diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.c b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.c
index 62a3d92d..230c84d2 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.c
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.c
@@ -1499,6 +1499,24 @@ struct hlsl_ir_node *hlsl_new_uint_constant(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, unsigned int n
     return hlsl_new_constant(ctx, hlsl_get_scalar_type(ctx, HLSL_TYPE_UINT), &value, loc);
 }
 
+struct hlsl_ir_node *hlsl_new_string_constant(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, const char *str,
+        const struct vkd3d_shader_location *loc)
+{
+    struct hlsl_ir_string_constant *s;
+
+    if (!(s = hlsl_alloc(ctx, sizeof(*s))))
+        return NULL;
+
+    init_node(&s->node, HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT, ctx->builtin_types.string, loc);
+
+    if (!(s->string = hlsl_strdup(ctx, str)))
+    {
+        hlsl_free_instr(&s->node);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return &s->node;
+}
+
 struct hlsl_ir_node *hlsl_new_expr(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, enum hlsl_ir_expr_op op,
         struct hlsl_ir_node *operands[HLSL_MAX_OPERANDS],
         struct hlsl_type *data_type, const struct vkd3d_shader_location *loc)
@@ -2054,6 +2072,11 @@ static struct hlsl_ir_node *clone_resource_store(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx,
     return &dst->node;
 }
 
+static struct hlsl_ir_node *clone_string_constant(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_string_constant *src)
+{
+    return hlsl_new_string_constant(ctx, src->string, &src->node.loc);
+}
+
 static struct hlsl_ir_node *clone_store(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct clone_instr_map *map, struct hlsl_ir_store *src)
 {
     struct hlsl_ir_store *dst;
@@ -2220,6 +2243,9 @@ static struct hlsl_ir_node *clone_instr(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx,
         case HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_STORE:
             return clone_resource_store(ctx, map, hlsl_ir_resource_store(instr));
 
+        case HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT:
+            return clone_string_constant(ctx, hlsl_ir_string_constant(instr));
+
         case HLSL_IR_STORE:
             return clone_store(ctx, map, hlsl_ir_store(instr));
 
@@ -2626,19 +2652,21 @@ const char *hlsl_node_type_to_string(enum hlsl_ir_node_type type)
 {
     static const char * const names[] =
     {
-        [HLSL_IR_CALL          ] = "HLSL_IR_CALL",
-        [HLSL_IR_CONSTANT      ] = "HLSL_IR_CONSTANT",
-        [HLSL_IR_EXPR          ] = "HLSL_IR_EXPR",
-        [HLSL_IR_IF            ] = "HLSL_IR_IF",
-        [HLSL_IR_INDEX         ] = "HLSL_IR_INDEX",
-        [HLSL_IR_LOAD          ] = "HLSL_IR_LOAD",
-        [HLSL_IR_LOOP          ] = "HLSL_IR_LOOP",
-        [HLSL_IR_JUMP          ] = "HLSL_IR_JUMP",
-        [HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_LOAD ] = "HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_LOAD",
-        [HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_STORE] = "HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_STORE",
-        [HLSL_IR_STORE         ] = "HLSL_IR_STORE",
-        [HLSL_IR_SWITCH        ] = "HLSL_IR_SWITCH",
-        [HLSL_IR_SWIZZLE       ] = "HLSL_IR_SWIZZLE",
+        [HLSL_IR_CALL           ] = "HLSL_IR_CALL",
+        [HLSL_IR_CONSTANT       ] = "HLSL_IR_CONSTANT",
+        [HLSL_IR_EXPR           ] = "HLSL_IR_EXPR",
+        [HLSL_IR_IF             ] = "HLSL_IR_IF",
+        [HLSL_IR_INDEX          ] = "HLSL_IR_INDEX",
+        [HLSL_IR_LOAD           ] = "HLSL_IR_LOAD",
+        [HLSL_IR_LOOP           ] = "HLSL_IR_LOOP",
+        [HLSL_IR_JUMP           ] = "HLSL_IR_JUMP",
+        [HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_LOAD  ] = "HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_LOAD",
+        [HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_STORE ] = "HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_STORE",
+        [HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT] = "HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT",
+        [HLSL_IR_STORE          ] = "HLSL_IR_STORE",
+        [HLSL_IR_SWITCH         ] = "HLSL_IR_SWITCH",
+        [HLSL_IR_SWIZZLE        ] = "HLSL_IR_SWIZZLE",
+        [HLSL_IR_STATEBLOCK_CONSTANT] = "HLSL_IR_STATEBLOCK_CONSTANT",
     };
 
