diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_winsys.c b/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_winsys.c
index 0f7f5bcf3bf..16c950542d7 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_winsys.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_winsys.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ do_winsys_init(struct radv_amdgpu_winsys *ws, int fd)
 		return false;
 
 	/* LLVM 9.0 is required for GFX10. */
-	if (ws->info.chip_class == GFX10 && LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR < 9) {
+	if (ws->info.chip_class == GFX10 && !ws->use_aco && LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR < 9) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "radv: Navi family support requires LLVM 9 or higher\n");
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ radv_amdgpu_winsys_create(int fd, uint64_t debug_flags, uint64_t perftest_flags)
 
 	ws->use_local_bos = perftest_flags & RADV_PERFTEST_LOCAL_BOS;
 	ws->zero_all_vram_allocs = debug_flags & RADV_DEBUG_ZERO_VRAM;
+	ws->use_aco = perftest_flags & RADV_PERFTEST_ACO;
 	list_inithead(&ws->global_bo_list);
 	pthread_mutex_init(&ws->global_bo_list_lock, NULL);
 	ws->base.query_info = radv_amdgpu_winsys_query_info;
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_winsys.h b/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_winsys.h
index 166b2dfe1ca..2ec223df3d8 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_winsys.h
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_winsys.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct radv_amdgpu_winsys {
 	bool use_ib_bos;
 	bool zero_all_vram_allocs;
 	bool use_local_bos;
+	bool use_aco;
 	unsigned num_buffers;
 
 	pthread_mutex_t global_bo_list_lock;