diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
index c8aa26608e3..7d2f80ce491 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
@@ -5527,6 +5527,7 @@ typedef struct nir_lower_subgroups_options {
    bool lower_to_scalar : 1;
    bool lower_vote_trivial : 1;
    bool lower_vote_eq : 1;
+   bool lower_first_invocation_to_ballot : 1;
    bool lower_subgroup_masks : 1;
    bool lower_relative_shuffle : 1;
    bool lower_shuffle_to_32bit : 1;
diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_subgroups.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_subgroups.c
index e679a7a7e9a..a7577bb5d84 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_subgroups.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_subgroups.c
@@ -549,6 +549,13 @@ lower_dynamic_quad_broadcast(nir_builder *b, nir_intrinsic_instr *intrin,
    return dst;
 }
 
+static nir_def *
+lower_first_invocation_to_ballot(nir_builder *b, nir_intrinsic_instr *intrin,
+                                 const nir_lower_subgroups_options *options)
+{
+   return nir_ballot_find_lsb(b, 32, nir_ballot(b, 4, 32, nir_imm_true(b)));
+}
+
 static nir_def *
 lower_read_invocation_to_cond(nir_builder *b, nir_intrinsic_instr *intrin)
 {
@@ -588,6 +595,15 @@ lower_subgroups_instr(nir_builder *b, nir_instr *instr, void *_options)
          return nir_imm_int(b, options->subgroup_size);
       break;
 
+   case nir_intrinsic_first_invocation:
+      if (options->subgroup_size == 1)
+         return nir_imm_int(b, 0);
+
+      if (options->lower_first_invocation_to_ballot)
+         return lower_first_invocation_to_ballot(b, intrin, options);
+
+      break;
+
    case nir_intrinsic_read_invocation:
       if (options->lower_to_scalar && intrin->num_components > 1)
          return lower_subgroup_op_to_scalar(b, intrin);