diff --git a/data/shaders/compileshaders.py b/data/shaders/compileshaders.py
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+import sys
+import os
+import glob
+import subprocess
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+	sys.exit("Please provide a target directory")
+
+if not os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]):
+	sys.exit("%s is not a valid directory" % sys.argv[1])
+
+path = sys.argv[1]
+
+shaderfiles = []
+for exts in ('*.vert', '*.frag', '*.comp', '*.geom', '*.tesc', '*.tese'):
+	shaderfiles.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(path, exts)))
+
+failedshaders = []
+for shaderfile in shaderfiles:
+		print("\n-------- %s --------\n" % shaderfile)
+		if subprocess.call("glslangvalidator -V %s -o %s.spv" % (shaderfile, shaderfile), shell=True) != 0:
+			failedshaders.append(shaderfile)
+
+print("\n-------- Compilation result --------\n")
+
+if len(failedshaders) == 0:
+	print("SUCCESS: All shaders compiled to SPIR-V")
+else:
+	print("ERROR: %d shader(s) could not be compiled:\n" % len(failedshaders))
+	for failedshader in failedshaders:
+		print("\t" + failedshader)