diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc
index 494d768312b..69b735ce704 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/common/drirc
@@ -159,6 +159,22 @@ TODO: document the other workarounds.
         <application name="The Witcher 2" executable="witcher2">
             <option name="glsl_correct_derivatives_after_discard" value="true"/>
         </application>
+
+        <!-- The GL thread whitelist is below, workarounds are above.
+             Keep it that way. -->
+
+        <application name="Alien Isolation" executable="AlienIsolation">
+            <option name="mesa_glthread" value="true"/>
+        </application>
+        <application name="Civilization 6" executable="Civ6">
+            <option name="mesa_glthread" value="true"/>
+        </application>
+        <application name="BioShock Infinite" executable="bioshock.i386">
+            <option name="mesa_glthread" value="true"/>
+        </application>
+        <application name="Borderlands 2" executable="Borderlands2">
+            <option name="mesa_glthread" value="true"/>
+        </application>
     </device>
     <!-- vmwgfx doesn't like full buffer swaps and can't sync to vertical retraces.-->
     <device driver="vmwgfx">