diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c
index a9cd0e21232..68fef4dee12 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static const struct debug_named_value fd_debug_options[] = {
 		{"noscis",    FD_DBG_NOSCIS, "Disable scissor optimization"},
 		{"direct",    FD_DBG_DIRECT, "Force inline (SS_DIRECT) state loads"},
 		{"nobypass",  FD_DBG_NOBYPASS, "Disable GMEM bypass"},
-		/* BIT(7) */
+		{"perf",      FD_DBG_PERF,   "Enable performance warnings"},
 		{"nobin",     FD_DBG_NOBIN,  "Disable hw binning"},
 		{"nogmem",    FD_DBG_NOGMEM,  "Disable GMEM rendering (bypass only)"},
 		/* BIT(10) */
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_util.h b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_util.h
index f9196924265..e184766f5dc 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_util.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_util.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ enum fd_debug_flag {
 	FD_DBG_NOSCIS       = BITFIELD_BIT(4),
 	FD_DBG_DIRECT       = BITFIELD_BIT(5),
 	FD_DBG_NOBYPASS     = BITFIELD_BIT(6),
-	/* BIT(7) */
+	FD_DBG_PERF         = BITFIELD_BIT(7),
 	FD_DBG_NOBIN        = BITFIELD_BIT(8),
 	FD_DBG_NOGMEM       = BITFIELD_BIT(9),
 	/* BIT(10) */
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ extern bool fd_binning_enabled;
 			mesa_logd("%s:%d: "fmt, \
 				__FUNCTION__, __LINE__, ##__VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
 
+#define perf_debug_ctx(ctx, ...) do { \
+		perf_warn(__VA_ARGS__); \
+		pipe_debug_message(&(ctx)->debug, PERF_INFO, __VA_ARGS__); \
+	} while(0)
+
+#define perf_debug(...) do { \
+		if (unlikely(fd_mesa_debug & FD_DBG_PERF)) \
+			mesa_logw(__VA_ARGS__); \
+	} while(0)
+
 /* for conditionally setting boolean flag(s): */
 #define COND(bool, val) ((bool) ? (val) : 0)