diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_wgpu.cpp b/backends/imgui_impl_wgpu.cpp
index 5636178b..cd952cdc 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_wgpu.cpp
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_wgpu.cpp
@@ -328,11 +328,31 @@ static WGPUProgrammableStageDescriptor ImGui_ImplWGPU_CreateShaderModuleWGSL(con
     WGPUShaderModuleDescriptor desc = {};
     desc.nextInChain = (WGPUChainedStruct*)&wgsl_desc;
 
+    // Detect shader compilation errors by using an error scope.
+    // Flag to be passed into the validation callback `userdata1` pointer.
+    int validation_error = 0;
+    wgpuDevicePushErrorScope(bd->wgpuDevice, WGPUErrorFilter_Validation);
+    WGPUShaderModule module = wgpuDeviceCreateShaderModule(bd->wgpuDevice, &desc);
+    WGPUPopErrorScopeCallbackInfo pop_cb = {};
+    pop_cb.mode = WGPUCallbackMode_AllowSpontaneous;
+    pop_cb.callback = [](WGPUPopErrorScopeStatus, WGPUErrorType type, WGPUStringView, void* userdata1, void*)
+    {
+        if (type == WGPUErrorType_Validation)
+            *static_cast<int*>(userdata1) = 1;
+    };
+    pop_cb.userdata1 = &validation_error;
+    wgpuDevicePopErrorScope(bd->wgpuDevice, pop_cb);
+
     WGPUProgrammableStageDescriptor stage_desc = {};
-#if !defined(IMGUI_IMPL_WEBGPU_BACKEND_WGVK)
-    stage_desc.module = wgpuDeviceCreateShaderModule(bd->wgpuDevice, &desc);
-    stage_desc.entryPoint = { "main", WGPU_STRLEN };
-#endif
+    if (module && !validation_error)
+    {
+        stage_desc.module = module;
+        stage_desc.entryPoint = { "main", WGPU_STRLEN };
+    }
+    else if (module)
+    {
+        wgpuShaderModuleRelease(module);
+    }
     return stage_desc;
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
index da8b6fa4..45d3124e 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Other Changes:
   - SDL2: made `ImGui_ImplSDL2_GetContentScaleForWindow()`/`ImGui_ImplSDL2_GetContentScaleForDisplay()`
     helpers return a minimum of 1.0f, as some Linux setup seems to report <1.0f value
     and this breaks scaling border size. (#9369)
-  - WebGPU: always use SPIR-V shader on WGVK, as it cannot be detected at runtime. (#9316, #9246, #9257)
+  - WebGPU: rework choice/detection of using WGSL/SPIR-V shader on WGVK. (#9316, #9246, #9257, #9387)
 - Examples:
   - Update VS toolset in all .vcxproj from VS2015 (v140) to VS2017 (v141). The later is the
     first that supports vcpkg. Onward we will likely stop testing building the library with VS2015.