diff --git a/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/autoIO.ts b/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/autoIO.ts
index b35a092b1a..54e222f904 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/autoIO.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/autoIO.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ export class AutoFragmentFn implements SelfResolvable {
       setName(impl, 'fragmentFn');
     }
     this.#core = createFnCore(impl, 'fragment');
-    this.autoIn = new AutoStruct({ ...builtinFragmentIn, ...varyings }, undefined, locations);
+    this.autoIn = new AutoStruct({ ...builtinFragmentIn, ...varyings }, undefined, locations, {
+      autoInterpolateIntegerVaryings: true,
+    });
     setName(this.autoIn, 'FragmentIn');
     this.autoOut = new AutoStruct(builtinFragmentOut, vec4f);
     setName(this.autoOut, 'FragmentOut');
@@ -134,7 +136,9 @@ export class AutoVertexFn implements SelfResolvable {
     this.#core = createFnCore(impl, 'vertex');
     this.autoIn = new AutoStruct({ ...builtinVertexIn, ...attribs }, undefined, locations);
     setName(this.autoIn, 'VertexIn');
-    this.autoOut = new AutoStruct(builtinVertexOut, undefined);
+    this.autoOut = new AutoStruct(builtinVertexOut, undefined, undefined, {
+      autoInterpolateIntegerVaryings: true,
+    });
     setName(this.autoOut, 'VertexOut');
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/ioSchema.ts b/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/ioSchema.ts
index 9d3fe80726..f7e94f4ddc 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/ioSchema.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/ioSchema.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@ import {
   type Decorate,
   type HasCustomLocation,
   type IsBuiltin,
+  interpolate,
   location,
 } from '../../data/attributes.ts';
 import { isBuiltin } from '../../data/attributes.ts';
-import { getCustomLocation, isData } from '../../data/dataTypes.ts';
+import { getCustomLocation, isData, undecorate } from '../../data/dataTypes.ts';
 import { INTERNAL_createStruct } from '../../data/struct.ts';
-import { type BaseData, isVoid, type Location, type WgslStruct } from '../../data/wgslTypes.ts';
+import {
+  type BaseData,
+  type FlatInterpolatableData,
+  isInterpolateAttrib,
+  isVoid,
+  type Location,
+  type WgslStruct,
+} from '../../data/wgslTypes.ts';
 import type { SeparatedEntryArgs } from './fnTypes.ts';
 
 export type WithLocations<T extends Record<string, BaseData>> = {
@@ -28,9 +36,39 @@ export type IOLayoutToSchema<T> = T extends BaseData
       ? void
       : never;
 
+const integerVaryingTypes = new Set([
+  'i32',
+  'u32',
+  'vec2i',
+  'vec2u',
+  'vec3i',
+  'vec3u',
+  'vec4i',
+  'vec4u',
+]);
+
+export type IoSchemaOptions = {
+  readonly autoInterpolateIntegerVaryings?: boolean;
+};
+
+function hasInterpolation(data: BaseData) {
+  return (data as { attribs?: unknown[] }).attribs?.some(isInterpolateAttrib) ?? false;
+}
+
+function maybeInterpolateIntegerVarying(data: BaseData, options: IoSchemaOptions) {
+  if (!options.autoInterpolateIntegerVaryings || hasInterpolation(data)) {
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  return integerVaryingTypes.has(undecorate(data).type)
+    ? interpolate('flat', data as FlatInterpolatableData)
+    : data;
+}
+
 export function withLocations<T extends BaseData>(
   members: Record<string, T> | undefined,
   locations: Record<string, number> = {},
+  options: IoSchemaOptions = {},
 ): Record<string, BaseData> {
   let nextLocation = 0;
   const usedCustomLocations = new Set<number>();
@@ -54,21 +92,22 @@ export function withLocations<T extends BaseData>(
           // skipping builtins
           return [key, member];
         }
+        const memberWithInterpolation = maybeInterpolateIntegerVarying(member, options);
 
         if (getCustomLocation(member) !== undefined) {
           // this member is already marked
-          return [key, member];
+          return [key, memberWithInterpolation];
         }
 
