diff --git a/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.c b/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.c
index 6277f36b2ac..70f340eb487 100644
--- a/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.c
+++ b/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static const struct debug_control debug_control[] = {
    { "heaps",       DEBUG_HEAPS },
    { "isl",         DEBUG_ISL },
    { "sparse",      DEBUG_SPARSE },
+   { "draw_bkp",    DEBUG_DRAW_BKP },
    { NULL,    0 }
 };
 
@@ -183,6 +184,9 @@ intel_debug_flag_for_shader_stage(gl_shader_stage stage)
 static uint64_t intel_debug_batch_frame_start = 0;
 static uint64_t intel_debug_batch_frame_stop = -1;
 
+uint32_t intel_debug_bkp_before_draw_count = 0;
+uint32_t intel_debug_bkp_after_draw_count = 0;
+
 static void
 brw_process_intel_debug_variable_once(void)
 {
@@ -193,6 +197,10 @@ brw_process_intel_debug_variable_once(void)
    intel_debug_batch_frame_stop =
       debug_get_num_option("INTEL_DEBUG_BATCH_FRAME_STOP", -1);
 
+   intel_debug_bkp_before_draw_count =
+      debug_get_num_option("INTEL_DEBUG_BKP_BEFORE_DRAW_COUNT", 0);
+   intel_debug_bkp_after_draw_count =
+      debug_get_num_option("INTEL_DEBUG_BKP_AFTER_DRAW_COUNT", 0);
 
    if (!(intel_simd & DEBUG_FS_SIMD))
       intel_simd |=   DEBUG_FS_SIMD;
diff --git a/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.h b/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.h
index 8a2cca432f4..dde6b15f8d0 100644
--- a/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.h
+++ b/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ extern uint64_t intel_debug;
 #define DEBUG_HEAPS               (1ull << 46)
 #define DEBUG_ISL                 (1ull << 47)
 #define DEBUG_SPARSE              (1ull << 48)
+#define DEBUG_DRAW_BKP            (1ull << 49)
 
 #define DEBUG_ANY                 (~0ull)
 
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ extern uint64_t intel_debug;
    DEBUG_SPILL_VEC4 | DEBUG_NO_COMPACTION | DEBUG_DO32 | DEBUG_SOFT64)
 
 extern uint64_t intel_simd;
+extern uint32_t intel_debug_bkp_before_draw_count;
+extern uint32_t intel_debug_bkp_after_draw_count;
 
 #define INTEL_SIMD(type, size)        (!!(intel_simd & (DEBUG_ ## type ## _SIMD ## size)))