diff --git a/docs/envvars.html b/docs/envvars.html
index 17d69dc4cd4..6c2bdab1554 100644
--- a/docs/envvars.html
+++ b/docs/envvars.html
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ See the <a href="xlibdriver.html">Xlib software driver page</a> for details.
    <li>spill_fs - force spilling of all registers in the scalar backend (useful to debug spilling code)</li>
    <li>spill_vec4 - force spilling of all registers in the vec4 backend (useful to debug spilling code)</li>
    <li>state - emit messages about state flag tracking</li>
+   <li>submit - emit batchbuffer usage statistics</li>
    <li>sync - after sending each batch, emit a message and wait for that batch to finish rendering</li>
    <li>tcs - dump shader assembly for tessellation control shaders</li>
    <li>tes - dump shader assembly for tessellation evaluation shaders</li>
diff --git a/src/intel/common/gen_debug.c b/src/intel/common/gen_debug.c
index b604d56ef86..4677bfd582b 100644
--- a/src/intel/common/gen_debug.c
+++ b/src/intel/common/gen_debug.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static const struct debug_control debug_control[] = {
    { "vert",        DEBUG_VERTS },
    { "dri",         DEBUG_DRI },
    { "sf",          DEBUG_SF },
+   { "submit",      DEBUG_SUBMIT },
    { "wm",          DEBUG_WM },
    { "urb",         DEBUG_URB },
    { "vs",          DEBUG_VS },
diff --git a/src/intel/common/gen_debug.h b/src/intel/common/gen_debug.h
index d290303682e..da98f852a4b 100644
--- a/src/intel/common/gen_debug.h
+++ b/src/intel/common/gen_debug.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ extern uint64_t INTEL_DEBUG;
 #define DEBUG_VERTS               (1ull << 13)
 #define DEBUG_DRI                 (1ull << 14)
 #define DEBUG_SF                  (1ull << 15)
-/* Hole - feel free to reuse      (1ull << 16) */
+#define DEBUG_SUBMIT              (1ull << 16)
 #define DEBUG_WM                  (1ull << 17)
 #define DEBUG_URB                 (1ull << 18)
 #define DEBUG_VS                  (1ull << 19)
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_batchbuffer.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_batchbuffer.c
index 08d35ace135..515b595bc92 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_batchbuffer.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_batchbuffer.c
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ _intel_batchbuffer_flush_fence(struct brw_context *brw,
       brw_bo_reference(brw->throttle_batch[0]);
    }
 
-   if (unlikely(INTEL_DEBUG & DEBUG_BATCH)) {
+   if (unlikely(INTEL_DEBUG & (DEBUG_BATCH | DEBUG_SUBMIT))) {
       int bytes_for_commands = 4 * USED_BATCH(brw->batch);
       int bytes_for_state = brw->batch.bo->size - brw->batch.state_batch_offset;
       int total_bytes = bytes_for_commands + bytes_for_state;