diff --git a/src/dawn/native/d3d12/ComputePipelineD3D12.cpp b/src/dawn/native/d3d12/ComputePipelineD3D12.cpp
index 858594008a..9c6845ab5e 100644
--- a/src/dawn/native/d3d12/ComputePipelineD3D12.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/native/d3d12/ComputePipelineD3D12.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ MaybeError ComputePipeline::Initialize() {
     // SPRIV-cross does matrix multiplication expecting row major matrices
     compileFlags |= D3DCOMPILE_PACK_MATRIX_ROW_MAJOR;
 
+    // FXC can miscompile code that depends on special float values (NaN, INF, etc) when IEEE
+    // strictness is not enabled. See crbug.com/tint/976.
+    compileFlags |= D3DCOMPILE_IEEE_STRICTNESS;
+
     const ProgrammableStage& computeStage = GetStage(SingleShaderStage::Compute);
     ShaderModule* module = ToBackend(computeStage.module.Get());