     if (type >= ARRAY_SIZE(names))
@@ -3044,6 +3072,11 @@ static void dump_ir_resource_store(struct vkd3d_string_buffer *buffer, const str
     vkd3d_string_buffer_printf(buffer, ")");
 }
 
+static void dump_ir_string(struct vkd3d_string_buffer *buffer, const struct hlsl_ir_string_constant *string)
+{
+    vkd3d_string_buffer_printf(buffer, "\"%s\"", debugstr_a(string->string));
+}
+
 static void dump_ir_store(struct vkd3d_string_buffer *buffer, const struct hlsl_ir_store *store)
 {
     vkd3d_string_buffer_printf(buffer, "= (");
@@ -3163,6 +3196,10 @@ static void dump_instr(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct vkd3d_string_buffer *buffer,
             dump_ir_resource_store(buffer, hlsl_ir_resource_store(instr));
             break;
 
+        case HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT:
+            dump_ir_string(buffer, hlsl_ir_string_constant(instr));
+            break;
+
         case HLSL_IR_STORE:
             dump_ir_store(buffer, hlsl_ir_store(instr));
             break;
@@ -3341,6 +3378,12 @@ static void free_ir_resource_load(struct hlsl_ir_resource_load *load)
     vkd3d_free(load);
 }
 
+static void free_ir_string_constant(struct hlsl_ir_string_constant *string)
+{
+    vkd3d_free(string->string);
+    vkd3d_free(string);
+}
+
 static void free_ir_resource_store(struct hlsl_ir_resource_store *store)
 {
     hlsl_cleanup_deref(&store->resource);
@@ -3425,6 +3468,10 @@ void hlsl_free_instr(struct hlsl_ir_node *node)
             free_ir_resource_load(hlsl_ir_resource_load(node));
             break;
 
+        case HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT:
+            free_ir_string_constant(hlsl_ir_string_constant(node));
+            break;
+
         case HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_STORE:
             free_ir_resource_store(hlsl_ir_resource_store(node));
             break;
@@ -3868,6 +3915,7 @@ static void declare_predefined_types(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx)
         ctx->builtin_types.sampler[bt] = type;
     }
 
+    ctx->builtin_types.string = hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "STRING", HLSL_CLASS_STRING);
     ctx->builtin_types.Void = hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "void", HLSL_CLASS_VOID);
     hlsl_scope_add_type(ctx->globals, hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "DepthStencilView", HLSL_CLASS_DEPTH_STENCIL_VIEW));
     hlsl_scope_add_type(ctx->globals, hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "DepthStencilState", HLSL_CLASS_DEPTH_STENCIL_STATE));
@@ -3876,7 +3924,6 @@ static void declare_predefined_types(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx)
     hlsl_scope_add_type(ctx->globals, hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "pixelshader", HLSL_CLASS_PIXEL_SHADER));
     hlsl_scope_add_type(ctx->globals, hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "RasterizerState", HLSL_CLASS_RASTERIZER_STATE));
     hlsl_scope_add_type(ctx->globals, hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "RenderTargetView", HLSL_CLASS_RENDER_TARGET_VIEW));
-    hlsl_scope_add_type(ctx->globals, hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "STRING", HLSL_CLASS_STRING));
     hlsl_scope_add_type(ctx->globals, hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "texture", HLSL_CLASS_TEXTURE));
     hlsl_scope_add_type(ctx->globals, hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "vertexshader", HLSL_CLASS_VERTEX_SHADER));
     hlsl_scope_add_type(ctx->globals, hlsl_new_simple_type(ctx, "ComputeShader", HLSL_CLASS_COMPUTE_SHADER));
diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.h b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.h
index a7c04dfc..740e4e78 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.h
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.h
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ enum hlsl_ir_node_type
     HLSL_IR_JUMP,
     HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_LOAD,
     HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_STORE,
+    HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT,
     HLSL_IR_STORE,
     HLSL_IR_SWIZZLE,
     HLSL_IR_SWITCH,
@@ -841,6 +842,12 @@ struct hlsl_ir_constant
     struct hlsl_reg reg;
 };
 
