diff --git a/src/back/spv/instructions.rs b/src/back/spv/instructions.rs
index f881294bcd..a05e92ae2d 100644
--- a/src/back/spv/instructions.rs
+++ b/src/back/spv/instructions.rs
@@ -224,20 +224,21 @@ impl super::Instruction {
         id: Word,
         sampled_type_id: Word,
         dim: spirv::Dim,
-        depth: bool,
-        arrayed: bool,
-        multisampled: bool,
-        sampled: bool,
+        flags: super::ImageTypeFlags,
         image_format: spirv::ImageFormat,
     ) -> Self {
         let mut instruction = Self::new(Op::TypeImage);
         instruction.set_result(id);
         instruction.add_operand(sampled_type_id);
         instruction.add_operand(dim as u32);
-        instruction.add_operand(depth as u32);
-        instruction.add_operand(arrayed as u32);
-        instruction.add_operand(multisampled as u32);
-        instruction.add_operand(if sampled { 1 } else { 2 });
+        instruction.add_operand(flags.contains(super::ImageTypeFlags::DEPTH) as u32);
+        instruction.add_operand(flags.contains(super::ImageTypeFlags::ARRAYED) as u32);
+        instruction.add_operand(flags.contains(super::ImageTypeFlags::MULTISAMPLED) as u32);
+        instruction.add_operand(if flags.contains(super::ImageTypeFlags::SAMPLED) {
+            1
+        } else {
+            2
+        });
         instruction.add_operand(image_format as u32);
         instruction
     }
diff --git a/src/back/spv/mod.rs b/src/back/spv/mod.rs
index 6c272db283..74eb2a489d 100644
--- a/src/back/spv/mod.rs
+++ b/src/back/spv/mod.rs
@@ -174,43 +174,49 @@ fn map_dim(dim: crate::ImageDimension) -> spirv::Dim {
 struct LocalImageType {
     sampled_type: crate::ScalarKind,
     dim: spirv::Dim,
-    depth: bool,
-    arrayed: bool,
-    multisampled: bool,
-    sampled: bool,
+    flags: ImageTypeFlags,
     image_format: spirv::ImageFormat,
 }
 
+bitflags::bitflags! {
+    /// Flags corresponding to the boolean(-ish) parameters to OpTypeImage.
+    pub struct ImageTypeFlags: u8 {
+        const DEPTH = 0x1;
+        const ARRAYED = 0x2;
+        const MULTISAMPLED = 0x4;
+        const SAMPLED = 0x8;
+    }
+}
+
 impl LocalImageType {
     /// Construct a `LocalImageType` from the fields of a `TypeInner::Image`.
     fn from_inner(dim: crate::ImageDimension, arrayed: bool, class: crate::ImageClass) -> Self {
+        let make_flags = |multi: bool, other: ImageTypeFlags| -> ImageTypeFlags {
+            let mut flags = other;
+            flags.set(ImageTypeFlags::ARRAYED, arrayed);
+            flags.set(ImageTypeFlags::MULTISAMPLED, multi);
+            flags
+        };
+
         let dim = map_dim(dim);
+
         match class {
             crate::ImageClass::Sampled { kind, multi } => LocalImageType {
                 sampled_type: kind,
                 dim,
-                depth: false,
-                arrayed,
-                multisampled: multi,
-                sampled: true,
+                flags: make_flags(multi, ImageTypeFlags::SAMPLED),
                 image_format: spirv::ImageFormat::Unknown,
             },
             crate::ImageClass::Depth { multi } => LocalImageType {
                 sampled_type: crate::ScalarKind::Float,
                 dim,
-                depth: true,
-                arrayed,
-                multisampled: multi,
-                sampled: true,
+                flags: make_flags(multi, ImageTypeFlags::DEPTH | ImageTypeFlags::SAMPLED),
                 image_format: spirv::ImageFormat::Unknown,
             },
             crate::ImageClass::Storage { format, access: _ } => LocalImageType {
                 sampled_type: crate::ScalarKind::from(format),
                 dim,
-                depth: false,
-                arrayed,
-                multisampled: false,
-                sampled: false,
+                flags: make_flags(false, ImageTypeFlags::empty()),
                 image_format: format.into(),
             },
         }
diff --git a/src/back/spv/writer.rs b/src/back/spv/writer.rs
index 9c0fe32011..018ecf6404 100644
--- a/src/back/spv/writer.rs
+++ b/src/back/spv/writer.rs
@@ -687,16 +687,7 @@ impl Writer {
                     pointer_class: None,
                 };
                 let type_id = self.get_type_id(LookupType::Local(local_type));
-                Instruction::type_image(
-                    id,
-                    type_id,
-                    image.dim,
-                    image.depth,
-                    image.arrayed,
-                    image.multisampled,
-                    image.sampled,
-                    image.image_format,
-                )
+                Instruction::type_image(id, type_id, image.dim, image.flags, image.image_format)
             }
             LocalType::Sampler => Instruction::type_sampler(id),
             LocalType::SampledImage { image_type_id } => {