();
@@ -15,6 +21,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     var maybe_xml_path: ?[]const u8 = null;
     var maybe_out_path: ?[]const u8 = null;
+    var api = generator.Api.vulkan;
 
     while (args.next()) |arg| {
         if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--help") or std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "-h")) {
@@ -32,12 +39,22 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                 .{prog_name},
             );
             return;
+        } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "-a") or std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--api")) {
+            const api_str = args.next() orelse {
+                try stderr.writer().print("Error: {s} expects argument <api>\n", .{arg});
+                return;
+            };
+            api = std.meta.stringToEnum(generator.Api, api_str) orelse {
+                try stderr.writer().print("Error: Invalid api '{s}'", .{api_str});
+                return;
+            };
         } else if (maybe_xml_path == null) {
             maybe_xml_path = arg;
         } else if (maybe_out_path == null) {
             maybe_out_path = arg;
         } else {
             try stderr.writer().print("Error: Superficial argument '{s}'\n", .{arg});
+            return;
         }
     }
 
@@ -58,7 +75,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     };
 
     var out_buffer = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
-    try generate(allocator, xml_src, out_buffer.writer());
+    try generator.generate(allocator, api, xml_src, out_buffer.writer());
     try out_buffer.append(0);
 
     const src = out_buffer.items[0 .. out_buffer.items.len - 1 :0];
diff --git a/generator/vulkan/build_integration.zig b/generator/vulkan/build_integration.zig
index bae6d1c..2cc55bb 100644
--- a/generator/vulkan/build_integration.zig
+++ b/generator/vulkan/build_integration.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
-const generate = @import("generator.zig").generate;
+const generator = @import("generator.zig");
 const path = std.fs.path;
 const Build = std.Build;
 const Step = Build.Step;
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ pub const GenerateStep = struct {
     generated_file: std.build.GeneratedFile,
     /// The path to vk.xml
     spec_path: []const u8,
+    /// The API to generate for.
+    /// Defaults to Vulkan.
+    // Note: VulkanSC is experimental.
+    api: generator.Api = .vulkan,
 
     /// Initialize a Vulkan generation step, for `builder`. `spec_path` is the path to
     /// vk.xml, relative to the project root. The generated bindings will be placed at
@@ -44,6 +48,11 @@ pub const GenerateStep = struct {
         return create(builder, spec_path, output_name);
     }
 
+    /// Set the API to generate for.
+    pub fn setApi(self: *GenerateStep, api_to_generate: generator.Api) void {
+        self.api = api_to_generate;
+    }
+
     /// Returns the module with the generated budings, with name `module_name`.
     pub fn getModule(self: *GenerateStep) *std.build.Module {
         return self.builder.createModule(.{
@@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ pub const GenerateStep = struct {
         }
 
         var out_buffer = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.builder.allocator);
-        generate(self.builder.allocator, spec, out_buffer.writer()) catch |err| switch (err) {
+        generator.generate(self.builder.allocator, self.api, spec, out_buffer.writer()) catch |err| switch (err) {
             error.InvalidXml => {
                 std.log.err("invalid vulkan registry - invalid xml", .{});
                 std.log.err("please check that the correct vk.xml file is passed", .{});
diff --git a/generator/vulkan/generator.zig b/generator/vulkan/generator.zig
index 68db98b..702a899 100644
--- a/generator/vulkan/generator.zig
+++ b/generator/vulkan/generator.zig
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ pub const Generator = struct {
     registry: reg.Registry,
     id_renderer: IdRenderer,
 
-    fn init(allocator: Allocator, spec: *xml.Element) !Generator {
-        const result = try parseXml(allocator, spec);
+    fn init(allocator: Allocator, spec: *xml.Element, api: reg.Api) !Generator {
+        const result = try parseXml(allocator, spec, api);
 
         const tags = try allocator.alloc([]const u8, result.registry.tags.len);
         for (tags, result.registry.tags) |*tag, registry_tag| tag.* = registry_tag.name;
@@ -170,11 +170,15 @@ pub const Generator = struct {
     }
 };
 
+/// The vulkan registry contains the specification for multiple APIs: Vulkan and VulkanSC. This enum
+/// describes applicable APIs.
+pub const Api = reg.Api;
+
 /// Main function for generating the Vulkan bindings. vk.xml is to be provided via `spec_xml`,
 /// and the resulting binding is written to `writer`. `allocator` will be used to allocate temporary
 /// internal datastructures - mostly via an ArenaAllocator, but sometimes a hashmap uses this allocator
-/// directly.
-pub fn generate(allocator: Allocator, spec_xml: []const u8, writer: anytype) !void {
+/// directly. `api` is the API to generate the bindings for, usually `.vulkan`.
+pub fn generate(allocator: Allocator, api: Api, spec_xml: []const u8, writer: anytype) !void {
     const spec = xml.parse(allocator, spec_xml) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.InvalidDocument,
         error.UnexpectedEof,
@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ pub fn generate(allocator: Allocator, spec_xml: []const u8, writer: anytype) !vo
     };
     defer spec.deinit();
 
