diff --git a/docs/relnotes/17.4.0.html b/docs/relnotes/17.4.0.html
index e4dd6bf7b70..f81b5bd62d3 100644
--- a/docs/relnotes/17.4.0.html
+++ b/docs/relnotes/17.4.0.html
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Note: some of the new features are only available with certain drivers.
 </p>
 
 <ul>
-TBD
+<li>Disk shader cache support for i965 when MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DISABLE environment variable is set to "0" or "false"</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>Bug fixes</h2>
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c
index f141227bda7..037e349fdb0 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_context.c
@@ -1037,6 +1037,8 @@ brwCreateContext(gl_api api,
    vbo_use_buffer_objects(ctx);
    vbo_always_unmap_buffers(ctx);
 
+   brw_disk_cache_init(brw);
+
    return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_disk_cache.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_disk_cache.c
index 73202d571f9..853ea98af03 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_disk_cache.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_disk_cache.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "compiler/glsl/shader_cache.h"
 #include "compiler/nir/nir_serialize.h"
 #include "main/mtypes.h"
+#include "util/build_id.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/disk_cache.h"
 #include "util/macros.h"
 #include "util/mesa-sha1.h"
@@ -413,3 +415,29 @@ brw_disk_cache_write_compute_program(struct brw_context *brw)
                          MESA_SHADER_COMPUTE);
    }
 }
+
+void
+brw_disk_cache_init(struct brw_context *brw)
+{
+#ifdef ENABLE_SHADER_CACHE
+   if (env_var_as_boolean("MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DISABLE", true))
+      return;
+
+   char renderer[10];
+   MAYBE_UNUSED int len = snprintf(renderer, sizeof(renderer), "i965_%04x",
+                                   brw->screen->deviceID);
+   assert(len == sizeof(renderer) - 1);
+
+   const struct build_id_note *note =
+      build_id_find_nhdr_for_addr(brw_disk_cache_init);
+   assert(note && build_id_length(note) == 20 /* sha1 */);
+
+   const uint8_t *id_sha1 = build_id_data(note);
+   assert(id_sha1);
+
+   char timestamp[41];
+   _mesa_sha1_format(timestamp, id_sha1);
+
+   brw->ctx.Cache = disk_cache_create(renderer, timestamp, 0);
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_state.h b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_state.h
index c98b7facd57..927e77920ef 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_state.h
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_state.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ void gen8_write_pma_stall_bits(struct brw_context *brw,
                                uint32_t pma_stall_bits);
 
 /* brw_disk_cache.c */
+void brw_disk_cache_init(struct brw_context *brw);
 bool brw_disk_cache_upload_program(struct brw_context *brw,
                                    gl_shader_stage stage);
 void brw_disk_cache_write_compute_program(struct brw_context *brw);