diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_debug.h b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_debug.h
index c5aa78b6321..75ddf896193 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_debug.h
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_debug.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ enum nvk_debug {
 
    /* Use the EXT_descriptor_buffer path for all buffer views */
    NVK_DEBUG_FORCE_EDB_BVIEW = 1ull << 6,
+
+   /* Force all memory allocations to go to GART */
+   NVK_DEBUG_FORCE_GART = 1ull << 7,
 };
 
 #endif /* NVK_DEBUG_H */
diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_instance.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_instance.c
index daa57de9491..c6ea37c00f0 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_instance.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_instance.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ nvk_init_debug_flags(struct nvk_instance *instance)
       { "vm", NVK_DEBUG_VM },
       { "no_cbuf", NVK_DEBUG_NO_CBUF },
       { "edb_bview", NVK_DEBUG_FORCE_EDB_BVIEW },
+      { "gart", NVK_DEBUG_FORCE_GART },
       { NULL, 0 },
    };
 
diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvkmd/nouveau/nvkmd_nouveau_mem.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvkmd/nouveau/nvkmd_nouveau_mem.c
index e6b1c83184c..d31da3af82b 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvkmd/nouveau/nvkmd_nouveau_mem.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvkmd/nouveau/nvkmd_nouveau_mem.c
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ nvkmd_nouveau_alloc_tiled_mem(struct nvkmd_dev *_dev,
       domains |= NOUVEAU_WS_BO_VRAM;
    }
 
+   if (dev->base.pdev->debug_flags & NVK_DEBUG_FORCE_GART)
+      domains = NOUVEAU_WS_BO_GART;
+
    /* TODO:
     *
     * VRAM maps on Kepler appear to be broken and we don't really know why.