diff --git a/ref_vk/vk_core.c b/ref_vk/vk_core.c
index b8feadee..2026fd77 100644
--- a/ref_vk/vk_core.c
+++ b/ref_vk/vk_core.c
@@ -715,6 +715,9 @@ qboolean R_VkInit( void )
 			return false;
 
 		VK_LightsInit();
+
+		if (!XVK_DenoiserInit())
+			return false;
 	}
 
 	return true;
@@ -724,6 +727,7 @@ void R_VkShutdown( void )
 {
 	if (vk_core.rtx)
 	{
+		XVK_DenoiserDestroy();
 		VK_LightsShutdown();
 		VK_RayShutdown();
 	}
diff --git a/ref_vk/vk_denoiser.c b/ref_vk/vk_denoiser.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..077d56d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ref_vk/vk_denoiser.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#include "vk_denoiser.h"
+
+#include "eiface.h" // ARRAYSIZE
+
+static void blitImage( VkCommandBuffer cmdbuf, VkImage src, VkImage dst, int src_width, int src_height, int dst_width, int dst_height )
+{
+	// Blit raytraced image to frame buffer
+	{
+		VkImageBlit region = {0};
+		region.srcOffsets[1].x = src_width;
+		region.srcOffsets[1].y = src_height;
+		region.srcOffsets[1].z = 1;
+		region.dstOffsets[1].x = dst_width;
+		region.dstOffsets[1].y = dst_height;
+		region.dstOffsets[1].z = 1;
+		region.srcSubresource.aspectMask = region.dstSubresource.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT;
+		region.srcSubresource.layerCount = region.dstSubresource.layerCount = 1;
+		vkCmdBlitImage(cmdbuf, src, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL,
+			dst, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL, 1, &region,
+			VK_FILTER_NEAREST);
+	}
+
+	{
+		VkImageMemoryBarrier image_barriers[] = {
+		{
+			.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_MEMORY_BARRIER,
+			.image = dst,
+			.srcAccessMask = VK_ACCESS_TRANSFER_WRITE_BIT,
+			.dstAccessMask = VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT | VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT,
+			.oldLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL,
+			.newLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL,
+			.subresourceRange =
+				(VkImageSubresourceRange){
+					.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT,
+					.baseMipLevel = 0,
+					.levelCount = 1,
+					.baseArrayLayer = 0,
+					.layerCount = 1,
+				},
+		}};
+		vkCmdPipelineBarrier(cmdbuf,
+			VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TRANSFER_BIT,
+			VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT,
+			0, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, ARRAYSIZE(image_barriers), image_barriers);
+	}
+}
+
+void XVK_DenoiserDenoise( const xvk_denoiser_args_t* args ) {
+	// Blit RTX frame onto swapchain image
+	blitImage(args->cmdbuf, args->in.image, args->out.image, args->in.width, args->in.height, args->out.width, args->out.height);
+}
+
+qboolean XVK_DenoiserInit( void ) {
+	return true;
+}
+
+void XVK_DenoiserDestroy( void ) {
+}
diff --git a/ref_vk/vk_denoiser.h b/ref_vk/vk_denoiser.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1200948a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ref_vk/vk_denoiser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "vk_core.h"
+
+qboolean XVK_DenoiserInit( void );
+void XVK_DenoiserDestroy( void );
+
+typedef struct {
+	VkCommandBuffer cmdbuf;
+
+	struct {
+		VkImage image;
+		uint32_t width, height;
+	} in;
+
+	struct {
+		VkImage image;
+		uint32_t width, height;
+	} out;
+} xvk_denoiser_args_t;
+
+void XVK_DenoiserDenoise( const xvk_denoiser_args_t* args );
diff --git a/ref_vk/vk_rtx.c b/ref_vk/vk_rtx.c
index e5367b1a..21815b32 100644
--- a/ref_vk/vk_rtx.c
+++ b/ref_vk/vk_rtx.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "vk_light.h"
 #include "vk_descriptor.h"
 #include "vk_ray_internal.h"
+#include "vk_denoiser.h"
 
 #include "eiface.h"
 #include "xash3d_mathlib.h"
@@ -753,49 +754,6 @@ static void updateLights( void )
 	}
 }
 
-static void blitImage( VkCommandBuffer cmdbuf, VkImage src, VkImage dst, int src_width, int src_height, int dst_width, int dst_height )
-{
-	// Blit raytraced image to frame buffer
-	{
-		VkImageBlit region = {0};
-		region.srcOffsets[1].x = src_width;
-		region.srcOffsets[1].y = src_height;
-		region.srcOffsets[1].z = 1;
-		region.dstOffsets[1].x = dst_width;
-		region.dstOffsets[1].y = dst_height;
-		region.dstOffsets[1].z = 1;
-		region.srcSubresource.aspectMask = region.dstSubresource.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT;
-		region.srcSubresource.layerCount = region.dstSubresource.layerCount = 1;
-		vkCmdBlitImage(cmdbuf, src, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL,
-			dst, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL, 1, &region,
-			VK_FILTER_NEAREST);
-	}
-
-	{
-		VkImageMemoryBarrier image_barriers[] = {
-		{
-			.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_MEMORY_BARRIER,
-			.image = dst,
-			.srcAccessMask = VK_ACCESS_TRANSFER_WRITE_BIT,
-			.dstAccessMask = VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT | VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT,
-			.oldLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL,
-			.newLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL,
-			.subresourceRange =
-				(VkImageSubresourceRange){
-					.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT,
-					.baseMipLevel = 0,
-					.levelCount = 1,
-					.baseArrayLayer = 0,
-					.layerCount = 1,
-				},
-		}};
-		vkCmdPipelineBarrier(cmdbuf,
-			VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TRANSFER_BIT,
-			VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT,
-			0, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, ARRAYSIZE(image_barriers), image_barriers);
-	}
-}
-
 static void clearVkImage( VkCommandBuffer cmdbuf, VkImage image ) {
 	const VkImageMemoryBarrier image_barriers[] = { {
 		.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_MEMORY_BARRIER,
@@ -921,8 +879,24 @@ void VK_RayFrameEnd(const vk_ray_frame_render_args_t* args)
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Blit RTX frame onto swapchain image
-	blitImage(cmdbuf, frame_src->image, args->dst.image, FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT, args->dst.width, args->dst.height);
+	{
+		const xvk_denoiser_args_t denoiser_args = {
+			.cmdbuf = cmdbuf,
+			.in = {
+				.image = frame_src->image,
+				.width = FRAME_WIDTH,
+				.height = FRAME_HEIGHT,
+			},
+			.out = {
+				.image = args->dst.image,
+				.width = args->dst.width,
+				.height = args->dst.height,
+			},
+		};
+
+		XVK_DenoiserDenoise( &denoiser_args );
+	}
+
 }
 
 static void createLayouts( void ) {