diff --git a/internal/shader/expr.go b/internal/shader/expr.go
index f1f50656e..a2693812f 100644
--- a/internal/shader/expr.go
+++ b/internal/shader/expr.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"go/token"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/internal/shaderir"
 )
@@ -869,7 +870,7 @@ func (cs *compileState) parseExpr(block *block, fname string, expr ast.Expr, mar
 		return cs.parseExpr(block, fname, e.X, markLocalVariableUsed)
 
 	case *ast.SelectorExpr:
-		exprs, _, stmts, ok := cs.parseExpr(block, fname, e.X, true)
+		exprs, types, stmts, ok := cs.parseExpr(block, fname, e.X, true)
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, nil, nil, false
 		}
@@ -877,6 +878,12 @@ func (cs *compileState) parseExpr(block *block, fname string, expr ast.Expr, mar
 			cs.addError(e.Pos(), fmt.Sprintf("multiple-value context is not available at a selector: %s", e.X))
 			return nil, nil, nil, false
 		}
+
+		if !isValidSwizzling(e.Sel.Name, types[0]) {
+			cs.addError(e.Pos(), fmt.Sprintf("unexpected swizzling: %s", e.Sel.Name))
+			return nil, nil, nil, false
+		}
+
 		var t shaderir.Type
 		switch len(e.Sel.Name) {
 		case 1:
@@ -1069,3 +1076,20 @@ func (cs *compileState) parseExpr(block *block, fname string, expr ast.Expr, mar
 	}
 	return nil, nil, nil, false
 }
+
+func isValidSwizzling(swizzling string, t shaderir.Type) bool {
+	if !shaderir.IsValidSwizzling(swizzling) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	switch t.Main {
+	case shaderir.Vec2:
+		return !strings.ContainsAny(swizzling, "zwbarq")
+	case shaderir.Vec3:
+		return !strings.ContainsAny(swizzling, "waq")
+	case shaderir.Vec4:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/shader/syntax_test.go b/internal/shader/syntax_test.go
index 38eda8788..c9b193126 100644
--- a/internal/shader/syntax_test.go
+++ b/internal/shader/syntax_test.go
@@ -2409,3 +2409,59 @@ func Fragment(position vec4, texCoord vec2, color vec4) vec4 {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSwizzling(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		stmt string
+		err  bool
+	}{
+		{stmt: "var a vec2; var b float = a.x; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec2; var b float = a.y; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec2; var b float = a.z; _ = b", err: true},
+		{stmt: "var a vec2; var b float = a.w; _ = b", err: true},
+		{stmt: "var a vec2; var b vec2 = a.xy; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec2; var b vec3 = a.xyz; _ = b", err: true},
+		{stmt: "var a vec2; var b vec3 = a.xyw; _ = b", err: true},
+		{stmt: "var a vec2; var b vec3 = a.xyy; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec2; var b vec3 = a.xyz; _ = b", err: true},
+		{stmt: "var a vec2; var b vec4 = a.xyzw; _ = b", err: true},
+
+		{stmt: "var a vec3; var b float = a.x; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec3; var b float = a.y; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec3; var b float = a.z; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec3; var b float = a.w; _ = b", err: true},
+		{stmt: "var a vec3; var b vec2 = a.xy; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec3; var b vec3 = a.xyz; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec3; var b vec3 = a.xyw; _ = b", err: true},
+		{stmt: "var a vec3; var b vec3 = a.xyy; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec3; var b vec3 = a.xyz; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec3; var b vec4 = a.xyzw; _ = b", err: true},
+
+		{stmt: "var a vec4; var b float = a.x; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec4; var b float = a.y; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec4; var b float = a.z; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec4; var b float = a.w; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec4; var b vec2 = a.xy; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec4; var b vec3 = a.xyz; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec4; var b vec3 = a.xyw; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec4; var b vec3 = a.xyy; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec4; var b vec3 = a.xyz; _ = b", err: false},
+		{stmt: "var a vec4; var b vec4 = a.xyzw; _ = b", err: false},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		stmt := c.stmt
+		src := fmt.Sprintf(`package main
+
+func Fragment(position vec4, texCoord vec2, color vec4) vec4 {
+	%s
+	return position
+}`, stmt)
+		_, err := compileToIR([]byte(src))
+		if err == nil && c.err {
+			t.Errorf("%s must return an error but does not", stmt)
+		} else if err != nil && !c.err {
+			t.Errorf("%s must not return nil but returned %v", stmt, err)
+		}
+	}
+}