diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/instr-a3xx.h b/src/freedreno/ir3/instr-a3xx.h
index e7f31fd3b82..656ee2b6db3 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/instr-a3xx.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/instr-a3xx.h
@@ -314,6 +314,14 @@ typedef enum {
 	 */
 	OPC_META_TEX_PREFETCH = _OPC(-1, 4),
 
+	/* Parallel copies have multiple destinations, and copy each destination
+	 * to its corresponding source. This happens "in parallel," meaning that
+	 * it happens as-if every source is read first and then every destination
+	 * is stored. These are produced in RA when register shuffling is
+	 * required, and then lowered away immediately afterwards.
+	 */
+	OPC_META_PARALLEL_COPY = _OPC(-1, 5),
+	OPC_META_PHI = _OPC(-1, 6),
 } opc_t;
 
 #define opc_cat(opc) ((int)((opc) >> NOPC_BITS))
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3.h b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3.h
index 92b9bd19c6a..6a37afa34ed 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3.h
@@ -309,6 +309,12 @@ struct ir3_instruction {
 			 */
 			unsigned *outidxs;
 		} end;
+		struct {
+			/* used to temporarily hold reference to nir_phi_instr
+			 * until we resolve the phi srcs
+			 */
+			void *nphi;
+		} phi;
 		struct {
 			unsigned samp, tex;
 			unsigned input_offset;
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_print.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_print.c
index 4eb5362960d..ff5c5bbe538 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_print.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_print.c
@@ -99,9 +99,11 @@ static void print_instr_name(struct ir3_instruction *instr, bool flags)
 	if (is_meta(instr)) {
 		switch (instr->opc) {
 		case OPC_META_INPUT:  printf("_meta:in");   break;
-		case OPC_META_SPLIT:        printf("_meta:split");        break;
-		case OPC_META_COLLECT:      printf("_meta:collect");      break;
-		case OPC_META_TEX_PREFETCH: printf("_meta:tex_prefetch"); break;
+		case OPC_META_SPLIT:			printf("_meta:split");        break;
+		case OPC_META_COLLECT:			printf("_meta:collect");      break;
+		case OPC_META_TEX_PREFETCH:		printf("_meta:tex_prefetch"); break;
+		case OPC_META_PARALLEL_COPY:	printf("_meta:parallel_copy"); break;
+		case OPC_META_PHI:				printf("_meta:phi");          break;
 
 		/* shouldn't hit here.. just for debugging: */
 		default: printf("_meta:%d", instr->opc);    break;