diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3.c
index 01a7bbc7dc6..e59f10dab93 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3.c
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ void * ir3_assemble(struct ir3 *shader, struct ir3_info *info,
 	info->max_const     = -1;
 	info->instrs_count  = 0;
 	info->sizedwords    = 0;
+	info->ss = info->sy = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry (struct ir3_block, block, &shader->block_list, node) {
 		list_for_each_entry (struct ir3_instruction, instr, &block->instr_list, node) {
@@ -709,6 +710,12 @@ void * ir3_assemble(struct ir3 *shader, struct ir3_info *info,
 				goto fail;
 			info->instrs_count += 1 + instr->repeat;
 			dwords += 2;
+
+			if (instr->flags & IR3_INSTR_SS)
+				info->ss++;
+
+			if (instr->flags & IR3_INSTR_SY)
+				info->sy++;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3.h b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3.h
index 6ef0683ab00..b8e41718da4 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ struct ir3_info {
 	int8_t   max_reg;   /* highest GPR # used by shader */
 	int8_t   max_half_reg;
 	int16_t  max_const;
+
+	/* number of sync bits: */
+	uint16_t ss, sy;
 };
 
 struct ir3_register {
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c
index 5d67d4877f5..3d6cae9f80e 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ dump_shader_info(struct ir3_shader_variant *v, struct pipe_debug_callback *debug
 	pipe_debug_message(debug, SHADER_INFO, "\n"
 			"SHADER-DB: %s prog %d/%d: %u instructions, %u dwords\n"
 			"SHADER-DB: %s prog %d/%d: %u half, %u full\n"
-			"SHADER-DB: %s prog %d/%d: %u const, %u constlen\n",
+			"SHADER-DB: %s prog %d/%d: %u const, %u constlen\n"
+			"SHADER-DB: %s prog %d/%d: %u (ss), %u (sy)\n",
 			ir3_shader_stage(v->shader),
 			v->shader->id, v->id,
 			v->info.instrs_count,
@@ -181,7 +182,10 @@ dump_shader_info(struct ir3_shader_variant *v, struct pipe_debug_callback *debug
 			ir3_shader_stage(v->shader),
 			v->shader->id, v->id,
 			v->info.max_const + 1,
-			v->constlen);
+			v->constlen,
+			ir3_shader_stage(v->shader),
+			v->shader->id, v->id,
+			v->info.ss, v->info.sy);
 }
 
 static struct ir3_shader_variant *
@@ -486,6 +490,8 @@ ir3_shader_disasm(struct ir3_shader_variant *so, uint32_t *bin)
 			so->info.max_const + 1,
 			so->constlen);
 
+	debug_printf("; %u (ss), %u (sy)\n", so->info.ss, so->info.sy);
+
 	/* print shader type specific info: */
 	switch (so->type) {
 	case SHADER_VERTEX: