diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/API/vk_mvk_moltenvk.h b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/API/vk_mvk_moltenvk.h
index 309097a..3b67b4d 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/API/vk_mvk_moltenvk.h
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/API/vk_mvk_moltenvk.h
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@
 	VkBool32 nonUniformThreadgroups;			/**< If true, the device supports arbitrary-sized grids in compute workloads. */
 	VkBool32 renderWithoutAttachments;          /**< If true, we don't have to create a dummy attachment for a render pass if there isn't one. */
 	VkBool32 deferredStoreActions;				/**< If true, render pass store actions can be specified after the render encoder is created. */
+	VkBool32 sharedLinearTextures;				/**< If true, linear textures and texture buffers can be created from buffers in Shared storage. */
 } MVKPhysicalDeviceMetalFeatures;
 
 /** MoltenVK performance of a particular type of activity. */
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKBuffer.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKBuffer.mm
index 92d39f2..de17272 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKBuffer.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKBuffer.mm
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 #if MVK_MACOS
 	if (_deviceMemory) {
-		_isHostCoherentTexelBuffer = _deviceMemory->isMemoryHostCoherent() && mvkIsAnyFlagEnabled(_usage, VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT | VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT);
+		_isHostCoherentTexelBuffer = !_device->_pMetalFeatures->sharedLinearTextures && _deviceMemory->isMemoryHostCoherent() && mvkIsAnyFlagEnabled(_usage, VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT | VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT);
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
         }
         id<MTLBuffer> mtlBuff;
         VkDeviceSize mtlBuffOffset;
-        if (MVK_MACOS && _buffer->isMemoryHostCoherent()) {
+        if ( !_device->_pMetalFeatures->sharedLinearTextures && _buffer->isMemoryHostCoherent() ) {
             mtlBuff = _buffer->getMTLBufferCache();
             mtlBuffOffset = _offset;
         } else {
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDevice.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDevice.mm
index ac1c96d..575ee3f 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDevice.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDevice.mm
@@ -997,6 +997,7 @@
     _metalFeatures.texelBuffers = true;
 	_metalFeatures.maxTextureDimension = (8 * KIBI);
     _metalFeatures.dynamicMTLBufferSize = (4 * KIBI);
+    _metalFeatures.sharedLinearTextures = true;
 
     if (supportsMTLFeatureSet(tvOS_GPUFamily1_v2)) {
 		_metalFeatures.mslVersionEnum = MTLLanguageVersion1_2;
@@ -1044,6 +1045,7 @@
 	_metalFeatures.mtlCopyBufferAlignment = 1;
     _metalFeatures.texelBuffers = true;
 	_metalFeatures.maxTextureDimension = (4 * KIBI);
+    _metalFeatures.sharedLinearTextures = true;
 
     if (supportsMTLFeatureSet(iOS_GPUFamily1_v2)) {
 		_metalFeatures.mslVersionEnum = MTLLanguageVersion1_1;
@@ -1157,6 +1159,9 @@
 		_metalFeatures.mslVersionEnum = MTLLanguageVersion2_2;
 		_metalFeatures.native3DCompressedTextures = true;
         _metalFeatures.renderWithoutAttachments = true;
+        if ( mvkOSVersionIsAtLeast(mvkMakeOSVersion(10, 15, 5)) ) {
+            _metalFeatures.sharedLinearTextures = true;
+        }
 		if (supportsMTLGPUFamily(Mac2)) {
 			_metalFeatures.nativeTextureSwizzle = true;
 			_metalFeatures.placementHeaps = useMTLHeaps;
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDeviceMemory.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDeviceMemory.mm
index cfa410e..593be4d 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDeviceMemory.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDeviceMemory.mm
@@ -308,8 +308,10 @@
 			if (!((MVKImage*)dedicatedImage)->_isLinear) {
 				setConfigurationResult(reportError(VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY, "Host-coherent VkDeviceMemory objects cannot be associated with optimal-tiling images."));
 			} else {
-				// Need to use the managed mode for images.
-				_mtlStorageMode = MTLStorageModeManaged;
+				if (!_device->_pMetalFeatures->sharedLinearTextures) {
+					// Need to use the managed mode for images.
+					_mtlStorageMode = MTLStorageModeManaged;
+				}
 				// Nonetheless, we need a buffer to be able to map the memory at will.
 				if (!ensureMTLBuffer() ) {
 					setConfigurationResult(reportError(VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY, "Could not allocate a host-coherent VkDeviceMemory of size %llu bytes. The maximum memory-aligned size of a host-coherent VkDeviceMemory is %llu bytes.", _allocationSize, _device->_pMetalFeatures->maxMTLBufferSize));
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKImage.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKImage.mm
index 55c29d1..f748d0a 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKImage.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKImage.mm
@@ -395,10 +395,8 @@
     _usesTexelBuffer = _device->_pMetalFeatures->texelBuffers && _deviceMemory && _deviceMemory->_mtlBuffer; // Texel buffers available
     _usesTexelBuffer = _usesTexelBuffer && (isMemoryHostAccessible() || _device->_pMetalFeatures->placementHeaps) && _image->_isLinear && !_image->getIsCompressed(); // Applicable memory layout
 
-#if MVK_MACOS
-    // macOS cannot use shared memory for texel buffers.
-    _usesTexelBuffer = _usesTexelBuffer && !isMemoryHostCoherent();
-#endif
+    // macOS before 10.15.5 cannot use shared memory for texel buffers.
+    _usesTexelBuffer = _usesTexelBuffer && (_device->_pMetalFeatures->sharedLinearTextures || !isMemoryHostCoherent());
 
     flushToDevice(getDeviceMemoryOffset(), getByteCount());
     return _deviceMemory ? _deviceMemory->addImageMemoryBinding(this) : VK_SUCCESS;
@@ -430,10 +428,9 @@
                                               VkPipelineStageFlags dstStageMask,
                                               MVKPipelineBarrier& barrier) {
 #if MVK_MACOS
-	//  On macOS, texture memory is never host-coherent, so don't test for it.
     return ((barrier.newLayout == VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL) &&
             mvkIsAnyFlagEnabled(barrier.dstAccessMask, (VK_ACCESS_HOST_READ_BIT | VK_ACCESS_MEMORY_READ_BIT)) &&
-            isMemoryHostAccessible());
+            isMemoryHostAccessible() && (!_device->_pMetalFeatures->sharedLinearTextures || !isMemoryHostCoherent()));
 #endif
 #if MVK_IOS_OR_TVOS
     return false;
@@ -761,10 +758,10 @@
 
     if (_ioSurface && stgMode == MTLStorageModePrivate) { stgMode = MTLStorageModeShared; }
 
-#if MVK_MACOS
-	// For macOS, textures cannot use Shared storage mode, so change to Managed storage mode.
-    if (stgMode == MTLStorageModeShared) { stgMode = MTLStorageModeManaged; }
-#endif
+	// For macOS prior to 10.15.5, textures cannot use Shared storage mode, so change to Managed storage mode.
+    if (stgMode == MTLStorageModeShared && !_device->_pMetalFeatures->sharedLinearTextures) {
+        stgMode = MTLStorageModeManaged;
+    }
     return stgMode;
 }