+struct hlsl_ir_string_constant
+{
+    struct hlsl_ir_node node;
+    char *string;
+};
+
 /* Stateblock constants are undeclared values found on state blocks or technique passes descriptions,
  *   that do not concern regular pixel, vertex, or compute shaders, except for parsing. */
 struct hlsl_ir_stateblock_constant
@@ -987,6 +994,7 @@ struct hlsl_ctx
         /* matrix[HLSL_TYPE_FLOAT][1][3] is a float4x2, i.e. dimx = 2, dimy = 4 */
         struct hlsl_type *matrix[HLSL_TYPE_LAST_SCALAR + 1][4][4];
         struct hlsl_type *sampler[HLSL_SAMPLER_DIM_LAST_SAMPLER + 1];
+        struct hlsl_type *string;
         struct hlsl_type *Void;
     } builtin_types;
 
@@ -1062,6 +1070,12 @@ static inline struct hlsl_ir_constant *hlsl_ir_constant(const struct hlsl_ir_nod
     return CONTAINING_RECORD(node, struct hlsl_ir_constant, node);
 }
 
+static inline struct hlsl_ir_string_constant *hlsl_ir_string_constant(const struct hlsl_ir_node *node)
+{
+    VKD3D_ASSERT(node->type == HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT);
+    return CONTAINING_RECORD(node, struct hlsl_ir_string_constant, node);
+}
+
 static inline struct hlsl_ir_expr *hlsl_ir_expr(const struct hlsl_ir_node *node)
 {
     VKD3D_ASSERT(node->type == HLSL_IR_EXPR);
@@ -1421,6 +1435,8 @@ struct hlsl_ir_node *hlsl_new_swizzle(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, uint32_t s, unsigned
         struct hlsl_ir_node *val, const struct vkd3d_shader_location *loc);
 struct hlsl_ir_node *hlsl_new_stateblock_constant(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, const char *name,
         struct vkd3d_shader_location *loc);
+struct hlsl_ir_node *hlsl_new_string_constant(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, const char *str,
+        const struct vkd3d_shader_location *loc);
 struct hlsl_ir_var *hlsl_new_synthetic_var(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, const char *template,
         struct hlsl_type *type, const struct vkd3d_shader_location *loc);
 struct hlsl_ir_var *hlsl_new_synthetic_var_named(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, const char *name,
diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.l b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.l
index 55993dac..5552bbc4 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.l
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.l
@@ -208,6 +208,15 @@ while                   {return KW_WHILE;               }
                                 return NEW_IDENTIFIER;
                         }
 
