diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_extensions.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_extensions.c
index 06184762124..e9ce5ef836d 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_extensions.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_extensions.c
@@ -372,4 +372,6 @@ intelInitExtensions(struct gl_context *ctx)
    ctx->Extensions.EXT_texture_compression_s3tc = true;
    ctx->Extensions.EXT_texture_compression_s3tc_srgb = true;
    ctx->Extensions.ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt = true;
+
+   ctx->Extensions.EXT_demote_to_helper_invocation = true;
 }