diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/driinfo_gallium.h b/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/driinfo_gallium.h
index f90112f25d9..6a166f15fcb 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/driinfo_gallium.h
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/pipe-loader/driinfo_gallium.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ DRI_CONF_SECTION_DEBUG
    DRI_CONF_OVERRIDE_VRAM_SIZE()
    DRI_CONF_GLX_EXTENSION_OVERRIDE()
    DRI_CONF_INDIRECT_GL_EXTENSION_OVERRIDE()
+   DRI_CONF_DISABLE_PROTECTED_CONTENT_CHECK(false)
 DRI_CONF_SECTION_END
 
 DRI_CONF_SECTION_MISCELLANEOUS
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c
index b464eaba6ee..6571b34cf6b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c
@@ -833,7 +833,9 @@ dri2_create_image_from_winsys(__DRIscreen *_screen,
       /* Reject image creation if there's an inconsistency between
        * content protection status of tex and img.
        */
-      if ((tex->bind & PIPE_BIND_PROTECTED) != is_protected_content) {
+      const struct driOptionCache *optionCache = &screen->dev->option_cache;
+      if (!driQueryOptionb(optionCache, "disable_protected_content_check") &&
+          (tex->bind & PIPE_BIND_PROTECTED) != is_protected_content) {
          pipe_resource_reference(&img->texture, NULL);
          pipe_resource_reference(&tex, NULL);
          FREE(img);
diff --git a/src/util/driconf.h b/src/util/driconf.h
index 60d1314f888..7f838cdf6ad 100644
--- a/src/util/driconf.h
+++ b/src/util/driconf.h
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@
    DRI_CONF_OPT_S(indirect_gl_extension_override, def, \
                   "Allow enabling/disabling a list of indirect-GL extensions")
 
+#define DRI_CONF_DISABLE_PROTECTED_CONTENT_CHECK(def) \
+   DRI_CONF_OPT_B(disable_protected_content_check, def, \
+                  "Don't reject image import if protected_content attribute doesn't match")
 
 /**
  * \brief Image quality-related options