diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/PersistantConfig.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/PersistantConfig.cpp
index b51258b99..fbbbd6349 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/PersistantConfig.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/PersistantConfig.cpp
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ rdcstr ShaderProcessingTool::DefaultArguments() const
     return "-D -g -V -o {output_file} {input_file} -S {glsl_stage4} -e {entry_point}";
   else if(tool == KnownShaderTool::spirv_as)
     return "-o {output_file} {input_file}";
+  else if(tool == KnownShaderTool::dxc)
+    return "-T {hlsl_stage2}_6_0 -E {entry_point} -Fo {output_file} {input_file} -spirv";
 
   return args;
 }
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/PersistantConfig.h b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/PersistantConfig.h
index 3a1c67eea..b32a94926 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/PersistantConfig.h
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/PersistantConfig.h
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ DOCUMENT(R"(Identifies a particular known tool used for shader processing.
 
   `spirv-as from SPIRV-Tools <https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools>`_.
 
+.. data:: dxc
+
+  `DirectX Shader Compiler <https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXShaderCompiler>`_.
+
 )");
 enum class KnownShaderTool : uint32_t
 {
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ enum class KnownShaderTool : uint32_t
   glslangValidatorGLSL,
   glslangValidatorHLSL,
   spirv_as,
+  dxc,
   Count,
 };
 
@@ -81,6 +86,8 @@ inline rdcstr ToolExecutable(KnownShaderTool tool)
     return "glslangValidator";
   else if(tool == KnownShaderTool::spirv_as)
     return "spirv-as";
+  else if(tool == KnownShaderTool::dxc)
+    return "dxc";
 
   return "";
 }
@@ -95,6 +102,8 @@ inline ShaderEncoding ToolInput(KnownShaderTool tool)
     return ShaderEncoding::HLSL;
   else if(tool == KnownShaderTool::spirv_as)
     return ShaderEncoding::SPIRVAsm;
+  else if(tool == KnownShaderTool::dxc)
+    return ShaderEncoding::HLSL;
 
   return ShaderEncoding::Unknown;
 }
@@ -106,7 +115,8 @@ inline ShaderEncoding ToolOutput(KnownShaderTool tool)
   else if(tool == KnownShaderTool::spirv_dis)
     return ShaderEncoding::SPIRVAsm;
   else if(tool == KnownShaderTool::glslangValidatorGLSL ||
-          tool == KnownShaderTool::glslangValidatorHLSL || tool == KnownShaderTool::spirv_as)
+          tool == KnownShaderTool::glslangValidatorHLSL || tool == KnownShaderTool::spirv_as ||
+          tool == KnownShaderTool::dxc)
     return ShaderEncoding::SPIRV;
 
   return ShaderEncoding::Unknown;
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/ShaderProcessingTool.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/ShaderProcessingTool.cpp
index 1090a5fd7..a937cc6c1 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/ShaderProcessingTool.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/ShaderProcessingTool.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ rdcstr DoStringise(const KnownShaderTool &el)
     STRINGISE_ENUM_CLASS_NAMED(glslangValidatorGLSL, "glslang (GLSL)");
     STRINGISE_ENUM_CLASS_NAMED(glslangValidatorHLSL, "glslang (HLSL)");
     STRINGISE_ENUM_CLASS_NAMED(spirv_as, "spirv-as");
+    STRINGISE_ENUM_CLASS_NAMED(dxc, "dxc");
   }
   END_ENUM_STRINGISE();
 }
@@ -211,10 +212,12 @@ ShaderToolOutput ShaderProcessingTool::DisassembleShader(QWidget *window,
       arg = input_file;
     if(arg == lit("{output_file}"))
       arg = output_file = tmpPath(lit("shader_output"));
-    if(arg == lit("{glsl_stage4}"))
-      arg = glsl_stage4[int(shaderDetails->stage)];
-    if(arg == lit("{hlsl_stage2}"))
-      arg = hlsl_stage2[int(shaderDetails->stage)];
+
+    // allow substring matches from the left, to enable e.g. {hlsl_stage2}_6_0
+    if(arg.left(13) == lit("{glsl_stage4}"))
+      arg.replace(0, 13, glsl_stage4[int(shaderDetails->stage)]);
+    if(arg.left(13) == lit("{hlsl_stage2}"))
+      arg.replace(0, 13, hlsl_stage2[int(shaderDetails->stage)]);
   }
 
   QFile binHandle(input_file);
@@ -257,10 +260,12 @@ ShaderToolOutput ShaderProcessingTool::CompileShader(QWidget *window, rdcstr sou
       arg = output_file = tmpPath(lit("shader_output"));
     if(arg == lit("{entry_point}"))
       arg = entryPoint;
-    if(arg == lit("{glsl_stage4}"))
-      arg = glsl_stage4[int(stage)];
-    if(arg == lit("{hlsl_stage2}"))
-      arg = hlsl_stage2[int(stage)];
+
+    // allow substring matches from the left, to enable e.g. {hlsl_stage2}_6_0
+    if(arg.left(13) == lit("{glsl_stage4}"))
+      arg.replace(0, 13, glsl_stage4[int(stage)]);
+    if(arg.left(13) == lit("{hlsl_stage2}"))
+      arg.replace(0, 13, hlsl_stage2[int(stage)]);
   }
 
   QFile binHandle(input_file);
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/shaders/spirv/spirv_disassemble.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/shaders/spirv/spirv_disassemble.cpp
index 0b2cd74bd..bbd142ae7 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/shaders/spirv/spirv_disassemble.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/shaders/spirv/spirv_disassemble.cpp
@@ -4939,13 +4939,18 @@ void ParseSPIRV(uint32_t *spirv, size_t spirvLength, SPVModule &module)
 
   module.generator = spirv[2];
 
-  bool isglslang = false;
+  bool hasParamsInModuleProcessed = false;
 
   {
     uint32_t toolid = (module.generator & 0xffff0000) >> 16;
 
-    if(toolid == 8 || toolid == 13)
-      isglslang = true;
+    // see table above:
+    //  - 8 is glslang
+    //  - 13 is shaderc
+    //  - 14 is dxc
+
+    if(toolid == 8 || toolid == 13 || toolid == 14)
+      hasParamsInModuleProcessed = true;
   }
 
   uint32_t idbound = spirv[3];
@@ -4990,7 +4995,7 @@ void ParseSPIRV(uint32_t *spirv, size_t spirvLength, SPVModule &module)
 
           // glslang outputs command-line arguments as OpModuleProcessed - before SPIR-V 1.1 where
           // it was an actual op, it was output as comments in the source.
-          if(isglslang)
+          if(hasParamsInModuleProcessed)
           {
             const char compileFlagPrefix[] = "// OpModuleProcessed ";
             const char endMarker[] = "#line 1\n";
@@ -5062,7 +5067,7 @@ void ParseSPIRV(uint32_t *spirv, size_t spirvLength, SPVModule &module)
       case spv::OpModuleProcessed:
       {
         // glslang outputs command-line arguments as OpModuleProcessed
-        if(isglslang)
+        if(hasParamsInModuleProcessed)
         {
           module.cmdline += " --";
           module.cmdline += (const char *)&spirv[it + 1];