diff --git a/examples_tests b/examples_tests
index 33dcc0501c..29bbef4973 160000
--- a/examples_tests
+++ b/examples_tests
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 33dcc0501c5b436d297e571e7347e307ea9a460a
+Subproject commit 29bbef4973d4209ef353b396f244c5077054d249
diff --git a/include/nbl/builtin/hlsl/utils/bitfield.hlsl b/include/nbl/builtin/hlsl/utils/bitfield.hlsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39b5cbc064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/nbl/builtin/hlsl/utils/bitfield.hlsl
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#ifndef _NBL_BUILTIN_HLSL_UTILS_BITFIELD_INCLUDED_
+#define _NBL_BUILTIN_HLSL_UTILS_BITFIELD_INCLUDED_
+
+#include <nbl/builtin/hlsl/cpp_compat.hlsl>
+#include <nbl/builtin/hlsl/glsl_compat/core.hlsl>
+
+namespace nbl
+{
+namespace hlsl
+{
+namespace utils
+{
+
+template<typename T, uint32_t Offset, uint32_t Bits>
+struct BitField
+{
+    NBL_CONSTEXPR_STATIC_INLINE uint32_t BitCount = Bits;
+
+    static T get(T rawData)
+	{
+		return glsl::bitfieldExtract(rawData, Offset, Bits);
+    }
+
+    static T set(T rawData, T value)
+	{
+		return glsl::bitfieldInsert(rawData, value, Offset, Bits);
+    }
+};
+
+}
+}
+}
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nbl/builtin/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nbl/builtin/CMakeLists.txt
index 12b4af1bef..df20f6b6b3 100644
--- a/src/nbl/builtin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nbl/builtin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -405,5 +405,7 @@ LIST_BUILTIN_RESOURCE(NBL_RESOURCES_TO_EMBED "hlsl/testing/approx_compare.hlsl")
 LIST_BUILTIN_RESOURCE(NBL_RESOURCES_TO_EMBED "hlsl/testing/orientation_compare.hlsl")
 LIST_BUILTIN_RESOURCE(NBL_RESOURCES_TO_EMBED "hlsl/testing/vector_length_compare.hlsl")
 LIST_BUILTIN_RESOURCE(NBL_RESOURCES_TO_EMBED "hlsl/testing/max_error.hlsl")
+#utils
+LIST_BUILTIN_RESOURCE(NBL_RESOURCES_TO_EMBED "hlsl/utils/bitfield.hlsl")
 
 ADD_CUSTOM_BUILTIN_RESOURCES(nblBuiltinResourceData NBL_RESOURCES_TO_EMBED "${NBL_ROOT_PATH}/include" "nbl/builtin" "nbl::builtin" "${NBL_ROOT_PATH_BINARY}/include" "${NBL_ROOT_PATH_BINARY}/src" "STATIC" "INTERNAL")