diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.c b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.c
index d3248a261..3e92b8d1d 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.c
@@ -292,6 +292,13 @@ vkparse_alloc (void *context, size_t size)
 	return cmemalloc (pctx->ectx->memsuper, size);
 }
 
+static int
+parse_ignore (const plfield_t *field, const plitem_t *item,
+			  void *data, plitem_t *messages, void *context)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int
 parse_single (const plfield_t *field, const plitem_t *item,
 			  void *data, plitem_t *messages, void *context)
@@ -649,6 +656,22 @@ parse_VkPipelineLayout (const plitem_t *item, void **data,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+exprtype_t VkImage_type = {
+	.name = "VkImage",
+	.size = sizeof (VkImage),
+	.binops = 0,
+	.unops = 0,
+	.data = 0
+};
+
+exprtype_t VkImageView_type = {
+	.name = "VkImageView",
+	.size = sizeof (VkImageView),
+	.binops = 0,
+	.unops = 0,
+	.data = 0
+};
+
 static int
 parse_VkImage (const plitem_t *item, void **data, plitem_t *messages,
 			   parsectx_t *pctx)
@@ -668,31 +691,29 @@ parse_VkImage (const plitem_t *item, void **data, plitem_t *messages,
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	plitem_t   *imageItem = 0;
-	exprval_t   result = { &cexpr_plitem, &imageItem };
+	exprval_t   result = { };
 	ectx.result = &result;
 	ectx.item = item;
 	ret = !cexpr_eval_string (path, &ectx);
 	if (ret) {
-		VkImage image;
-		image = QFV_ParseImage (ctx, imageItem, pctx->properties);
-		*handle = (VkImage) image;
+		if (result.type == &cexpr_plitem) {
+			plitem_t   *imageItem = *(plitem_t **) result.value;
+			VkImage image;
+			image = QFV_ParseImage (ctx, imageItem, pctx->properties);
+			*handle = (VkImage) image;
 
-		// path not guaranteed to survive cexpr_eval_string due to va
-		path = resource_path (ctx, "images", name);
-		QFV_AddHandle (sctx->images, path, (uint64_t) image);
+			// path not guaranteed to survive cexpr_eval_string due to va
+			path = resource_path (ctx, "images", name);
+			QFV_AddHandle (sctx->images, path, (uint64_t) image);
+		} else if (result.type == &VkImage_type) {
+			*handle = *(VkImage *) result.value;
+		} else {
+			ret = 0;
+		}
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
-exprtype_t VkImageView_type = {
-	.name = "VkImageView",
-	.size = sizeof (VkImageView),
-	.binops = 0,
-	.unops = 0,
-	.data = 0
-};
-
 static int
 parse_VkImageView (const plfield_t *field, const plitem_t *item, void *data,
 				   plitem_t *messages, void *context)
@@ -977,23 +998,6 @@ parse_specialization_data (const plitem_t *item, void **data,
 
 #include "libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.cinc"
 
-static exprsym_t qfv_output_t_symbols[] = {
-	{"format", &VkFormat_type, (void *)field_offset (qfv_output_t, format)},
-	{"extent", &VkExtent2D_type, (void *)field_offset (qfv_output_t, extent)},
-	{"view", &VkImageView_type, (void *)field_offset (qfv_output_t, view)},
-	{ }
-};
-static exprtab_t qfv_output_t_symtab = {
-	qfv_output_t_symbols,
-};
-exprtype_t qfv_output_t_type = {
-	.name = "qfv_output_t",
-	.size = sizeof (qfv_output_t),
-	.binops = cexpr_struct_binops,
-	.unops = 0,
-	.data = &qfv_output_t_symtab,
-};
-
 static exprsym_t vulkan_frameset_t_symbols[] = {
 	{"size", &cexpr_size_t, (void *)field_offset (vulkan_frameset_t, size)},
 	{ }
@@ -1590,6 +1594,23 @@ QFV_ParseRGBA (vulkan_ctx_t *ctx, float *rgba, plitem_t *plist,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int
+QFV_ParseOutput (vulkan_ctx_t *ctx, qfv_output_t *output, plitem_t *plist,
+				 plitem_t *properties)
+{
+	memsuper_t *memsuper = new_memsuper ();
+	int         ret = 0;
+	qfv_output_t op = {};
+
+	if (parse_object (ctx, memsuper, plist, parse_qfv_output_t, &op,
+					  properties)) {
+		memcpy (output, &op, sizeof (*output));
+		ret = 1;
+	}
+	delete_memsuper (memsuper);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int vulkan_frame_count;
 static cvar_t vulkan_frame_count_cvar = {
 	.name = "vulkan_frame_count",
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.h b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.h
index 32480cad0..922cae566 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.h
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.h
@@ -75,4 +75,6 @@ struct qfv_subpassset_s *QFV_ParseSubpasses (vulkan_ctx_t *ctx,
 											 plitem_t *properties);
 int QFV_ParseRGBA (vulkan_ctx_t *ctx, float *rgba, plitem_t *plist,
 				   plitem_t *properties);
+int QFV_ParseOutput (vulkan_ctx_t *ctx, qfv_output_t *output, plitem_t *plist,
+					 plitem_t *properties);
 #endif//__vkparse_h
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.plist b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.plist
index b65e1b53f..f22ae092f 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.plist
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vkparse.plist
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 		VkRenderPassMultiviewCreateInfo,
 
 		qfv_subpass_t,
+		qfv_output_t,
 	);
 	parse = {
 		VkSubpassDescription = {
@@ -392,5 +393,21 @@
 				string = name;
 			};
 		};
+
+		qfv_output_s = {
+			.name = qfv_output_t;
+			extent = auto;
+			image = {
+				type = (readonly, VkImage);
+				value = image;
+			};
+			view = {
+				type = (readonly, VkImageView);
+				value = view;
+			};
+			format = auto;
+			frames = auto;
+			finalLayout = auto;
+		};
 	};
 }