-    var gen = Generator.init(allocator, spec.root) catch |err| switch (err) {
+    var gen = Generator.init(allocator, spec.root, api) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.InvalidXml,
         error.InvalidCharacter,
         error.Overflow,
diff --git a/generator/vulkan/parse.zig b/generator/vulkan/parse.zig
index 46e8188..63b3f36 100644
--- a/generator/vulkan/parse.zig
+++ b/generator/vulkan/parse.zig
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ pub const ParseResult = struct {
     }
 };
 
-pub fn parseXml(backing_allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) !ParseResult {
+pub fn parseXml(backing_allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) !ParseResult {
     var arena = ArenaAllocator.init(backing_allocator);
     errdefer arena.deinit();
 
     const allocator = arena.allocator();
 
     var reg = registry.Registry{
-        .decls = try parseDeclarations(allocator, root),
-        .api_constants = try parseApiConstants(allocator, root),
+        .decls = try parseDeclarations(allocator, root, api),
+        .api_constants = try parseApiConstants(allocator, root, api),
         .tags = try parseTags(allocator, root),
-        .features = try parseFeatures(allocator, root),
-        .extensions = try parseExtensions(allocator, root),
+        .features = try parseFeatures(allocator, root, api),
+        .extensions = try parseExtensions(allocator, root, api),
     };
 
     return ParseResult{
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn parseXml(backing_allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) !ParseResult {
     };
 }
 
-fn parseDeclarations(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.Declaration {
+fn parseDeclarations(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) ![]registry.Declaration {
     var types_elem = root.findChildByTag("types") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
     var commands_elem = root.findChildByTag("commands") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
 
@@ -45,17 +45,20 @@ fn parseDeclarations(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.Decla
     const decls = try allocator.alloc(registry.Declaration, decl_upper_bound);
 
     var count: usize = 0;
-    count += try parseTypes(allocator, decls, types_elem);
-    count += try parseEnums(allocator, decls[count..], root);
-    count += try parseCommands(allocator, decls[count..], commands_elem);
+    count += try parseTypes(allocator, decls, types_elem, api);
+    count += try parseEnums(allocator, decls[count..], root, api);
+    count += try parseCommands(allocator, decls[count..], commands_elem, api);
     return decls[0..count];
 }
 
-fn parseTypes(allocator: Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, types_elem: *xml.Element) !usize {
+fn parseTypes(allocator: Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, types_elem: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) !usize {
     var i: usize = 0;
     var it = types_elem.findChildrenByTag("type");
     while (it.next()) |ty| {
         out[i] = blk: {
+            if (!requiredByApi(ty, api))
+                continue;
+
             const category = ty.getAttribute("category") orelse {
                 break :blk try parseForeigntype(ty);
             };
@@ -67,9 +70,9 @@ fn parseTypes(allocator: Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, types_elem: *xm
             } else if (mem.eql(u8, category, "basetype")) {
                 break :blk try parseBaseType(allocator, ty);
             } else if (mem.eql(u8, category, "struct")) {
-                break :blk try parseContainer(allocator, ty, false);
+                break :blk try parseContainer(allocator, ty, false, api);
             } else if (mem.eql(u8, category, "union")) {
-                break :blk try parseContainer(allocator, ty, true);
+                break :blk try parseContainer(allocator, ty, true, api);
             } else if (mem.eql(u8, category, "funcpointer")) {
                 break :blk try parseFuncPointer(allocator, ty);
             } else if (mem.eql(u8, category, "enum")) {
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ fn parseBaseType(allocator: Allocator, ty: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration {
     }
 }
 
