diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
index 5af50c45b9c..17db07616e8 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static const nir_shader_compiler_options options = {
 		.lower_isign = true,
 		.lower_ldexp = true,
 		.lower_uadd_carry = true,
+		.lower_usub_borrow = true,
 		.lower_mul_high = true,
 		.fuse_ffma = true,
 		.vertex_id_zero_based = true,
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ static const nir_shader_compiler_options options_a6xx = {
 		.lower_isign = true,
 		.lower_ldexp = true,
 		.lower_uadd_carry = true,
+		.lower_usub_borrow = true,
 		.lower_mul_high = true,
 		.fuse_ffma = true,
 		.vertex_id_zero_based = false,