diff --git a/Docs/Whats_New.md b/Docs/Whats_New.md
index ed29646a..32b01359 100644
--- a/Docs/Whats_New.md
+++ b/Docs/Whats_New.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Released TBD
 - Fix swizzle of depth and stencil values into RGBA (`float4`) variable in shaders.
 - Disable `VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT` for 
   `VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32` on macOS Apple Silicon.
+- Support alpha-to-coverage without a color attachment.
 
 
 
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm
index 6cf3d3be..b6bde214 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm
@@ -1546,7 +1546,12 @@ void MVKGraphicsPipeline::initShaderConversionConfig(SPIRVToMSLConversionConfigu
 	MVKPixelFormats* pixFmts = getPixelFormats();
     MTLPixelFormat mtlDSFormat = pixFmts->getMTLPixelFormat(mvkRenderSubpass->getDepthStencilFormat());
 
-	shaderConfig.options.mslOptions.enable_frag_output_mask = 0;
+	// Disable any unused color attachments, because Metal validation can complain if the
+	// fragment shader outputs a color value without a corresponding color attachment.
+	// However, if alpha-to-coverage is enabled, we must enable the fragment shader first color output,
+	// even without a color attachment present or in use, so that coverage can be calculated.
+	bool hasA2C = pCreateInfo->pMultisampleState && pCreateInfo->pMultisampleState->alphaToCoverageEnable;
+	shaderConfig.options.mslOptions.enable_frag_output_mask = hasA2C ? 1 : 0;
 	if (pCreateInfo->pColorBlendState) {
 		for (uint32_t caIdx = 0; caIdx < pCreateInfo->pColorBlendState->attachmentCount; caIdx++) {
 			if (mvkRenderSubpass->isColorAttachmentUsed(caIdx)) {