diff --git a/ffi/SpirvInterpreter.h b/ffi/SpirvInterpreter.h
index 6350022..a304547 100644
--- a/ffi/SpirvInterpreter.h
+++ b/ffi/SpirvInterpreter.h
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ SPV_API SpvModuleReflectionInfos SpvModuleGetReflectionInfos(SpvModule module);
 SPV_API SpvResult SpvModuleGetBindingResult(SpvModule module, SpvWord set, SpvWord binding, SpvWord* result);
 
 SPV_API SpvResult SpvInitRuntime(SpvRuntime* runtime, SpvModule module, SpvImageAPI image_api);
+SPV_API SpvResult SpvInitRuntimeFrom(SpvRuntime* runtime, SpvRuntime other, SpvImageAPI image_api);
 SPV_API void SpvDeinitRuntime(SpvRuntime runtime);
 
 SPV_API SpvResult SpvFlushDescriptorSets(SpvRuntime runtime);
diff --git a/ffi/runtime.zig b/ffi/runtime.zig
index 64769af..a6d35ab 100644
--- a/ffi/runtime.zig
+++ b/ffi/runtime.zig
@@ -266,6 +266,32 @@ export fn SpvInitRuntime(rt: **RuntimeWrapper, module: *spv.Module, image_api: I
     return .Success;
 }
 
+export fn SpvInitRuntimeFrom(rt: **RuntimeWrapper, other: *RuntimeWrapper, image_api: ImageAPI) callconv(.c) ffi.Result {
+    const allocator = std.heap.c_allocator;
+
+    rt.* = allocator.create(RuntimeWrapper) catch return .OutOfMemory;
+    rt.*.image_api = image_api;
+
+    rt.*.rt = spv.Runtime.initFrom(
+        allocator,
+        &other.rt,
+        .{
+            .readImageFloat4 = ImageAPIBridge.readImageFloat4,
+            .readImageInt4 = ImageAPIBridge.readImageInt4,
+            .writeImageFloat4 = ImageAPIBridge.writeImageFloat4,
+            .writeImageInt4 = ImageAPIBridge.writeImageInt4,
+            .sampleImageFloat4 = ImageAPIBridge.sampleImageFloat4,
+            .sampleImageInt4 = ImageAPIBridge.sampleImageInt4,
+            .sampleImageDref = ImageAPIBridge.sampleImageDref,
+            .queryImageSize = ImageAPIBridge.queryImageSize,
+        },
+    ) catch |err| {
+        allocator.destroy(rt.*);
+        return toCResult(err);
+    };
+    return .Success;
+}
+
 export fn SpvDeinitRuntime(rt: *RuntimeWrapper) callconv(.c) void {
     const allocator = std.heap.c_allocator;
     rt.rt.deinit(allocator);
diff --git a/src/Runtime.zig b/src/Runtime.zig
index 068b630..4306ebb 100644
--- a/src/Runtime.zig
+++ b/src/Runtime.zig
@@ -148,6 +148,40 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, module: *Module, image_api: ImageAPI)
     };
 }
 
+pub fn initFrom(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, other: *const Self, image_api: ImageAPI) RuntimeError!Self {
+    const results = allocator.alloc(Result, other.results.len) catch return RuntimeError.OutOfMemory;
+    var initialized: usize = 0;
+    errdefer {
+        for (results[0..initialized]) |*result| {
+            result.deinit(allocator);
+        }
+        allocator.free(results);
+    }
+
+    for (results, other.results) |*new_result, result| {
+        new_result.* = result.dupe(allocator) catch return RuntimeError.OutOfMemory;
+        initialized += 1;
+    }
+
+    var self: Self = .{
+        .mod = other.mod,
+        .it = other.mod.it,
+        .results = results,
+        .current_parameter_index = 0,
+        .current_function = null,
+        .function_stack = .empty,
+        .current_label = null,
+        .previous_label = null,
+        .specialization_constants = .empty,
+        .derivatives = .empty,
+        .image_api = image_api,
+    };
+    errdefer self.deinit(allocator);
+
+    try self.copySpecializationConstantsFrom(allocator, other);
+    return self;
+}
+
 pub fn deinit(self: *Self, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
     for (self.results) |*result| {
         result.deinit(allocator);