diff --git a/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_client.c b/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_client.c
index b649125d3..ff26b3ff2 100644
--- a/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_client.c
+++ b/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_client.c
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ client_vk_compositor_create(struct xrt_compositor_native *xcn,
                             bool external_fence_fd_enabled,
                             bool external_semaphore_fd_enabled,
                             bool timeline_semaphore_enabled,
+                            bool debug_utils_enabled,
                             uint32_t queueFamilyIndex,
                             uint32_t queueIndex)
 {
@@ -831,7 +832,7 @@ client_vk_compositor_create(struct xrt_compositor_native *xcn,
 	    external_fence_fd_enabled,     // external_fence_fd_enabled
 	    external_semaphore_fd_enabled, // external_semaphore_fd_enabled
 	    timeline_semaphore_enabled,    // timeline_semaphore_enabled
-	    false,                         // debug_utils_enabled,
+	    debug_utils_enabled,           // debug_utils_enabled
 	    log_level);                    // log_level
 	if (ret != VK_SUCCESS) {
 		goto err_free;
diff --git a/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_client.h b/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_client.h
index 1bfd539cc..49302d855 100644
--- a/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_client.h
+++ b/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_client.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ client_vk_compositor_create(struct xrt_compositor_native *xcn,
                             bool external_fence_fd_enabled,
                             bool external_semaphore_fd_enabled,
                             bool timeline_semaphore_enabled,
+                            bool debug_utils_enabled,
                             uint32_t queueFamilyIndex,
                             uint32_t queueIndex);
 
diff --git a/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_glue.c b/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_glue.c
index 721c28937..88da93477 100644
--- a/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_glue.c
+++ b/src/xrt/compositor/client/comp_vk_glue.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ xrt_gfx_vk_provider_create(struct xrt_compositor_native *xcn,
 	    external_fence_fd_enabled,                                  //
 	    external_semaphore_fd_enabled,                              //
 	    timeline_semaphore_enabled,                                 //
+	    debug_utils_enabled,                                        //
 	    queue_family_index,                                         //
 	    queue_index);                                               //