diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/Device.cpp b/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/Device.cpp
index 159f55e9d0..ff7eb7f4c0 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/Device.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/Device.cpp
@@ -163,21 +163,23 @@ namespace AZ
             uint32_t minorVersion = VK_VERSION_MINOR(physicalProperties.apiVersion);
 
             // unbounded array functionality
-            VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures descriptorIndexingFeatures = {};
+            VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeaturesEXT descriptorIndexingFeatures = {};
             descriptorIndexingFeatures.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_INDEXING_FEATURES;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderInputAttachmentArrayDynamicIndexing = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderUniformTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexing = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexing = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderUniformBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderSampledImageArrayNonUniformIndexing = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageImageArrayNonUniformIndexing = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderInputAttachmentArrayNonUniformIndexing = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderUniformTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.descriptorBindingPartiallyBound = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.descriptorBindingVariableDescriptorCount = VK_TRUE;
-            descriptorIndexingFeatures.runtimeDescriptorArray = VK_TRUE;
+            const VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeaturesEXT& physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures =
+                physicalDevice.GetPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures();
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderInputAttachmentArrayDynamicIndexing = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderInputAttachmentArrayDynamicIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderUniformTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexing = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderUniformTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexing = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderUniformBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderUniformBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderSampledImageArrayNonUniformIndexing = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderSampledImageArrayNonUniformIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageImageArrayNonUniformIndexing = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageImageArrayNonUniformIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderInputAttachmentArrayNonUniformIndexing = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderInputAttachmentArrayNonUniformIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderUniformTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderUniformTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.descriptorBindingPartiallyBound = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.shaderStorageTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.descriptorBindingVariableDescriptorCount = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.descriptorBindingVariableDescriptorCount;
+            descriptorIndexingFeatures.runtimeDescriptorArray = physicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures.runtimeDescriptorArray;
 
             VkPhysicalDeviceDepthClipEnableFeaturesEXT depthClipEnabled = {};
             depthClipEnabled.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DEPTH_CLIP_ENABLE_FEATURES_EXT;
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ namespace AZ
             // If we are running Vulkan >= 1.2, then we must use VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features instead
             // of VkPhysicalDeviceShaderFloat16Int8FeaturesKHR or VkPhysicalDeviceSeparateDepthStencilLayoutsFeaturesKHR.
             if (majorVersion >= 1 && minorVersion >= 2)
-            {                
+            {
                 vulkan12Features.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VULKAN_1_2_FEATURES;
                 vulkan12Features.drawIndirectCount = physicalDevice.GetPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features().drawIndirectCount;
                 vulkan12Features.shaderFloat16 = physicalDevice.GetPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features().shaderFloat16;
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ namespace AZ
                 robustness2.pNext = &vulkan12Features;
             }
             else
-            {                
+            {
                 float16Int8.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_FLOAT16_INT8_FEATURES_KHR;
                 float16Int8.shaderFloat16 = physicalDevice.GetPhysicalDeviceFloat16Int8Features().shaderFloat16;
 
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/PhysicalDevice.cpp b/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/PhysicalDevice.cpp
index 81669ef73d..e3367b078a 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/PhysicalDevice.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/PhysicalDevice.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ namespace AZ
             return m_float16Int8Features;
         }
 
+        const VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeaturesEXT& PhysicalDevice::GetPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures() const
+        {
+            return m_descriptorIndexingFeatures;
+        }
+
         const VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features& PhysicalDevice::GetPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features() const
         {
             return m_vulkan12Features;
@@ -233,6 +238,7 @@ namespace AZ
             m_features.set(static_cast<size_t>(DeviceFeature::SeparateDepthStencil),
                 (m_separateDepthStencilFeatures.separateDepthStencilLayouts && VK_DEVICE_EXTENSION_SUPPORTED(KHR_separate_depth_stencil_layouts)) ||
                 (m_vulkan12Features.separateDepthStencilLayouts));
+            m_features.set(static_cast<size_t>(DeviceFeature::DescriptorIndexing), VK_DEVICE_EXTENSION_SUPPORTED(EXT_descriptor_indexing));
         }
 
