diff --git a/src/dawn/tests/end2end/QueryTests.cpp b/src/dawn/tests/end2end/QueryTests.cpp
index dd63fa5..d4ebbbd 100644
--- a/src/dawn/tests/end2end/QueryTests.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/tests/end2end/QueryTests.cpp
@@ -864,6 +864,10 @@
 TEST_P(TimestampQueryTests, TimestampWritesOnRenderPassWithOnlyVertexStage) {
     DAWN_TEST_UNSUPPORTED_IF(HasToggleEnabled("use_placeholder_fragment_in_vertex_only_pipeline"));
 
+    // TODO(dawn:1696): VVL claims that this configuration is invalid without a fragment shader.
+    // Investigate and remove this suppression.
+    DAWN_SUPPRESS_TEST_IF(IsVulkan());
+
     wgpu::QuerySet querySet = CreateQuerySetForTimestamp(2);
     TestTimestampWritesOnRenderPass({{querySet, 0, wgpu::RenderPassTimestampLocation::Beginning},
                                      {querySet, 1, wgpu::RenderPassTimestampLocation::End}},