diff --git a/src/intel/genxml/gen20.xml b/src/intel/genxml/gen20.xml
index 315f6a9ecfa..addc078470a 100644
--- a/src/intel/genxml/gen20.xml
+++ b/src/intel/genxml/gen20.xml
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@
     <field name="Command SubType" start="27" end="28" type="uint" default="1" />
     <field name="Command Type" start="29" end="31" type="uint" default="3" />
   </instruction>
-  <instruction name="PIPE_CONTROL" bias="2" length="6" engine="render">
+  <instruction name="PIPE_CONTROL" bias="2" length="6" engine="render|compute">
     <field name="DWord Length" start="0" end="7" type="uint" default="4" />
     <field name="HDC Pipeline Flush Enable" start="9" end="9" type="bool" />
     <field name="L3 Read Only Cache Invalidation Enable" start="10" end="10" type="bool" />