         void PhysicalDevice::CompileMemoryStatistics(RHI::MemoryStatisticsBuilder& builder) const
@@ -266,9 +272,14 @@ namespace AZ
             if (VK_INSTANCE_EXTENSION_SUPPORTED(KHR_get_physical_device_properties2))
             {
                 // features
+                VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeaturesEXT& descriptorIndexingFeatures = m_descriptorIndexingFeatures;
+                descriptorIndexingFeatures = {};
+                descriptorIndexingFeatures.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_INDEXING_FEATURES_EXT;
+
                 VkPhysicalDeviceDepthClipEnableFeaturesEXT& dephClipEnableFeatures = m_dephClipEnableFeatures;
                 dephClipEnableFeatures = {};
                 dephClipEnableFeatures.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DEPTH_CLIP_ENABLE_FEATURES_EXT;
+                descriptorIndexingFeatures.pNext = &dephClipEnableFeatures;
 
                 VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesEXT& robustness2Feature = m_robutness2Features;
                 robustness2Feature = {};
@@ -292,7 +303,7 @@ namespace AZ
 
                 VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 deviceFeatures2 = {};
                 deviceFeatures2.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_FEATURES_2;
-                deviceFeatures2.pNext = &dephClipEnableFeatures;
+                deviceFeatures2.pNext = &descriptorIndexingFeatures;
 
                 vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2KHR(vkPhysicalDevice, &deviceFeatures2);
                 m_deviceFeatures = deviceFeatures2.features;
@@ -302,7 +313,7 @@ namespace AZ
                 m_conservativeRasterProperties.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_CONSERVATIVE_RASTERIZATION_PROPERTIES_EXT;
                 deviceProps2.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2_KHR;
                 deviceProps2.pNext = &m_conservativeRasterProperties;
-                
+
                 m_rayTracingPipelineProperties.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_RAY_TRACING_PIPELINE_PROPERTIES_KHR;
                 m_conservativeRasterProperties.pNext = &m_rayTracingPipelineProperties;
 
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/PhysicalDevice.h b/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/PhysicalDevice.h
index bd01a2e884..9667e03d3b 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/PhysicalDevice.h
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/PhysicalDevice.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace AZ
             DrawIndirectCount,
             NullDescriptor,
             SeparateDepthStencil,
+            DescriptorIndexing,
             Count // Must be last
         };
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ namespace AZ
             const VkPhysicalDeviceDepthClipEnableFeaturesEXT& GetPhysicalDeviceDepthClipEnableFeatures() const;
             const VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesEXT& GetPhysicalDeviceRobutness2Features() const;
             const VkPhysicalDeviceShaderFloat16Int8FeaturesKHR& GetPhysicalDeviceFloat16Int8Features() const;
+            const VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeaturesEXT& GetPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeatures() const;
             const VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features& GetPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features() const;
             const VkPhysicalDeviceSeparateDepthStencilLayoutsFeaturesKHR& GetPhysicalDeviceSeparateDepthStencilFeatures() const;
             const VkPhysicalDeviceAccelerationStructurePropertiesKHR& GetPhysicalDeviceAccelerationStructureProperties() const;
@@ -70,7 +72,6 @@ namespace AZ
 
         private:
             PhysicalDevice() = default;
-
             void Init(VkPhysicalDevice vkPhysicalDevice);
 
             ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ namespace AZ
             VkPhysicalDeviceDepthClipEnableFeaturesEXT m_dephClipEnableFeatures{};
             VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesEXT m_robutness2Features{};
             VkPhysicalDeviceShaderFloat16Int8FeaturesKHR m_float16Int8Features{};
+            VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeaturesEXT m_descriptorIndexingFeatures{};
             VkPhysicalDeviceSeparateDepthStencilLayoutsFeaturesKHR m_separateDepthStencilFeatures{};
             VkPhysicalDeviceAccelerationStructurePropertiesKHR m_accelerationStructureProperties{};
             VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingPipelinePropertiesKHR m_rayTracingPipelineProperties{};