diff --git a/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs b/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs
index ebd00c3894d222..2913be3ef30617 100644
--- a/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs
+++ b/examples/shader/compute_shader_game_of_life.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //! is rendered to the screen.
 
 use bevy::{
+    app::AppExit,
     prelude::*,
     render::{
         extract_resource::{ExtractResource, ExtractResourcePlugin},
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ use bevy::{
         render_asset::RenderAssets,
         render_graph::{self, RenderGraph, RenderLabel},
         render_resource::*,
-        renderer::{RenderContext, RenderDevice},
+        renderer::{RenderAdapter, RenderContext, RenderDevice},
         Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
     },
     window::WindowPlugin,
@@ -92,6 +93,17 @@ impl Plugin for GameOfLifeComputePlugin {
     fn finish(&self, app: &mut App) {
         let render_app = app.sub_app_mut(RenderApp);
         render_app.init_resource::<GameOfLifePipeline>();
+
+        if !render_app
+            .world
+            .resource::<RenderAdapter>()
+            .get_texture_format_features(TextureFormat::Rgba8Unorm)
+            .allowed_usages
+            .contains(TextureUsages::STORAGE_BINDING)
+        {
+            error!("Rgba8Unorm texture format does not support STORAGE_BINDING usage, exiting.");
+            app.world.send_event(AppExit);
+        }
     }
 }