         if (locations[key]) {
           // location has been determined by a previous procedure
-          return [key, location(locations[key], member)];
+          return [key, location(locations[key], memberWithInterpolation)];
         }
 
         while (usedCustomLocations.has(nextLocation)) {
           nextLocation++;
         }
-        return [key, location(nextLocation++, member)];
+        return [key, location(nextLocation++, memberWithInterpolation)];
       }),
   );
 }
@@ -76,6 +115,7 @@ export function withLocations<T extends BaseData>(
 export function separateBuiltins(
   schema: Record<string, BaseData>,
   locations: Record<string, number> = {},
+  options: IoSchemaOptions = {},
 ): SeparatedEntryArgs {
   const positionalArgs: SeparatedEntryArgs['positionalArgs'] = [];
   const dataFields: Record<string, BaseData> = {};
@@ -90,7 +130,7 @@ export function separateBuiltins(
 
   const dataSchema =
     Object.keys(dataFields).length > 0
-      ? INTERNAL_createStruct(withLocations(dataFields, locations), /* isAbstruct */ false)
+      ? INTERNAL_createStruct(withLocations(dataFields, locations, options), /* isAbstruct */ false)
       : undefined;
 
   return { dataSchema, positionalArgs };
@@ -105,6 +145,7 @@ export function separateAllAsPositional(schema: Record<string, BaseData>): Separ
 export function createIoSchema<T extends BaseData | Record<string, BaseData>>(
   layout: T,
   locations: Record<string, number> = {},
+  options: IoSchemaOptions = {},
 ) {
   return (
     isData(layout)
@@ -116,7 +157,7 @@ export function createIoSchema<T extends BaseData | Record<string, BaseData>>(
             ? layout
             : location(0, layout)
       : INTERNAL_createStruct(
-          withLocations(layout as Record<string, BaseData>, locations),
+          withLocations(layout as Record<string, BaseData>, locations, options),
           /* isAbstruct */ false,
         )
   ) as IOLayoutToSchema<T>;
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/tgpuFragmentFn.ts b/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/tgpuFragmentFn.ts
index cb3b4c990f..6ff1c55b2a 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/tgpuFragmentFn.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/tgpuFragmentFn.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ function createFragmentFn(
     },
 
     [$resolve](ctx: ResolutionCtx): ResolvedSnippet {
-      const entryInput = separateBuiltins(shell.in ?? {}, ctx.varyingLocations ?? {});
+      const entryInput = separateBuiltins(shell.in ?? {}, ctx.varyingLocations ?? {}, {
+        autoInterpolateIntegerVaryings: true,
+      });
 
       if (entryInput.dataSchema && isNamable(entryInput.dataSchema)) {
         entryInput.dataSchema.$name(`${getName(this) ?? ''}_Input`);
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/tgpuVertexFn.ts b/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/tgpuVertexFn.ts
index 8c5b230891..0a5d286a2b 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/tgpuVertexFn.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/src/core/function/tgpuVertexFn.ts
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ function createVertexFn(
     },
 
     [$resolve](ctx: ResolutionCtx): ResolvedSnippet {
-      const outputWithLocation = createIoSchema(shell.out, ctx.varyingLocations).$name(
-        `${getName(this) ?? ''}_Output`,
-      );
+      const outputWithLocation = createIoSchema(shell.out, ctx.varyingLocations, {
+        autoInterpolateIntegerVaryings: true,
+      }).$name(`${getName(this) ?? ''}_Output`);
 
       if (typeof implementation === 'string') {
         core.applyExternals({ Out: outputWithLocation });
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/src/data/autoStruct.ts b/packages/typegpu/src/data/autoStruct.ts
index 4fc745cccb..94195248a8 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/src/data/autoStruct.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/src/data/autoStruct.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createIoSchema } from '../core/function/ioSchema.ts';
+import { createIoSchema, type IoSchemaOptions } from '../core/function/ioSchema.ts';
 import { validateProp } from '../nameUtils.ts';
 import { getName, setName } from '../shared/meta.ts';
 import { $internal, $repr, $resolve } from '../shared/symbols.ts';
@@ -34,17 +34,20 @@ export class AutoStruct implements BaseData, SelfResolvable {
   #locations: Record<string, number> | undefined;
   #cachedStruct: WgslStruct | undefined;
   #typeForExtraProps: BaseData | undefined;
+  #options: IoSchemaOptions;
 
