diff --git a/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_cmd_buffer.c b/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_cmd_buffer.c
index 3d53708e4f4..85317269364 100644
--- a/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_cmd_buffer.c
+++ b/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_cmd_buffer.c
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ hk_CmdPipelineBarrier2(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
    VK_FROM_HANDLE(hk_cmd_buffer, cmd, commandBuffer);
    struct hk_device *dev = hk_cmd_buffer_device(cmd);
 
+   if (HK_PERF(dev, NOBARRIER))
+      return;
+
    perf_debug(dev, "Pipeline barrier");
 
    /* The big hammer. We end both compute and graphics batches. Ending compute
diff --git a/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.c b/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.c
index 09a4c338b91..38f3696220e 100644
--- a/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.c
+++ b/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 static const struct debug_named_value hk_perf_options[] = {
    {"notess",    HK_PERF_NOTESS,   "Skip draws with tessellation"},
    {"noborder",  HK_PERF_NOBORDER, "Disable custom border colour emulation"},
+   {"nobarrier", HK_PERF_NOBARRIER,"Ignore pipeline barriers"},
    DEBUG_NAMED_VALUE_END
 };
 /* clang-format on */
diff --git a/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.h b/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.h
index 0ee8a3b7a80..fd1e793ff58 100644
--- a/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.h
+++ b/src/asahi/vulkan/hk_device.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ VK_DEFINE_HANDLE_CASTS(hk_device, vk.base, VkDevice, VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DEVICE)
 enum hk_perftest {
    HK_PERF_NOTESS = BITFIELD_BIT(0),
    HK_PERF_NOBORDER = BITFIELD_BIT(1),
+   HK_PERF_NOBARRIER = BITFIELD_BIT(2),
 };
 
 #define HK_PERF(dev, flag) unlikely((dev)->perftest &HK_PERF_##flag)