diff --git a/include/merian/vk/descriptors/descriptor_set.hpp b/include/merian/vk/descriptors/descriptor_set.hpp
index 0deaf76c..4e1c55c0 100644
--- a/include/merian/vk/descriptors/descriptor_set.hpp
+++ b/include/merian/vk/descriptors/descriptor_set.hpp
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ class DescriptorSet : public std::enable_shared_from_this<DescriptorSet> {
     }
 
     operator const vk::DescriptorSetLayout&() const {
-        return *layout.get();
+        return *layout;
+    }
+
+    const vk::DescriptorSet& operator*() const {
+        return set;
     }
 
     const vk::DescriptorSet& get_descriptor_set() const {
diff --git a/include/merian/vk/descriptors/descriptor_set_layout_builder.hpp b/include/merian/vk/descriptors/descriptor_set_layout_builder.hpp
index 12cdc6d5..16eda4a3 100644
--- a/include/merian/vk/descriptors/descriptor_set_layout_builder.hpp
+++ b/include/merian/vk/descriptors/descriptor_set_layout_builder.hpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class DescriptorSetLayoutBuilder {
 
   public:
     DescriptorSetLayoutBuilder(std::vector<vk::DescriptorSetLayoutBinding> bindings = {}) {
-        add_binding(bindings);
+        add_binding(std::move(bindings));
     }
 
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ class DescriptorSetLayoutBuilder {
         return *this;
     }
 
-    DescriptorSetLayoutBuilder& add_binding(std::vector<vk::DescriptorSetLayoutBinding> bindings) {
-        for (auto& binding : bindings) {
+    DescriptorSetLayoutBuilder& add_binding(const std::vector<vk::DescriptorSetLayoutBinding>& bindings) {
+        for (const auto& binding : bindings) {
             add_binding(binding);
         }
         return *this;
diff --git a/include/merian/vk/extension/extension_vk_push_descriptor.hpp b/include/merian/vk/extension/extension_vk_push_descriptor.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..971adc0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/merian/vk/extension/extension_vk_push_descriptor.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "merian/vk/extension/extension.hpp"
+
+namespace merian {
+
+class ExtensionVkPushDescriptor : public Extension {
+  public:
+    ExtensionVkPushDescriptor() : Extension("ExtensionVkPushDescriptor") {}
+    ~ExtensionVkPushDescriptor() {}
+
+    std::vector<const char*>
+    required_device_extension_names(vk::PhysicalDevice) const override {
+        return {VK_KHR_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_EXTENSION_NAME};
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace merian
diff --git a/include/merian/vk/pipeline/pipeline.hpp b/include/merian/vk/pipeline/pipeline.hpp
index f037f2ef..ebe4c8d6 100644
--- a/include/merian/vk/pipeline/pipeline.hpp
+++ b/include/merian/vk/pipeline/pipeline.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Pipeline : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Pipeline> {
 
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    operator const vk::Pipeline() const {
+    operator const vk::Pipeline&() const {
         return pipeline;
     }
 
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@ class Pipeline : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Pipeline> {
                              const std::shared_ptr<DescriptorSet>& descriptor_set,
                              const uint32_t first_set = 0) {
         cmd.bindDescriptorSets(get_pipeline_bind_point(), *pipeline_layout, first_set, 1,
-                               &descriptor_set->get_descriptor_set(), 0, nullptr);
+                               &**descriptor_set, 0, nullptr);
+    }
+
+    void push_descriptor_set(const vk::CommandBuffer& cmd,
+                             const uint32_t set,
+                             const std::vector<vk::WriteDescriptorSet>& writes) {
+        cmd.pushDescriptorSetKHR(get_pipeline_bind_point(), *pipeline_layout, set, writes);
     }
 
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------