diff --git a/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf b/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf
index f320952712c..9926836c1bf 100644
--- a/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf
+++ b/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf
@@ -690,6 +690,11 @@ TODO: document the other workarounds.
         <application name="Metro: Exodus" application_name_match="metroexodus">
             <option name="vk_x11_strict_image_count" value="true" />
         </application>
+
+        <application name="Forsaken Remastered" executable="ForsakenEx">
+            <!-- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/5437 -->
+            <option name="vk_dont_care_as_load" value="true" />
+        </application>
     </device>
     <!-- vmwgfx doesn't like full buffer swaps and can't sync to vertical retraces.-->
     <device driver="vmwgfx">