diff --git a/base/VulkanTools.cpp b/base/VulkanTools.cpp
index d4b0317e..53d309f9 100644
--- a/base/VulkanTools.cpp
+++ b/base/VulkanTools.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace vks
 			// Since all depth formats may be optional, we need to find a suitable depth format to use
 			// Start with the highest precision packed format
 			std::vector<VkFormat> depthFormats = {
-				VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT,
+				//VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT,
 				VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT,
 				VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT,
 				VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT,
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ namespace vks
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		VkBool32 formatHasStencil(VkFormat format)
+		{
+			std::vector<VkFormat> stencilFormats = {
+				VK_FORMAT_S8_UINT,
+				VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT,
+				VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT,
+				VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT,
+			};
+			return std::find(stencilFormats.begin(), stencilFormats.end(), format) != std::end(stencilFormats);
+		}
+
 		// Returns if a given format support LINEAR filtering
 		VkBool32 formatIsFilterable(VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice, VkFormat format, VkImageTiling tiling)
 		{
diff --git a/base/VulkanTools.h b/base/VulkanTools.h
index d392e401..b28e0ebc 100644
--- a/base/VulkanTools.h
+++ b/base/VulkanTools.h
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ namespace vks
 		// Returns false if none of the depth formats in the list is supported by the device
 		VkBool32 getSupportedDepthFormat(VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice, VkFormat *depthFormat);
 
-		// Returns if a given format support LINEAR filtering
+		// Returns tru a given format support LINEAR filtering
 		VkBool32 formatIsFilterable(VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice, VkFormat format, VkImageTiling tiling);
+		// Returns true if a given format has a stencil part
+		VkBool32 formatHasStencil(VkFormat format);
 
 		// Put an image memory barrier for setting an image layout on the sub resource into the given command buffer
 		void setImageLayout(
diff --git a/examples/bloom/bloom.cpp b/examples/bloom/bloom.cpp
index a775c00b..08d1fd34 100644
--- a/examples/bloom/bloom.cpp
+++ b/examples/bloom/bloom.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,10 @@ public:
 		depthStencilView.format = depthFormat;
 		depthStencilView.flags = 0;
 		depthStencilView.subresourceRange = {};
-		depthStencilView.subresourceRange.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT | VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT;
+		depthStencilView.subresourceRange.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT;
+		if (vks::tools::formatHasStencil(depthFormat)) {
+			depthStencilView.subresourceRange.aspectMask |= VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT;
+		}
 		depthStencilView.subresourceRange.baseMipLevel = 0;
 		depthStencilView.subresourceRange.levelCount = 1;
 		depthStencilView.subresourceRange.baseArrayLayer = 0;