+{STRING}                {
+                            struct hlsl_ctx *ctx = yyget_extra(yyscanner);
+                            char *string = hlsl_strdup(ctx, yytext + 1);
+
+                            string[strlen(string) - 1] = 0;
+                            yylval->name = string;
+                            return STRING;
+                        }
+
 [0-9]*\.[0-9]+([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?[h|H|f|F]? {
                             yylval->floatval = atof(yytext);
                             return C_FLOAT;
diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.y b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.y
index 455f7473..ca0cf76b 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.y
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.y
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ static union hlsl_constant_value_component evaluate_static_expression(struct hls
         {
             case HLSL_IR_CONSTANT:
             case HLSL_IR_EXPR:
+            case HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT:
             case HLSL_IR_SWIZZLE:
             case HLSL_IR_LOAD:
             case HLSL_IR_INDEX:
@@ -633,6 +634,10 @@ static union hlsl_constant_value_component evaluate_static_expression(struct hls
         constant = hlsl_ir_constant(node);
         ret = constant->value.u[0];
     }
+    else if (node->type == HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT)
+    {
+        hlsl_fixme(ctx, &node->loc, "Evaluate string constants as static expressions.");
+    }
     else
     {
         hlsl_error(ctx, &node->loc, VKD3D_SHADER_ERROR_HLSL_INVALID_SYNTAX,
@@ -8264,6 +8269,23 @@ primary_expr:
                 YYABORT;
             }
         }
+    | STRING
+        {
+            struct hlsl_ir_node *c;
+
+            if (!(c = hlsl_new_string_constant(ctx, $1, &@1)))
+            {
+                vkd3d_free($1);
+                YYABORT;
+            }
+            vkd3d_free($1);
+
+            if (!($$ = make_block(ctx, c)))
+            {
+                hlsl_free_instr(c);
+                YYABORT;
+            }
+        }
     | VAR_IDENTIFIER
         {
             struct hlsl_ir_load *load;
diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c
index 2d10a853..f460e10e 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c
@@ -3933,6 +3933,7 @@ static bool dce(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_node *instr, void *context)
         case HLSL_IR_INDEX:
         case HLSL_IR_LOAD:
         case HLSL_IR_RESOURCE_LOAD:
+        case HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT:
         case HLSL_IR_SWIZZLE:
             if (list_empty(&instr->uses))
             {
@@ -4213,6 +4214,7 @@ static void compute_liveness_recurse(struct hlsl_block *block, unsigned int loop
             break;
         }
         case HLSL_IR_CONSTANT:
+        case HLSL_IR_STRING_CONSTANT:
             break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/hlsl/attributes.shader_test b/tests/hlsl/attributes.shader_test
index fd9c087a..fd26951f 100644
--- a/tests/hlsl/attributes.shader_test
+++ b/tests/hlsl/attributes.shader_test
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ float4 main() : sv_target { return 0; }
     [numthreads(1)]
 float4 main() : sv_target { return 0; }
 
-[pixel shader todo fail(sm>=6)]
+[pixel shader fail(sm>=6)]
 
     [numthreads("")]
 float4 main() : sv_target { return 0; }
 
-[pixel shader todo fail(sm>=6)]
+[pixel shader fail(sm>=6)]
 
     [numthreads("one")]
 float4 main() : sv_target { return 0; }
 
-[pixel shader todo fail(sm>=6)]
+[pixel shader fail(sm>=6)]
 
 uniform float4 f;
 
diff --git a/tests/hlsl/state-block-function-syntax.shader_test b/tests/hlsl/state-block-function-syntax.shader_test
index 6b7d85e3..6bc0cff3 100644
--- a/tests/hlsl/state-block-function-syntax.shader_test
+++ b/tests/hlsl/state-block-function-syntax.shader_test
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ sampler sam
 float4 main() : sv_target { return 0; }
 
 
-[pixel shader todo]
+[pixel shader]
 sampler sam
 {
     SetComputeShader("random string");
diff --git a/tests/hlsl/state-block-syntax.shader_test b/tests/hlsl/state-block-syntax.shader_test
index c5057d91..56bd0a90 100644
--- a/tests/hlsl/state-block-syntax.shader_test
+++ b/tests/hlsl/state-block-syntax.shader_test
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ float4 main() : sv_target { return 0; }
 
 
 % State blocks may have bracket initializers on the rhs.
-[pixel shader todo]
+[pixel shader]
 sampler sam
 {
     MaxAnisotropy = 3;
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ float4 main() : sv_target { return 0; }
 
 
 % Same rules apply for technique passes
-[pixel shader todo]
+[pixel shader]
 technique
 {
     pass