diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ad87f79..2e7b32ed 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ set(EXAMPLES
 	deferred
 	deferredmultisampling
 	deferredshadows
+	descriptorindexing
 	descriptorsets
 	displacement
 	distancefieldfonts
diff --git a/examples/descriptorindexing/descriptorindexing.cpp b/examples/descriptorindexing/descriptorindexing.cpp
index a27c52fd..8d44034f 100644
--- a/examples/descriptorindexing/descriptorindexing.cpp
+++ b/examples/descriptorindexing/descriptorindexing.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,17 @@ public:
 			Descriptor sets
 		*/
 
+		VkDescriptorSetVariableDescriptorCountAllocateInfo variableDescriptorCountAllocInfo = {};
+
+		uint32_t variableDescCounts[] = {textures.size()};
+
+		variableDescriptorCountAllocInfo.sType              = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_ALLOCATE_INFO;
+		variableDescriptorCountAllocInfo.descriptorSetCount = 1;
+		variableDescriptorCountAllocInfo.pDescriptorCounts  = variableDescCounts;
+
 		VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo allocInfo = vks::initializers::descriptorSetAllocateInfo(descriptorPool, &descriptorSetLayout, 1);
+		allocInfo.pNext = &variableDescriptorCountAllocInfo;
+		
 		VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkAllocateDescriptorSets(device, &allocInfo, &descriptorSet));
 
 		std::vector<VkWriteDescriptorSet> writeDescriptorSets(2);