diff --git a/wgpu/Cargo.toml b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
index 8b2662492a..818a6f2cff 100644
--- a/wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ gl = ["wgn/gfx-backend-gl"]
 
 [dependencies]
 #TODO: only depend on the published version
-wgn = { package = "wgpu-native", version = "0.2.6", features = ["local", "window-winit"], git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu", rev = "f72dfc9cbbcf752ea5905ff9b038f8ca3f1d3691"}
+wgn = { package = "wgpu-native", version = "0.2.6", features = ["local", "window-winit"], git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu", rev = "cf1bee30d6406d6393220736efdf91b5e429e0ca"}
 arrayvec = "0.4"
 zerocopy = "0.2"
 
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/framework.rs b/wgpu/examples/framework.rs
index 78f2dfed2d..dfce63ee19 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/framework.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/framework.rs
@@ -24,23 +24,13 @@ pub enum ShaderStage {
 }
 
 pub fn load_glsl(code: &str, stage: ShaderStage) -> Vec<u32> {
-    use std::io::Read;
-
     let ty = match stage {
         ShaderStage::Vertex => glsl_to_spirv::ShaderType::Vertex,
         ShaderStage::Fragment => glsl_to_spirv::ShaderType::Fragment,
         ShaderStage::Compute => glsl_to_spirv::ShaderType::Compute,
     };
 
-    let mut output = glsl_to_spirv::compile(&code, ty).unwrap();
-    let mut spv_bytes = Vec::new();
-    output.read_to_end(&mut spv_bytes).unwrap();
-
-    let mut spv_words = Vec::new();
-    for bytes4 in spv_bytes.chunks(4) {
-        spv_words.push(u32::from_le_bytes([bytes4[0], bytes4[1], bytes4[2], bytes4[3]]));
-    }
-    spv_words
+    wgpu::read_spirv(glsl_to_spirv::compile(&code, ty).unwrap()).unwrap()
 }
 
 pub trait Example {
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs
index 733b276aa8..2d092aa031 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs
@@ -25,12 +25,8 @@ fn main() {
         limits: wgpu::Limits::default(),
     });
 
-    let cs_bytes = include_bytes!("shader.comp.spv");
-    let mut cs_words = vec!();
-    for bytes4 in cs_bytes.chunks(4) {
-        cs_words.push(u32::from_le_bytes([bytes4[0], bytes4[1], bytes4[2], bytes4[3]]));
-    }
-    let cs_module = device.create_shader_module(&cs_words);
+    let cs = include_bytes!("shader.comp.spv");
+    let cs_module = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::read_spirv(std::io::Cursor::new(&cs[..])).unwrap());
 
     let staging_buffer = device
         .create_buffer_mapped(
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/hello-triangle/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/hello-triangle/main.rs
index 328f02ef99..1840ca4581 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/hello-triangle/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/hello-triangle/main.rs
@@ -60,19 +60,11 @@ fn main() {
         limits: wgpu::Limits::default(),
     });
 
-    let vs_bytes = include_bytes!("shader.vert.spv");
-    let mut vs_words = vec!();
-    for bytes4 in vs_bytes.chunks(4) {
-        vs_words.push(u32::from_le_bytes([bytes4[0], bytes4[1], bytes4[2], bytes4[3]]));
-    }
-    let vs_module = device.create_shader_module(&vs_words);
+    let vs = include_bytes!("shader.vert.spv");
+    let vs_module = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::read_spirv(std::io::Cursor::new(&vs[..])).unwrap());
 
-    let fs_bytes = include_bytes!("shader.frag.spv");
-    let mut fs_words = vec!();
-    for bytes4 in fs_bytes.chunks(4) {
-        fs_words.push(u32::from_le_bytes([bytes4[0], bytes4[1], bytes4[2], bytes4[3]]));
-    }
-    let fs_module = device.create_shader_module(&fs_words);
+    let fs = include_bytes!("shader.frag.spv");
+    let fs_module = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::read_spirv(std::io::Cursor::new(&fs[..])).unwrap());
 
     let bind_group_layout =
         device.create_bind_group_layout(&wgpu::BindGroupLayoutDescriptor { bindings: &[] });
diff --git a/wgpu/src/lib.rs b/wgpu/src/lib.rs
index fdf848f526..54b8344b97 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/lib.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ pub use wgn::{
     TextureViewDimension,
     VertexAttributeDescriptor,
     VertexFormat,
+    read_spirv,
 };
 
 #[cfg(feature = "gl")]
diff --git a/wgpu/tests/multithreaded_compute.rs b/wgpu/tests/multithreaded_compute.rs
index b28d1d2f16..bb430843e2 100644
--- a/wgpu/tests/multithreaded_compute.rs
+++ b/wgpu/tests/multithreaded_compute.rs
@@ -26,12 +26,8 @@ fn multithreaded_compute() {
                 limits: wgpu::Limits::default(),
             });
 
-            let cs_bytes = include_bytes!("../examples/hello-compute/shader.comp.spv");
-            let mut cs_words = vec!();
-            for bytes4 in cs_bytes.chunks(4) {
-                cs_words.push(u32::from_le_bytes([bytes4[0], bytes4[1], bytes4[2], bytes4[3]]));
-            }
-            let cs_module = device.create_shader_module(&cs_words);
+            let cs = include_bytes!("../examples/hello-compute/shader.comp.spv");
+            let cs_module = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::read_spirv(std::io::Cursor::new(&cs[..])).unwrap());
 
             let staging_buffer = device
                 .create_buffer_mapped(