diff --git a/src/freedreno/registers/a2xx.xml b/src/freedreno/registers/a2xx.xml
index ff98e4d17dd..1b0bf44bd3d 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/registers/a2xx.xml
+++ b/src/freedreno/registers/a2xx.xml
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/ rules-ng.xsd">
 		<bitfield name="CLAMP_Y" low="13" high="15" type="sq_tex_clamp"/>"
 		<bitfield name="CLAMP_Z" low="16" high="18" type="sq_tex_clamp"/>"
 		<bitfield name="PITCH" low="22" high="30" shr="5" type="uint"/>
-		<bitfield name="TILED" pos="1" type="boolean"/>
+		<bitfield name="TILED" pos="31" type="boolean"/>
 	</reg32>
 	<reg32 offset="1" name="1">
 		<bitfield name="FORMAT" low="0" high="5" type="a2xx_sq_surfaceformat"/>
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_gmem.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_gmem.c
index 47cbb54d611..20c6b8bbdca 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_gmem.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_gmem.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ emit_gmem2mem_surf(struct fd_batch *batch, uint32_t base,
 	OUT_RING(ring, slice->pitch >> 5); /* RB_COPY_DEST_PITCH */
 	OUT_RING(ring,                          /* RB_COPY_DEST_INFO */
 			A2XX_RB_COPY_DEST_INFO_FORMAT(fd2_pipe2color(psurf->format)) |
-			A2XX_RB_COPY_DEST_INFO_LINEAR |
+			COND(!rsc->tile_mode, A2XX_RB_COPY_DEST_INFO_LINEAR) |
 			A2XX_RB_COPY_DEST_INFO_SWAP(swap) |
 			A2XX_RB_COPY_DEST_INFO_WRITE_RED |
 			A2XX_RB_COPY_DEST_INFO_WRITE_GREEN |
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ fd2_emit_sysmem_prep(struct fd_batch *batch)
 
 	OUT_PKT3(ring, CP_SET_CONSTANT, 2);
 	OUT_RING(ring, CP_REG(REG_A2XX_RB_COLOR_INFO));
-	OUT_RELOCW(ring, rsc->bo, offset, A2XX_RB_COLOR_INFO_LINEAR |
+	OUT_RELOCW(ring, rsc->bo, offset,
+		COND(!rsc->tile_mode, A2XX_RB_COLOR_INFO_LINEAR) |
 		A2XX_RB_COLOR_INFO_SWAP(fmt2swap(psurf->format)) |
 		A2XX_RB_COLOR_INFO_FORMAT(fd2_pipe2color(psurf->format)), 0);
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_resource.c
index 2c813804689..27e9500ff88 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_resource.c
@@ -77,3 +77,15 @@ fd2_setup_slices(struct fd_resource *rsc)
 	}
 	return size;
 }
+
+unsigned
+fd2_tile_mode(const struct pipe_resource *tmpl)
+{
+	/* disable tiling for cube maps, freedreno uses a 2D array for the staging texture,
+	* (a2xx supports 2D arrays but it is not implemented)
+	*/
+	if (tmpl->target == PIPE_TEXTURE_CUBE)
+		return 0;
+	/* we can enable tiling for any resource we can render to */
+	return (tmpl->bind & PIPE_BIND_RENDER_TARGET) ? 1 : 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_resource.h b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_resource.h
index 7a9d356bf44..eb1221a096c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_resource.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_resource.h
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@
 #include "freedreno_resource.h"
 
 uint32_t fd2_setup_slices(struct fd_resource *rsc);
+unsigned fd2_tile_mode(const struct pipe_resource *tmpl);
 
 #endif /* FD2_RESOURCE_H_ */
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_screen.c
index 2e97e9d6e44..0c02c6a7e05 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_screen.c
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ fd2_screen_init(struct pipe_screen *pscreen)
 	screen->max_rts = 1;
 	pscreen->context_create = fd2_context_create;
 	pscreen->is_format_supported = fd2_screen_is_format_supported;
+
 	screen->setup_slices = fd2_setup_slices;
+	if (fd_mesa_debug & FD_DBG_TTILE)
+		screen->tile_mode = fd2_tile_mode;
 
 	if (fd_mesa_debug & FD_DBG_PERFC) {
 		screen->perfcntr_groups = a2xx_perfcntr_groups;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_texture.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_texture.c
index 3e3add798bc..3aca767f285 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_texture.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a2xx/fd2_texture.c
@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ fd2_sampler_view_create(struct pipe_context *pctx, struct pipe_resource *prsc,
 	so->base.reference.count = 1;
 	so->base.context = pctx;
 
-	so->tex0 = A2XX_SQ_TEX_0_PITCH(rsc->slices[0].pitch);
+	so->tex0 =
+		A2XX_SQ_TEX_0_PITCH(rsc->slices[0].pitch) |
+		COND(rsc->tile_mode, A2XX_SQ_TEX_0_TILED);
 	so->tex1 =
 		A2XX_SQ_TEX_1_FORMAT(fd2_pipe2surface(cso->format)) |
 		A2XX_SQ_TEX_1_CLAMP_POLICY(SQ_TEX_CLAMP_POLICY_OGL);
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c
index 2de02e31fe3..e9cd34aa384 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static const struct debug_named_value debug_options[] = {
 		{"noindirect",FD_DBG_NOINDR, "Disable hw indirect draws (emulate on CPU)"},
 		{"noblit",    FD_DBG_NOBLIT, "Disable blitter (fallback to generic blit path)"},
 		{"hiprio",    FD_DBG_HIPRIO, "Force high-priority context"},
-		{"ttile",     FD_DBG_TTILE,  "Enable texture tiling (a5xx)"},
+		{"ttile",     FD_DBG_TTILE,  "Enable texture tiling (a2xx/a5xx)"},
 		{"perfcntrs", FD_DBG_PERFC,  "Expose performance counters"},
 		{"noubwc",    FD_DBG_NOUBWC, "Disable UBWC for all internal buffers"},
 		DEBUG_NAMED_VALUE_END