diff --git a/internal/shader/expr.go b/internal/shader/expr.go
index 258895ca0..d2c36777d 100644
--- a/internal/shader/expr.go
+++ b/internal/shader/expr.go
@@ -572,9 +572,17 @@ func (cs *compileState) parseExpr(block *block, fname string, expr ast.Expr, mar
 					args[0].ConstType = shaderir.ConstTypeFloat
 					argts[0] = shaderir.Type{Main: shaderir.Float}
 				}
-				if argts[0].Main != shaderir.Float && argts[0].Main != shaderir.Vec2 && argts[0].Main != shaderir.Vec3 && argts[0].Main != shaderir.Vec4 {
-					cs.addError(e.Pos(), fmt.Sprintf("cannot use %s as float, vec2, vec3, or vec4 value in argument to %s", argts[0].String(), callee.BuiltinFunc))
-					return nil, nil, nil, false
+				switch callee.BuiltinFunc {
+				case shaderir.Transpose:
+					if argts[0].Main != shaderir.Mat2 && argts[0].Main != shaderir.Mat3 && argts[0].Main != shaderir.Mat4 {
+						cs.addError(e.Pos(), fmt.Sprintf("cannot use %s as mat2, mat3, or mat4 value in argument to %s", argts[0].String(), callee.BuiltinFunc))
+						return nil, nil, nil, false
+					}
+				default:
+					if argts[0].Main != shaderir.Float && argts[0].Main != shaderir.Vec2 && argts[0].Main != shaderir.Vec3 && argts[0].Main != shaderir.Vec4 {
+						cs.addError(e.Pos(), fmt.Sprintf("cannot use %s as float, vec2, vec3, or vec4 value in argument to %s", argts[0].String(), callee.BuiltinFunc))
+						return nil, nil, nil, false
+					}
 				}
 				if callee.BuiltinFunc == shaderir.Length {
 					t = shaderir.Type{Main: shaderir.Float}
diff --git a/internal/shader/syntax_test.go b/internal/shader/syntax_test.go
index 8f7c52728..2d892d38e 100644
--- a/internal/shader/syntax_test.go
+++ b/internal/shader/syntax_test.go
@@ -2152,3 +2152,40 @@ func Fragment(position vec4, texCoord vec2, color vec4) vec4 {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// Issue #2184
+func TestSyntaxBuiltinFuncTransposeType(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		stmt string
+		err  bool
+	}{
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(); _ = a", err: true},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(false); _ = a", err: true},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(1); _ = a", err: true},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(1.0); _ = a", err: true},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(int(1)); _ = a", err: true},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(vec2(1)); _ = a", err: true},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(vec3(1)); _ = a", err: true},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(vec4(1)); _ = a", err: true},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(mat2(1)); _ = a", err: false},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(mat3(1)); _ = a", err: false},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(mat4(1)); _ = a", err: false},
+		{stmt: "a := transpose(1, 1); _ = a", err: true},
+	}
+
+	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)
+		}
+	}
+}