diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
index 424b1d7191c..197a12e4e73 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
@@ -4518,6 +4518,9 @@ bool nir_remove_dead_variables(nir_shader *shader, nir_variable_mode modes,
 
 bool nir_lower_variable_initializers(nir_shader *shader,
                                      nir_variable_mode modes);
+bool nir_zero_initialize_shared_memory(nir_shader *shader,
+                                       const unsigned shared_size,
+                                       const unsigned chunk_size);
 
 bool nir_move_vec_src_uses_to_dest(nir_shader *shader);
 bool nir_lower_vec_to_movs(nir_shader *shader, nir_instr_writemask_filter_cb cb,
diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_variable_initializers.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_variable_initializers.c
index 86252d97511..b089cc15738 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_variable_initializers.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_variable_initializers.c
@@ -135,3 +135,66 @@ nir_lower_variable_initializers(nir_shader *shader, nir_variable_mode modes)
 
    return progress;
 }
+
+/* Zero initialize shared_size bytes of shared memory by splitting work writes
+ * of chunk_size bytes among the invocations.
+ *
+ * Used for implementing VK_KHR_zero_initialize_workgroup_memory.
+ */
+bool
+nir_zero_initialize_shared_memory(nir_shader *shader,
+                                  const unsigned shared_size,
+                                  const unsigned chunk_size)
+{
+   assert(shared_size > 0);
+   assert(chunk_size > 0);
+   assert(chunk_size % 4 == 0);
+
+   nir_builder b;
+   nir_builder_init(&b, nir_shader_get_entrypoint(shader));
+   b.cursor = nir_before_cf_list(&b.impl->body);
+
+   assert(!shader->info.cs.local_size_variable);
+   const unsigned local_count = shader->info.cs.local_size[0] *
+                                shader->info.cs.local_size[1] *
+                                shader->info.cs.local_size[2];
+
+   /* The initialization logic is simplified if we can always split the memory
+    * in full chunk_size units.
+    */
+   assert(shared_size % chunk_size == 0);
+
+   const unsigned chunk_comps = chunk_size / 4;
+
+   nir_variable *it = nir_local_variable_create(b.impl, glsl_uint_type(),
+                                                "zero_init_iterator");
+   nir_ssa_def *local_index = nir_load_local_invocation_index(&b);
+   nir_ssa_def *first_offset = nir_imul_imm(&b, local_index, chunk_size);
+   nir_store_var(&b, it, first_offset, 0x1);
+
+   nir_loop *loop = nir_push_loop(&b);
+   {
+      nir_ssa_def *offset = nir_load_var(&b, it);
+
+      nir_push_if(&b, nir_uge(&b, offset, nir_imm_int(&b, shared_size)));
+      {
+         nir_jump(&b, nir_jump_break);
+      }
+      nir_pop_if(&b, NULL);
+
+      nir_store_shared(&b, nir_imm_zero(&b, chunk_comps, 32), offset,
+                       .align_mul=chunk_size,
+                       .write_mask=((1 << chunk_comps) - 1));
+
+      nir_ssa_def *new_offset = nir_iadd_imm(&b, offset, chunk_size * local_count);
+      nir_store_var(&b, it, new_offset, 0x1);
+   }
+   nir_pop_loop(&b, loop);
+
+   nir_scoped_barrier(&b, NIR_SCOPE_WORKGROUP, NIR_SCOPE_WORKGROUP,
+                      NIR_MEMORY_ACQ_REL, nir_var_mem_shared);
+
+   nir_metadata_preserve(nir_shader_get_entrypoint(shader), nir_metadata_none);
+
+   return true;
+}