diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/driinfo_radeonsi.h b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/driinfo_radeonsi.h
index cbf3bb01fb3..edf8edba035 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/driinfo_radeonsi.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/driinfo_radeonsi.h
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ DRI_CONF_SECTION_END
 
 DRI_CONF_SECTION_DEBUG
    DRI_CONF_RADEONSI_CLEAR_DB_CACHE_BEFORE_CLEAR("false")
+   DRI_CONF_RADEONSI_ENABLE_NIR("false")
 DRI_CONF_SECTION_END
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c
index 41d395d7d3f..2656bdc2068 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c
@@ -865,7 +865,8 @@ struct pipe_screen *radeonsi_screen_create(struct radeon_winsys *ws,
 		sscreen->debug_flags |= DBG(FS_CORRECT_DERIVS_AFTER_KILL);
 	if (driQueryOptionb(config->options, "radeonsi_enable_sisched"))
 		sscreen->debug_flags |= DBG(SI_SCHED);
-
+	if (driQueryOptionb(config->options, "radeonsi_enable_nir"))
+		sscreen->debug_flags |= DBG(NIR);
 
 	if (sscreen->debug_flags & DBG(INFO))
 		ac_print_gpu_info(&sscreen->info);
diff --git a/src/util/xmlpool/t_options.h b/src/util/xmlpool/t_options.h
index 80ddf0e203e..f0ef84ab69b 100644
--- a/src/util/xmlpool/t_options.h
+++ b/src/util/xmlpool/t_options.h
@@ -347,3 +347,8 @@ DRI_CONF_OPT_END
 DRI_CONF_OPT_BEGIN_B(radeonsi_zerovram, def) \
         DRI_CONF_DESC(en,"Zero all vram allocations") \
 DRI_CONF_OPT_END
+
+#define DRI_CONF_RADEONSI_ENABLE_NIR(def) \
+DRI_CONF_OPT_BEGIN_B(radeonsi_enable_nir, def) \
+        DRI_CONF_DESC(en,gettext("Enable NIR")) \
+DRI_CONF_OPT_END