diff --git a/gfx/drivers/metal.m b/gfx/drivers/metal.m
index acac96f07c..4e8c26f9e2 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/metal.m
+++ b/gfx/drivers/metal.m
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 
 #import "../video_coord_array.h"
 
+/* Temporary workaround for metal not being able to poll flags during init */
+static gfx_ctx_driver_t metal_fake_context;
+static uint32_t metal_get_flags(void *data);
+
 static bool metal_set_shader(void *data,
                              enum rarch_shader_type type, const char *path);
 
@@ -70,8 +74,14 @@ static void *metal_init(const video_info_t *video,
    }
 
    {
-      const char *shader_path = retroarch_get_shader_preset();
-      enum rarch_shader_type type = video_shader_parse_type(shader_path);
+      const char *shader_path;
+      enum rarch_shader_type type;
+
+      metal_fake_context.get_flags = metal_get_flags;
+      video_context_driver_set(&metal_fake_context);
+
+      shader_path = retroarch_get_shader_preset();
+      type = video_shader_parse_type(shader_path);
       metal_set_shader((__bridge void *)md, type, shader_path);
    }
 
@@ -317,6 +327,10 @@ static uint32_t metal_get_flags(void *data)
    BIT32_SET(flags, GFX_CTX_FLAGS_MENU_FRAME_FILTERING);
    BIT32_SET(flags, GFX_CTX_FLAGS_SCREENSHOTS_SUPPORTED);
 
+#if defined(HAVE_SLANG) && defined(HAVE_SPIRV_CROSS)
+         BIT32_SET(flags, GFX_CTX_FLAGS_SHADERS_SLANG);
+#endif
+
    return flags;
 }