diff --git a/docs/features.txt b/docs/features.txt
index 1881a78491e..0771e42976c 100644
--- a/docs/features.txt
+++ b/docs/features.txt
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ Vulkan 1.3 -- all DONE: anv, radv
   VK_KHR_shader_non_semantic_info                       DONE (anv, radv)
   VK_KHR_shader_terminate_invocation                    DONE (anv, radv, tu)
   VK_KHR_synchronization2                               DONE (anv, radv)
-  VK_KHR_zero_initialize_workgroup_memory               DONE (anv, radv)
+  VK_KHR_zero_initialize_workgroup_memory               DONE (anv, radv, tu)
   VK_EXT_4444_formats                                   DONE (anv, lvp, radv, tu, v3dv)
   VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state                         DONE (anv, lvp, radv, tu)
   VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2                        DONE (anv, lvp, radv, tu)
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.c b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.c
index bb95ea8f0a1..d15fbd75e9d 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ get_device_extensions(const struct tu_physical_device *device,
       .KHR_separate_depth_stencil_layouts = true,
       .KHR_buffer_device_address = true,
       .KHR_shader_integer_dot_product = true,
+      .KHR_zero_initialize_workgroup_memory = true,
 #ifndef TU_USE_KGSL
       .KHR_timeline_semaphore = true,
 #endif
@@ -593,7 +594,7 @@ tu_get_physical_device_features_1_3(struct tu_physical_device *pdevice,
    features->computeFullSubgroups                = true;
    features->synchronization2                    = false;
    features->textureCompressionASTC_HDR          = false;
-   features->shaderZeroInitializeWorkgroupMemory = false;
+   features->shaderZeroInitializeWorkgroupMemory = true;
    features->dynamicRendering                    = false;
    features->shaderIntegerDotProduct             = true;
    features->maintenance4                        = false;
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_shader.c b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_shader.c
index 82e94da573f..e3e72f5f413 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_shader.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_shader.c
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ tu_spirv_to_nir(struct tu_device *dev,
       },
    };
 
-   const struct nir_lower_compute_system_values_options compute_sysval_options = {
-      .has_base_workgroup_id = true,
-   };
-
    const nir_shader_compiler_options *nir_options =
       ir3_get_compiler_options(dev->compiler);
 
@@ -158,7 +154,6 @@ tu_spirv_to_nir(struct tu_device *dev,
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_is_helper_invocation);
 
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_system_values);
-   NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_compute_system_values, &compute_sysval_options);
 
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_clip_cull_distance_arrays);
 
@@ -763,6 +758,22 @@ tu_shader_create(struct tu_device *dev,
       NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_explicit_io,
                  nir_var_mem_shared,
                  nir_address_format_32bit_offset);
+
+      if (nir->info.zero_initialize_shared_memory && nir->info.shared_size > 0) {
+         const unsigned chunk_size = 16; /* max single store size */
+         /* Shared memory is allocated in 1024b chunks in HW, but the zero-init
+          * extension only requires us to initialize the memory that the shader
+          * is allocated at the API level, and it's up to the user to ensure
+          * that accesses are limited to those bounds.
+          */
+         const unsigned shared_size = ALIGN(nir->info.shared_size, chunk_size);
+         NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_zero_initialize_shared_memory, shared_size, chunk_size);
+      }
+
+      const struct nir_lower_compute_system_values_options compute_sysval_options = {
+         .has_base_workgroup_id = true,
+      };
+      NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_compute_system_values, &compute_sysval_options);
    }
 
    nir_assign_io_var_locations(nir, nir_var_shader_in, &nir->num_inputs, nir->info.stage);