diff --git a/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c b/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
index 90a58c1201..03b344a67a 100644
--- a/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
+++ b/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
@@ -2312,6 +2312,10 @@ static VkResult VULKAN_CreateSwapChain(SDL_Renderer *renderer, int w, int h)
     swapchainCreateInfo.imageExtent = rendererData->swapchainSize;
     swapchainCreateInfo.imageArrayLayers = 1;
     swapchainCreateInfo.imageUsage = VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT | VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT;
+    // SDL_RenderReadPixels() copies from the swapchain image, which requires TRANSFER_SRC
+    if (rendererData->surfaceCapabilities.supportedUsageFlags & VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT) {
+        swapchainCreateInfo.imageUsage |= VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT;
+    }
     swapchainCreateInfo.imageSharingMode = VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE;
     swapchainCreateInfo.preTransform = rendererData->swapChainPreTransform;
     swapchainCreateInfo.compositeAlpha = (renderer->window->flags & SDL_WINDOW_TRANSPARENT) ? (VkCompositeAlphaFlagBitsKHR)0 : VK_COMPOSITE_ALPHA_OPAQUE_BIT_KHR;