diff --git a/gfx/wgpu_bindings/Cargo.toml b/gfx/wgpu_bindings/Cargo.toml
index 9122ec6e14a8befc3cef23013058b6c55fcc4c06..021afdf7eda4ef05993d496b2677129dfd788371 100644
--- a/gfx/wgpu_bindings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gfx/wgpu_bindings/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu"
 rev = "b752c7d2"
 #Note: "replay" shouldn't ideally be needed,
 # but it allows us to serialize everything across IPC.
-features = ["replay", "trace", "serial-pass"]
+features = ["replay", "trace", "serial-pass", "strict_asserts"]
 
 [dependencies.wgt]
 package = "wgpu-types"