diff --git a/scripts/dawn_features.gni b/scripts/dawn_features.gni
index 6897304..aed6c75 100644
--- a/scripts/dawn_features.gni
+++ b/scripts/dawn_features.gni
@@ -37,4 +37,11 @@
 
   # Enables the compilation of Dawn's Vulkan backend
   dawn_enable_vulkan = is_linux || is_win || is_fuchsia
+
+  # Enable use of reflection compiler in spirv-cross. This is needed
+  # if performing reflection on systems that the platform language
+  # shader is SPIR-V, since there isn't an instance of the
+  # GLSL/HLSL/MSL compiler. This implicitly pulls in the GLSL
+  # compiler, since it is a sub-class of if.
+  dawn_enable_cross_reflection = false
 }
diff --git a/third_party/BUILD.gn b/third_party/BUILD.gn
index 4c8c262..7b0113a 100644
--- a/third_party/BUILD.gn
+++ b/third_party/BUILD.gn
@@ -62,11 +62,10 @@
     "${spirv_cross_dir}/spirv_cross_parsed_ir.hpp",
     "${spirv_cross_dir}/spirv_parser.cpp",
     "${spirv_cross_dir}/spirv_parser.hpp",
-    "${spirv_cross_dir}/spirv_reflect.cpp",
-    "${spirv_cross_dir}/spirv_reflect.hpp",
   ]
 
-  need_glsl_cross = dawn_enable_opengl
+  need_glsl_cross = dawn_enable_opengl || dawn_enable_cross_reflection
+  need_reflection_cross = dawn_enable_cross_reflection
 
   if (dawn_enable_d3d12) {
     sources += [
@@ -90,6 +89,13 @@
       "${spirv_cross_dir}/spirv_glsl.hpp",
     ]
   }
+
+  if (need_reflection_cross) {
+    sources += [
+      "${spirv_cross_dir}/spirv_reflect.cpp",
+      "${spirv_cross_dir}/spirv_reflect.hpp",
+    ]
+  }
 }
 
 static_library("spirv_cross_full_for_fuzzers") {