-fn parseContainer(allocator: Allocator, ty: *xml.Element, is_union: bool) !registry.Declaration {
+fn parseContainer(allocator: Allocator, ty: *xml.Element, is_union: bool, api: registry.Api) !registry.Declaration {
     const name = ty.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
 
     if (ty.getAttribute("alias")) |alias| {
@@ -191,6 +194,9 @@ fn parseContainer(allocator: Allocator, ty: *xml.Element, is_union: bool) !regis
     var it = ty.findChildrenByTag("member");
     var maybe_stype: ?[]const u8 = null;
     while (it.next()) |member| {
+        if (!requiredByApi(member, api))
+            continue;
+
         var xctok = cparse.XmlCTokenizer.init(member);
         members[i] = try cparse.parseMember(allocator, &xctok, false);
         if (mem.eql(u8, members[i].name, "sType")) {
@@ -227,7 +233,10 @@ fn parseContainer(allocator: Allocator, ty: *xml.Element, is_union: bool) !regis
 
     it = ty.findChildrenByTag("member");
     for (members) |*member| {
-        const member_elem = it.next().?;
+        const member_elem = while (it.next()) |elem| {
+            if (requiredByApi(elem, api)) break elem;
+        } else unreachable;
+
         try parsePointerMeta(.{ .container = members }, &member.field_type, member_elem);
 
         // pNext isn't always properly marked as optional, so just manually override it,
@@ -300,7 +309,7 @@ fn parsePointerMeta(fields: Fields, type_info: *registry.TypeInfo, elem: *xml.El
                 const size_optional = lenToPointer(fields, len_str);
                 current_type_info.pointer.is_optional = size_optional[1];
                 break :blk size_optional[0];
-            }  else .many;
+            } else .many;
             current_type_info.pointer.size = size;
             current_type_info = current_type_info.pointer.child;
         }
@@ -308,6 +317,7 @@ fn parsePointerMeta(fields: Fields, type_info: *registry.TypeInfo, elem: *xml.El
         if (it.next()) |_| {
             // There are more elements in the `len` attribute than there are pointers
             // Something probably went wrong
+            std.log.err("len: {s}", .{lens});
             return error.InvalidRegistry;
         }
     }
@@ -342,18 +352,18 @@ fn parseEnumAlias(elem: *xml.Element) !?registry.Declaration {
     return null;
 }
 
-fn parseEnums(allocator: Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, root: *xml.Element) !usize {
+fn parseEnums(allocator: Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, root: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) !usize {
     var i: usize = 0;
     var it = root.findChildrenByTag("enums");
     while (it.next()) |enums| {
         const name = enums.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
-        if (mem.eql(u8, name, api_constants_name)) {
+        if (mem.eql(u8, name, api_constants_name) or !requiredByApi(enums, api)) {
             continue;
         }
 
         out[i] = .{
             .name = name,
-            .decl_type = .{ .enumeration = try parseEnumFields(allocator, enums) },
+            .decl_type = .{ .enumeration = try parseEnumFields(allocator, enums, api) },
         };
         i += 1;
     }
@@ -361,7 +371,7 @@ fn parseEnums(allocator: Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, root: *xml.Elem
     return i;
 }
 
-fn parseEnumFields(allocator: Allocator, elem: *xml.Element) !registry.Enum {
+fn parseEnumFields(allocator: Allocator, elem: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) !registry.Enum {
     // TODO: `type` was added recently, fall back to checking endswith FlagBits for older versions?
     const enum_type = elem.getAttribute("type") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
     const is_bitmask = mem.eql(u8, enum_type, "bitmask");
@@ -379,6 +389,9 @@ fn parseEnumFields(allocator: Allocator, elem: *xml.Element) !registry.Enum {
     var i: usize = 0;
     var it = elem.findChildrenByTag("enum");
     while (it.next()) |field| {
+        if (!requiredByApi(field, api))
+            continue;
+
         fields[i] = try parseEnumField(field);
         i += 1;
     }
@@ -428,11 +441,14 @@ fn parseEnumField(field: *xml.Element) !registry.Enum.Field {
     };
 }
 
-fn parseCommands(allocator: Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, commands_elem: *xml.Element) !usize {
+fn parseCommands(allocator: Allocator, out: []registry.Declaration, commands_elem: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) !usize {
     var i: usize = 0;
     var it = commands_elem.findChildrenByTag("command");
     while (it.next()) |elem| {
-        out[i] = try parseCommand(allocator, elem);
+        if (!requiredByApi(elem, api))
+            continue;
+
+        out[i] = try parseCommand(allocator, elem, api);
         i += 1;
     }
 
@@ -454,7 +470,7 @@ fn splitCommaAlloc(allocator: Allocator, text: []const u8) ![][]const u8 {
     return codes;
 }
 