   constructor(
     validProps: Record<string, BaseData>,
     typeForExtraProps: BaseData | undefined,
     locations?: Record<string, number>,
+    options: IoSchemaOptions = {},
   ) {
     this.#validProps = validProps;
     this.#typeForExtraProps = typeForExtraProps;
     this.#allocated = {};
     this.#locations = locations;
     this.#usedWgslKeys = new Set();
+    this.#options = options;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ export class AutoStruct implements BaseData, SelfResolvable {
           }),
         ),
         this.#locations,
+        this.#options,
       );
       const ownName = getName(this);
       // Passing the given name forward
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/tests/entryFnHeaderGen.test.ts b/packages/typegpu/tests/entryFnHeaderGen.test.ts
index a0b9abfa69..ed47c60ed3 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/tests/entryFnHeaderGen.test.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/tests/entryFnHeaderGen.test.ts
@@ -123,4 +123,33 @@ describe('autogenerating wgsl headers for tgpu entry functions with raw string W
         }"
     `);
   });
+
+  it('marks integer vertex output varyings as flat', () => {
+    const vertex = tgpu.vertexFn({
+      out: {
+        pos: d.builtin.position,
+        flag: d.u32,
+      },
+    }) /* wgsl */ `{ return Out(vec4f(), 1u); }`;
+
+    const fragment = tgpu.fragmentFn({
+      in: { flag: d.u32 },
+      out: d.vec4f,
+    }) /* wgsl */ `{ return vec4f(f32(in.flag)); }`;
+
+    expect(tgpu.resolve([vertex, fragment])).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "struct vertex_Output {
+        @builtin(position) pos: vec4f,
+        @location(0) @interpolate(flat) flag: u32,
+      }
+
+      @vertex fn vertex() -> vertex_Output { return vertex_Output(vec4f(), 1u); }
+
+      struct fragment_Input {
+        @location(0) @interpolate(flat) flag: u32,
+      }
+
+      @fragment fn fragment(in: fragment_Input) -> @location(0)  vec4f { return vec4f(f32(in.flag)); }"
+    `);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/tests/renderPipeline.test.ts b/packages/typegpu/tests/renderPipeline.test.ts
index 8c10b79f5b..a3f5c7dad4 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/tests/renderPipeline.test.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/tests/renderPipeline.test.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ describe('root.withVertex(...).withFragment(...)', () => {
           @location(1) bar: vec3f,
           @location(0) baz: vec3f,
           @location(5) baz2: f32,
-          @location(3) baz3: u32,
+          @location(3) @interpolate(flat) baz3: u32,
           @builtin(position) pos: vec4f,
         }
 
@@ -320,13 +320,13 @@ describe('root.withVertex(...).withFragment(...)', () => {
           @builtin(position) position: vec4f,
           @location(0) baz: vec3f,
           @location(5) baz2: f32,
-          @location(3) baz3: u32,
+          @location(3) @interpolate(flat) baz3: u32,
         }
 
         @vertex fn vertexMain() -> vertexMain_Output { return vertexMain_Output(); }
 
         struct fragmentMain_Input {
-          @location(3) baz3: u32,
+          @location(3) @interpolate(flat) baz3: u32,
           @location(1) bar: vec3f,
           @location(2) foo: vec3f,
           @location(5) baz2: f32,
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ describe('root.createRenderPipeline', () => {
     expect(tgpu.resolve([pipeline])).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       "struct VertexOut {
         @builtin(position) position: vec4f,
-        @location(0) prop: i32,
+        @location(0) @interpolate(flat) prop: i32,
       }
 
       @vertex fn vertex() -> VertexOut {
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ describe('root.createRenderPipeline', () => {
       }
 
       struct FragmentIn {
-        @location(0) prop: i32,
+        @location(0) @interpolate(flat) prop: i32,
       }
 
       @fragment fn fragment(_arg_0: FragmentIn) -> @location(0) vec4f {