diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
index bf97ef67d80..2122d23d56a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ panfrost_should_checksum(const struct panfrost_device *dev, const struct panfros
 
         return pres->base.bind & PIPE_BIND_RENDER_TARGET &&
                 panfrost_is_2d(pres) &&
-                bytes_per_pixel <= bytes_per_pixel_max;
+                bytes_per_pixel <= bytes_per_pixel_max &&
+                !(dev->debug & PAN_DBG_NO_CRC);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
index e94534abb64..83c23bfe026 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static const struct debug_named_value panfrost_debug_options[] = {
         {"nofp16",     PAN_DBG_NOFP16,     "Disable 16-bit support"},
         {"gl3",       PAN_DBG_GL3,      "Enable experimental GL 3.x implementation, up to 3.3"},
         {"noafbc",    PAN_DBG_NO_AFBC,  "Disable AFBC support"},
+        {"nocrc",     PAN_DBG_NO_CRC,   "Disable transaction elimination"},
         DEBUG_NAMED_VALUE_END
 };
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_util.h b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_util.h
index f893cf62c57..72a815897b7 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_util.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_util.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define PAN_DBG_SYNC            0x0010
 #define PAN_DBG_PRECOMPILE      0x0020
 #define PAN_DBG_NOFP16          0x0040
-/* 0x80 unused */
+#define PAN_DBG_NO_CRC          0x0080
 #define PAN_DBG_GL3             0x0100
 #define PAN_DBG_NO_AFBC         0x0200
 #define PAN_DBG_FP16            0x0400