diff --git a/src/util/u_thread.h b/src/util/u_thread.h
index 6221720123d..2b9deaab169 100644
--- a/src/util/u_thread.h
+++ b/src/util/u_thread.h
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ static inline int u_thread_create(thrd_t *thrd, int (*routine)(void *), void *pa
 
    sigfillset(&new_set);
    sigdelset(&new_set, SIGSYS);
+
+   /* SIGSEGV is commonly used by Vulkan API tracing layers in order to track
+    * accesses in device memory mapped to user space. Blocking the signal hinders
+    * that tracking mechanism.
+    */
+   sigdelset(&new_set, SIGSEGV);
    pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &new_set, &saved_set);
    ret = thrd_create(thrd, routine, param);
    pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &saved_set, NULL);