diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_debug.h b/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_debug.h
index 925d50d4b6d..92315b15f73 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_debug.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_debug.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #define ETNA_DBG_NO_SINGLEBUF    0x1000000 /* disable single buffer feature */
 #define ETNA_DBG_DEQP            0x2000000 /* Hacks to run dEQP GLES3 tests */
 #define ETNA_DBG_NOCACHE         0x4000000 /* Disable shader cache */
+#define ETNA_DBG_NO_LINEAR_PE    0x8000000 /* Disable linear PE */
 
 extern int etna_mesa_debug; /* set in etnaviv_screen.c from ETNA_MESA_DEBUG */
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_screen.c
index 34f7833663e..6627a8ce58e 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/etnaviv/etnaviv_screen.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static const struct debug_named_value etna_debug_options[] = {
    {"no_singlebuffer",ETNA_DBG_NO_SINGLEBUF, "Disable single buffer feature"},
    {"deqp",           ETNA_DBG_DEQP, "Hacks to run dEQP GLES3 tests"}, /* needs MESA_GLES_VERSION_OVERRIDE=3.0 */
    {"nocache",        ETNA_DBG_NOCACHE,    "Disable shader cache"},
+   {"no_linear_pe",   ETNA_DBG_NO_LINEAR_PE, "Disable linear PE"},
    DEBUG_NAMED_VALUE_END
 };
 
@@ -1116,6 +1117,8 @@ etna_screen_create(struct etna_device *dev, struct etna_gpu *gpu,
       screen->specs.can_supertile = 0;
    if (DBG_ENABLED(ETNA_DBG_NO_SINGLEBUF))
       screen->specs.single_buffer = 0;
+   if (DBG_ENABLED(ETNA_DBG_NO_LINEAR_PE))
+      screen->features[viv_chipMinorFeatures2] &= ~chipMinorFeatures2_LINEAR_PE;
 
    pscreen->destroy = etna_screen_destroy;
    pscreen->get_param = etna_screen_get_param;