-fn parseCommand(allocator: Allocator, elem: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration {
+fn parseCommand(allocator: Allocator, elem: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) !registry.Declaration {
     if (elem.getAttribute("alias")) |alias| {
         const name = elem.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
         return registry.Declaration{
@@ -474,6 +490,9 @@ fn parseCommand(allocator: Allocator, elem: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration
     var i: usize = 0;
     var it = elem.findChildrenByTag("param");
     while (it.next()) |param| {
+        if (!requiredByApi(param, api))
+            continue;
+
         var xctok = cparse.XmlCTokenizer.init(param);
         const decl = try cparse.parseParamOrProto(allocator, &xctok, false);
         params[i] = .{
@@ -501,7 +520,10 @@ fn parseCommand(allocator: Allocator, elem: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration
 
     it = elem.findChildrenByTag("param");
     for (params) |*param| {
-        const param_elem = it.next().?;
+        const param_elem = while (it.next()) |param_elem| {
+            if (requiredByApi(param_elem, api)) break param_elem;
+        } else unreachable;
+
         try parsePointerMeta(.{ .command = params }, &param.param_type, param_elem);
     }
 
@@ -518,7 +540,7 @@ fn parseCommand(allocator: Allocator, elem: *xml.Element) !registry.Declaration
     };
 }
 
-fn parseApiConstants(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.ApiConstant {
+fn parseApiConstants(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) ![]registry.ApiConstant {
     var enums = blk: {
         var it = root.findChildrenByTag("enums");
         while (it.next()) |child| {
@@ -550,6 +572,9 @@ fn parseApiConstants(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.ApiCo
     var i: usize = 0;
     var it = enums.findChildrenByTag("enum");
     while (it.next()) |constant| {
+        if (!requiredByApi(constant, api))
+            continue;
+
         const expr = if (constant.getAttribute("value")) |expr|
             expr
         else if (constant.getAttribute("alias")) |alias|
@@ -565,21 +590,24 @@ fn parseApiConstants(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.ApiCo
         i += 1;
     }
 
-    i += try parseDefines(types, constants[i..]);
+    i += try parseDefines(types, constants[i..], api);
     return constants[0..i];
 }
 
-fn parseDefines(types: *xml.Element, out: []registry.ApiConstant) !usize {
+fn parseDefines(types: *xml.Element, out: []registry.ApiConstant, api: registry.Api) !usize {
     var i: usize = 0;
     var it = types.findChildrenByTag("type");
     while (it.next()) |ty| {
+        if (!requiredByApi(ty, api))
+            continue;
+
         const category = ty.getAttribute("category") orelse continue;
         if (!mem.eql(u8, category, "define")) {
             continue;
         }
 
         const name = ty.getCharData("name") orelse continue;
-        if (mem.eql(u8, name, "VK_HEADER_VERSION")) {
+        if (mem.eql(u8, name, "VK_HEADER_VERSION") or mem.eql(u8, name, "VKSC_API_VARIANT")) {
             out[i] = .{
                 .name = name,
                 .value = .{ .expr = mem.trim(u8, ty.children[2].char_data, " ") },
@@ -615,7 +643,7 @@ fn parseTags(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.Tag {
     return tags[0..i];
 }
 
-fn parseFeatures(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.Feature {
+fn parseFeatures(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) ![]registry.Feature {
     var it = root.findChildrenByTag("feature");
     var count: usize = 0;
     while (it.next()) |_| count += 1;
@@ -624,14 +652,17 @@ fn parseFeatures(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.Feature {
     var i: usize = 0;
     it = root.findChildrenByTag("feature");
     while (it.next()) |feature| {
-        features[i] = try parseFeature(allocator, feature);
+        if (!requiredByApi(feature, api))
+            continue;
+
+        features[i] = try parseFeature(allocator, feature, api);
         i += 1;
     }
 
-    return features;
+    return features[0..i];
 }
 
-fn parseFeature(allocator: Allocator, feature: *xml.Element) !registry.Feature {
+fn parseFeature(allocator: Allocator, feature: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) !registry.Feature {
     const name = feature.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
     const feature_level = blk: {
         const number = feature.getAttribute("number") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
@@ -642,7 +673,10 @@ fn parseFeature(allocator: Allocator, feature: *xml.Element) !registry.Feature {
     var i: usize = 0;
     var it = feature.findChildrenByTag("require");
     while (it.next()) |require| {
-        requires[i] = try parseRequire(allocator, require, null);
+        if (!requiredByApi(require, api))
+            continue;
+
+        requires[i] = try parseRequire(allocator, require, null, api);
         i += 1;
     }
 
@@ -702,7 +736,7 @@ fn enumExtOffsetToValue(extnumber: u31, offset: u31) u31 {
     return extension_value_base + (extnumber - 1) * extension_block + offset;
 }
 
