diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_device.c b/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_device.c
index bdd4202d410..dbb1e2e0ca0 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_device.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_device.c
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ bool anv_xe_device_destroy_vm(struct anv_device *device)
 VkResult anv_xe_device_setup_vm(struct anv_device *device)
 {
    struct drm_xe_vm_create create = {
-      .flags = DRM_XE_VM_CREATE_SCRATCH_PAGE,
+      .flags = DRM_XE_VM_CREATE_SCRATCH_PAGE |
+               DRM_XE_VM_CREATE_ASYNC_BIND_OPS,
    };
    if (intel_ioctl(device->fd, DRM_IOCTL_XE_VM_CREATE, &create) != 0)
       return vk_errorf(device, VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED,
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_kmd_backend.c b/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_kmd_backend.c
index 8551f4d5e81..09a1433771a 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_kmd_backend.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_kmd_backend.c
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ xe_vm_bind_op(struct anv_device *device, int num_binds,
          }
       }
 
+      /* TODO: do proper error handling here, once the way to do it is
+       * settled. As of right now the final interface is still under
+       * discussion.
+       */
+      xe_bind->op |= XE_VM_BIND_FLAG_ASYNC;
+
       /* userptr and bo_offset are an union! */
       if (bo && bo->from_host_ptr)
          xe_bind->userptr = (uintptr_t)bo->map;