diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c
index 495b456698b..3402366541d 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_screen.c
@@ -666,7 +666,10 @@ fd_screen_get_shader_param(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_PREFERRED_IR:
       return PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR;
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_SUPPORTED_IRS:
-      return (1 << PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR) | (1 << PIPE_SHADER_IR_TGSI);
+      return (1 << PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR) |
+             COND(has_compute(screen) && (shader == PIPE_SHADER_COMPUTE),
+                  (1 << PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR_SERIALIZED)) |
+             (1 << PIPE_SHADER_IR_TGSI);
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_MAX_UNROLL_ITERATIONS_HINT:
       return 32;
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_MAX_SHADER_BUFFERS:
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_gallium.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_gallium.c
index f26e8103421..06ea8fec32c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_gallium.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_gallium.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "util/u_string.h"
 
 #include "nir/tgsi_to_nir.h"
+#include "nir_serialize.h"
 
 #include "freedreno_context.h"
 #include "freedreno_util.h"
@@ -288,6 +289,16 @@ ir3_shader_compute_state_create(struct pipe_context *pctx,
    if (cso->ir_type == PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR) {
       /* we take ownership of the reference: */
       nir = (nir_shader *)cso->prog;
+   } else if (cso->ir_type == PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR_SERIALIZED) {
+      const nir_shader_compiler_options *options =
+            ir3_get_compiler_options(compiler);
+      const struct pipe_binary_program_header *hdr = cso->prog;
+      struct blob_reader reader;
+
+      blob_reader_init(&reader, hdr->blob, hdr->num_bytes);
+      nir = nir_deserialize(NULL, options, &reader);
+
+      ir3_finalize_nir(compiler, nir);
    } else {
       debug_assert(cso->ir_type == PIPE_SHADER_IR_TGSI);
       if (ir3_shader_debug & IR3_DBG_DISASM) {