diff --git a/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_encode_sm75.rs b/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_encode_sm75.rs
index 055d59fbbd5..67134572c2f 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_encode_sm75.rs
+++ b/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_encode_sm75.rs
@@ -1481,6 +1481,19 @@ impl SM75Instr {
         self.set_field(72..80, op.idx);
     }
 
+    fn encode_popc(&mut self, op: &OpPopC) {
+        self.encode_alu(
+            0x109,
+            Some(op.dst),
+            ALUSrc::None,
+            ALUSrc::from_src(&op.src),
+            ALUSrc::None,
+        );
+
+        let not_mod = matches!(op.src.src_mod, SrcMod::BNot);
+        self.set_field(63..64, not_mod)
+    }
+
     pub fn encode(
         instr: &Instr,
         sm: u8,
@@ -1539,6 +1552,7 @@ impl SM75Instr {
             Op::Exit(op) => si.encode_exit(&op),
             Op::Bar(op) => si.encode_bar(&op),
             Op::S2R(op) => si.encode_s2r(&op),
+            Op::PopC(op) => si.encode_popc(&op),
             _ => panic!("Unhandled instruction"),
         }
 
diff --git a/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_from_nir.rs b/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_from_nir.rs
index 5d542d38517..53e00277842 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_from_nir.rs
+++ b/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_from_nir.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,14 @@ impl<'a> ShaderFromNir<'a> {
                 Src::new_imm_u32(0x3f800000),
             ),
             nir_op_bcsel => b.sel(srcs[0], srcs[1], srcs[2]),
+            nir_op_bit_count => {
+                let dst = b.alloc_ssa(RegFile::GPR, 1);
+                b.push_op(OpPopC {
+                    dst: dst.into(),
+                    src: srcs[0],
+                });
+                dst
+            }
             nir_op_f2i32 | nir_op_f2u32 => {
                 let src_bits = usize::from(alu.get_src(0).bit_size());
                 let dst_bits = alu.def.bit_size();
diff --git a/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_ir.rs b/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_ir.rs
index 020f0090f79..beb9e10410a 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_ir.rs
+++ b/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_ir.rs
@@ -3135,6 +3135,21 @@ impl fmt::Display for OpFSOut {
     }
 }
 
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(SrcsAsSlice, DstsAsSlice)]
+pub struct OpPopC {
+    pub dst: Dst,
+
+    #[src_type(ALU)]
+    pub src: Src,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for OpPopC {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "POPC {} {}", self.dst, self.src,)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Display, DstsAsSlice, SrcsAsSlice, FromVariants)]
 pub enum Op {
     FAdd(OpFAdd),
@@ -3189,6 +3204,7 @@ pub enum Op {
     Swap(OpSwap),
     ParCopy(OpParCopy),
     FSOut(OpFSOut),
+    PopC(OpPopC),
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
@@ -3505,6 +3521,7 @@ impl Instr {
             | Op::FSOut(_) => {
                 panic!("Not a hardware opcode")
             }
+            Op::PopC(_) => Some(15),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_legalize.rs b/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_legalize.rs
index 3aa5d8278a5..2602de141bd 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_legalize.rs
+++ b/src/nouveau/compiler/nak_legalize.rs
@@ -182,9 +182,12 @@ impl<'a> LegalizeInstr<'a> {
                 self.mov_src_if_not_reg(&mut op.low, RegFile::GPR);
                 self.mov_src_if_not_reg(&mut op.high, RegFile::GPR);
             }
-            Op::F2F(_) | Op::F2I(_) | Op::I2F(_) | Op::Mov(_) | Op::FRnd(_) => {
-                ()
-            }
+            Op::F2F(_)
+            | Op::F2I(_)
+            | Op::I2F(_)
+            | Op::Mov(_)
+            | Op::FRnd(_)
+            | Op::PopC(_) => (),
             Op::Sel(op) => {
                 let [ref mut src0, ref mut src1] = op.srcs;
                 if !src_is_reg(src0) && src_is_reg(src1) {