diff --git a/libraries/targets/genvulkan.mtlx b/libraries/targets/genvulkan.mtlx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..152b6530d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/targets/genvulkan.mtlx
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<materialx version="1.39">
+
+  <!--
+  Copyright Contributors to the MaterialX Project
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+-->
+
+  <!-- ======================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Target definition for Vulkan target. Derives from base GLSL target         -->
+  <!-- ======================================================================== -->
+  <targetdef name="genvulkan" inherit="genglsl" />
+
+</materialx>
diff --git a/resources/Materials/TestSuite/_options.mtlx b/resources/Materials/TestSuite/_options.mtlx
index d9b2950b43..a6ab594806 100644
--- a/resources/Materials/TestSuite/_options.mtlx
+++ b/resources/Materials/TestSuite/_options.mtlx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <!-- Comma separated list of target" specifiers to indicate which
          code generators to use. -->
-    <input name="targets" type="string" value="genglsl,genosl,genmdl,genessl,genmsl" />
+    <input name="targets" type="string" value="genglsl,genosl,genmdl,genessl,genmsl,genvulkan" />
 
     <!-- Check the count of number of implementations used for a given generator -->
     <input name="checkImplCount" type="boolean" value="true" />