diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc
index 69b735ce704..418e159e81f 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ TODO: document the other workarounds.
         <application name="Borderlands 2" executable="Borderlands2">
             <option name="mesa_glthread" value="true"/>
         </application>
+        <application name="Civilization 5" executable="Civ5XP">
+            <option name="mesa_glthread" value="true"/>
+        </application>
     </device>
     <!-- vmwgfx doesn't like full buffer swaps and can't sync to vertical retraces.-->
     <device driver="vmwgfx">