diff --git a/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp b/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp
index d3d4a764c4..c9f367c30a 100644
--- a/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp
+++ b/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class RenderTestApp
     ComPtr<IBuffer> m_vertexBuffer;
     ComPtr<IShaderProgram> m_shaderProgram;
     ComPtr<IPipeline> m_pipeline;
+    ComPtr<IShaderTable> m_shaderTable;
     ComPtr<ITexture> m_depthBuffer;
     ComPtr<ITextureView> m_depthBufferView;
     ComPtr<ITexture> m_colorBuffer;
@@ -648,6 +649,7 @@ SlangResult RenderTestApp::initialize(
                 m_pipeline = device->createRenderPipeline(desc);
             }
             break;
+
         case Options::ShaderProgramType::GraphicsMeshCompute:
         case Options::ShaderProgramType::GraphicsTaskMeshCompute:
             {
@@ -660,6 +662,33 @@ SlangResult RenderTestApp::initialize(
                 desc.depthStencil.format = Format::D32_FLOAT;
                 m_pipeline = device->createRenderPipeline(desc);
             }
+            break;
+
+        case Options::ShaderProgramType::RayTracing:
+            {
+                RayTracingPipelineDesc desc;
+                desc.program = m_shaderProgram;
+
+                m_pipeline = device->createRayTracingPipeline(desc);
+
+                const char* raygenNames[] = {"raygenMain"};
+
+                // We don't define a miss shader for this test. OptiX allows
+                // passing nullptr to indicate no miss shader, but something in
+                // slang-rhi assumes that the miss shader always has a name. To
+                // work around that, use a dummy name.
+                const char* missNames[] = {"missNull"};
+
+                ShaderTableDesc shaderTableDesc = {};
+                shaderTableDesc.program = m_shaderProgram;
+                shaderTableDesc.rayGenShaderCount = 1;
+                shaderTableDesc.rayGenShaderEntryPointNames = raygenNames;
+                shaderTableDesc.missShaderCount = 1;
+                shaderTableDesc.missShaderEntryPointNames = missNames;
+                SLANG_RETURN_ON_FAIL(
+                    device->createShaderTable(shaderTableDesc, m_shaderTable.writeRef()));
+            }
+            break;
         }
     }
     // If success must have a pipeline state
@@ -972,6 +1001,25 @@ Result RenderTestApp::update()
             m_options.computeDispatchSize[2]);
         passEncoder->end();
     }
+    else if (m_options.shaderType == Options::ShaderProgramType::RayTracing)
+    {
+        auto rootObject = m_device->createRootShaderObject(m_pipeline);
+        applyBinding(rootObject);
+        rootObject->finalize();
+
+        auto passEncoder = encoder->beginRayTracingPass();
+        RayTracingState state;
+        state.pipeline = static_cast<IRayTracingPipeline*>(m_pipeline.get());
+        state.rootObject = rootObject;
+        state.shaderTable = m_shaderTable;
+        passEncoder->setRayTracingState(state);
+        passEncoder->dispatchRays(
+            0,
+            m_options.computeDispatchSize[0],
+            m_options.computeDispatchSize[1],
+            m_options.computeDispatchSize[2]);
+        passEncoder->end();
+    }
     else
     {
         auto rootObject = m_device->createRootShaderObject(m_pipeline);
@@ -1072,7 +1120,8 @@ Result RenderTestApp::update()
             if (m_options.shaderType == Options::ShaderProgramType::Compute ||
                 m_options.shaderType == Options::ShaderProgramType::GraphicsCompute ||
                 m_options.shaderType == Options::ShaderProgramType::GraphicsMeshCompute ||
-                m_options.shaderType == Options::ShaderProgramType::GraphicsTaskMeshCompute)
+                m_options.shaderType == Options::ShaderProgramType::GraphicsTaskMeshCompute ||
+                m_options.shaderType == Options::ShaderProgramType::RayTracing)
             {
                 SLANG_RETURN_ON_FAIL(writeBindingOutput(m_options.outputPath));
             }