diff --git a/opencl/test/unit_test/offline_compiler/offline_compiler_tests.cpp b/opencl/test/unit_test/offline_compiler/offline_compiler_tests.cpp
index 87a1d716aa..1fb59cecc7 100644
--- a/opencl/test/unit_test/offline_compiler/offline_compiler_tests.cpp
+++ b/opencl/test/unit_test/offline_compiler/offline_compiler_tests.cpp
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ TEST(OclocCompile, givenCommandLineWithoutDeviceWhenCompilingToSpirvThenSucceeds
     ASSERT_EQ(0, retVal);
     retVal = ocloc.build();
     EXPECT_EQ(0, retVal);
-    EXPECT_THAT(ocloc.internalOptions.c_str(), testing::HasSubstr("-ocl-version=300 -cl-ext=-all,+cl_khr_3d_image_writes"));
+    EXPECT_THAT(ocloc.internalOptions.c_str(), testing::HasSubstr("-ocl-version=300 -cl-ext=-all,+cl_khr_3d_image_writes -D__IMAGE_SUPPORT__=1"));
 }
 
 TEST(OclocCompile, givenDeviceAndInternalOptionsOptionWhenCompilingToSpirvThenInternalOptionsAreSetCorrectly) {
diff --git a/shared/offline_compiler/source/offline_compiler.cpp b/shared/offline_compiler/source/offline_compiler.cpp
index 3af9d9bd2b..1481fccfbc 100644
--- a/shared/offline_compiler/source/offline_compiler.cpp
+++ b/shared/offline_compiler/source/offline_compiler.cpp
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ int OfflineCompiler::initialize(size_t numArgs, const std::vector<std::string> &
     }
     if (deviceName.empty()) {
         internalOptions = CompilerOptions::concatenate("-ocl-version=300 -cl-ext=-all,+cl_khr_3d_image_writes", internalOptions);
+        CompilerOptions::concatenateAppend(internalOptions, CompilerOptions::enableImageSupport);
     } else {
         std::string extensionsList = getExtensionsList(hwInfo);
         if (requiresAdditionalExtensions(options)) {