diff --git a/include/GL/internal/dri_interface.h b/include/GL/internal/dri_interface.h
index 74c807c5faf..09ed565fd8b 100644
--- a/include/GL/internal/dri_interface.h
+++ b/include/GL/internal/dri_interface.h
@@ -1224,6 +1224,7 @@ struct __DRIdri2ExtensionRec {
 #define __DRI_IMAGE_USE_BACKBUFFER      0x0010
 #define __DRI_IMAGE_USE_PROTECTED       0x0020
 #define __DRI_IMAGE_USE_PRIME_BUFFER    0x0040
+#define __DRI_IMAGE_USE_FRONT_RENDERING 0x0080
 
 
 #define __DRI_IMAGE_TRANSFER_READ            0x1
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c
index 20724a04317..a606ba7cd26 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/dri2.c
@@ -1146,6 +1146,8 @@ dri2_create_image_common(__DRIscreen *_screen,
       tex_usage |= PIPE_BIND_PROTECTED;
    if (use & __DRI_IMAGE_USE_PRIME_BUFFER)
       tex_usage |= PIPE_BIND_PRIME_BLIT_DST;
+   if (use & __DRI_IMAGE_USE_FRONT_RENDERING)
+      tex_usage |= PIPE_BIND_USE_FRONT_RENDERING;
 
    img = CALLOC_STRUCT(__DRIimageRec);
    if (!img)
diff --git a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h
index ff858881fbf..3e8959529c6 100644
--- a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h
+++ b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ enum pipe_flush_flags
 #define PIPE_BIND_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MINMAX (1 << 23) /* PIPE_CAP_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MINMAX */
 /* Resource is the DRI_PRIME blit destination. Only set on on the render GPU. */
 #define PIPE_BIND_PRIME_BLIT_DST (1 << 24)
+#define PIPE_BIND_USE_FRONT_RENDERING (1 << 25) /* Resource may be used for frontbuffer rendering */
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/gbm/backends/dri/gbm_dri.c b/src/gbm/backends/dri/gbm_dri.c
index 0f3148882a3..f410da0d4b6 100644
--- a/src/gbm/backends/dri/gbm_dri.c
+++ b/src/gbm/backends/dri/gbm_dri.c
@@ -1244,6 +1244,8 @@ gbm_dri_bo_create(struct gbm_device *gbm,
       dri_use |= __DRI_IMAGE_USE_LINEAR;
    if (usage & GBM_BO_USE_PROTECTED)
       dri_use |= __DRI_IMAGE_USE_PROTECTED;
+   if (usage & GBM_BO_USE_FRONT_RENDERING)
+      dri_use |= __DRI_IMAGE_USE_FRONT_RENDERING;
 
    /* Gallium drivers requires shared in order to get the handle/stride */
    dri_use |= __DRI_IMAGE_USE_SHARE;
diff --git a/src/gbm/main/gbm.h b/src/gbm/main/gbm.h
index 829c4cb63a1..1a1e2caecb4 100644
--- a/src/gbm/main/gbm.h
+++ b/src/gbm/main/gbm.h
@@ -256,6 +256,14 @@ enum gbm_bo_flags {
     * OpenCL, and Vulkan applications.
     */
    GBM_BO_USE_PROTECTED = (1 << 5),
+
+   /**
+    * The buffer will be used for front buffer rendering.  On some
+    * platforms this may (for example) disable framebuffer compression
+    * to avoid problems with compression flags data being out of sync
+    * with pixel data.
+    */
+   GBM_BO_USE_FRONT_RENDERING = (1 << 6),
 };
 
 int