-fn parseRequire(allocator: Allocator, require: *xml.Element, extnumber: ?u31) !registry.Require {
+fn parseRequire(allocator: Allocator, require: *xml.Element, extnumber: ?u31, api: registry.Api) !registry.Require {
     var n_extends: usize = 0;
     var n_types: usize = 0;
     var n_commands: usize = 0;
@@ -728,6 +762,9 @@ fn parseRequire(allocator: Allocator, require: *xml.Element, extnumber: ?u31) !r
 
     it = require.elements();
     while (it.next()) |elem| {
+        if (!requiredByApi(elem, api))
+            continue;
+
         if (mem.eql(u8, elem.tag, "enum")) {
             if (try parseEnumExtension(elem, extnumber)) |ext| {
                 extends[i_extends] = ext;
@@ -753,20 +790,22 @@ fn parseRequire(allocator: Allocator, require: *xml.Element, extnumber: ?u31) !r
 
     return registry.Require{
         .extends = extends[0..i_extends],
-        .types = types,
-        .commands = commands,
+        .types = types[0..i_types],
+        .commands = commands[0..i_commands],
         .required_feature_level = required_feature_level,
         .required_extension = require.getAttribute("extension"),
     };
 }
 
-fn parseExtensions(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.Extension {
+fn parseExtensions(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) ![]registry.Extension {
     const extensions_elem = root.findChildByTag("extensions") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
 
     const extensions = try allocator.alloc(registry.Extension, extensions_elem.children.len);
     var i: usize = 0;
     var it = extensions_elem.findChildrenByTag("extension");
     while (it.next()) |extension| {
+        if (!requiredByApi(extension, api))
+            continue;
         // Some extensions (in particular 94) are disabled, so just skip them
         if (extension.getAttribute("supported")) |supported| {
             if (mem.eql(u8, supported, "disabled")) {
@@ -774,7 +813,7 @@ fn parseExtensions(allocator: Allocator, root: *xml.Element) ![]registry.Extensi
             }
         }
 
-        extensions[i] = try parseExtension(allocator, extension);
+        extensions[i] = try parseExtension(allocator, extension, api);
         i += 1;
     }
 
@@ -797,7 +836,7 @@ fn findExtVersion(extension: *xml.Element) !u32 {
     return error.InvalidRegistry;
 }
 
-fn parseExtension(allocator: Allocator, extension: *xml.Element) !registry.Extension {
+fn parseExtension(allocator: Allocator, extension: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) !registry.Extension {
     const name = extension.getAttribute("name") orelse return error.InvalidRegistry;
     const platform = extension.getAttribute("platform");
     const version = try findExtVersion(extension);
@@ -845,7 +884,9 @@ fn parseExtension(allocator: Allocator, extension: *xml.Element) !registry.Exten
     var i: usize = 0;
     var it = extension.findChildrenByTag("require");
     while (it.next()) |require| {
-        requires[i] = try parseRequire(allocator, require, number);
+        if (!requiredByApi(require, api))
+            continue;
+        requires[i] = try parseRequire(allocator, require, number, api);
         i += 1;
     }
 
@@ -876,3 +917,14 @@ fn splitFeatureLevel(ver: []const u8, split: []const u8) !registry.FeatureLevel
         .minor = try std.fmt.parseInt(u32, minor, 10),
     };
 }
+
+fn requiredByApi(elem: *xml.Element, api: registry.Api) bool {
+    const apis = elem.getAttribute("api") orelse return true; // If the 'api' element is not present, assume required.
+
+    var it = mem.split(u8, apis, ",");
+    while (it.next()) |required_by_api| {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, @tagName(api), required_by_api)) return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
diff --git a/generator/vulkan/registry.zig b/generator/vulkan/registry.zig
index dfaac2c..b443574 100644
--- a/generator/vulkan/registry.zig
+++ b/generator/vulkan/registry.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+pub const Api = enum {
+    vulkan,
+    vulkansc,
+};
+
 pub const Registry = struct {
     decls: []Declaration,
     api_constants: []ApiConstant,
diff --git a/generator/vulkan/render.zig b/generator/vulkan/render.zig
index 1e7ca43..3ea1228 100644
--- a/generator/vulkan/render.zig
+++ b/generator/vulkan/render.zig
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ fn Renderer(comptime WriterType: type) type {
             for (registry.decls) |*decl| {
                 const result = try declarations_by_name.getOrPut(decl.name);
                 if (result.found_existing) {
+                    std.log.err("duplicate registry entry '{s}'", .{decl.name});
                     return error.InvalidRegistry;
                 }