diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c
index a449db856f6..f864a7a320b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ u_pipe_screen_get_param_defaults(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
    case PIPE_CAP_MAX_COMBINED_HW_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFERS:
    case PIPE_CAP_TGSI_ATOMFADD:
    case PIPE_CAP_TGSI_SKIP_SHRINK_IO_ARRAYS:
+   case PIPE_CAP_IMAGE_LOAD_FORMATTED:
       return 0;
 
    case PIPE_CAP_MAX_GS_INVOCATIONS:
diff --git a/src/gallium/docs/source/screen.rst b/src/gallium/docs/source/screen.rst
index f29c05756a8..21ca07f2437 100644
--- a/src/gallium/docs/source/screen.rst
+++ b/src/gallium/docs/source/screen.rst
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ The integer capabilities:
   arrays should be skipped and enforce keeping the declared array sizes instead.
   A driver might rely on the input mapping that was defined with the original
   GLSL code.
+* ``PIPE_CAP_IMAGE_LOAD_FORMATTED``: True if a format for image loads does not need to be specified in the shader IR
 
 .. _pipe_capf:
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv30/nv30_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv30/nv30_screen.c
index 53551ebc037..b5dc033bd2d 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv30/nv30_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv30/nv30_screen.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ nv30_screen_get_param(struct pipe_screen *pscreen, enum pipe_cap param)
    case PIPE_CAP_CONSERVATIVE_RASTER_POST_DEPTH_COVERAGE:
    case PIPE_CAP_MAX_CONSERVATIVE_RASTER_SUBPIXEL_PRECISION_BIAS:
    case PIPE_CAP_PROGRAMMABLE_SAMPLE_LOCATIONS:
+   case PIPE_CAP_IMAGE_LOAD_FORMATTED:
       return 0;
 
    case PIPE_CAP_MAX_GS_INVOCATIONS:
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv50/nv50_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv50/nv50_screen.c
index b9bfce21364..423b6af3b64 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv50/nv50_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv50/nv50_screen.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ nv50_screen_get_param(struct pipe_screen *pscreen, enum pipe_cap param)
    case PIPE_CAP_GLSL_TESS_LEVELS_AS_INPUTS:
    case PIPE_CAP_NIR_COMPACT_ARRAYS:
    case PIPE_CAP_COMPUTE:
+   case PIPE_CAP_IMAGE_LOAD_FORMATTED:
       return 0;
 
    case PIPE_CAP_VENDOR_ID:
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c
index 2fb2097d731..79224ac99a7 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nvc0/nvc0_screen.c
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ nvc0_screen_get_param(struct pipe_screen *pscreen, enum pipe_cap param)
    case PIPE_CAP_RGB_OVERRIDE_DST_ALPHA_BLEND:
    case PIPE_CAP_GLSL_TESS_LEVELS_AS_INPUTS:
    case PIPE_CAP_NIR_COMPACT_ARRAYS:
+   case PIPE_CAP_IMAGE_LOAD_FORMATTED:
       return 0;
 
    case PIPE_CAP_VENDOR_ID:
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/swr/swr_screen.cpp b/src/gallium/drivers/swr/swr_screen.cpp
index ea63368f750..3a2a6133127 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/swr/swr_screen.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/swr/swr_screen.cpp
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ swr_get_param(struct pipe_screen *screen, enum pipe_cap param)
    case PIPE_CAP_MAX_CONSERVATIVE_RASTER_SUBPIXEL_PRECISION_BIAS:
    case PIPE_CAP_PROGRAMMABLE_SAMPLE_LOCATIONS:
    case PIPE_CAP_MAX_TEXTURE_UPLOAD_MEMORY_BUDGET:
+   case PIPE_CAP_IMAGE_LOAD_FORMATTED:
       return 0;
    case PIPE_CAP_MAX_GS_INVOCATIONS:
       return 32;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_screen.c
index 5fc8c35f8a9..ca9471fe5cb 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_screen.c
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ vc4_screen_get_shader_param(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
         case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_TGSI_SKIP_MERGE_REGISTERS:
         case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_MAX_HW_ATOMIC_COUNTERS:
         case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_MAX_HW_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFERS:
+        case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_IMAGE_LOAD_FORMATTED:
                 return 0;
         case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_SCALAR_ISA:
                 return 1;
diff --git a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h
index feb30693a96..b927991e433 100644
--- a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h
+++ b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h
@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ enum pipe_cap
    PIPE_CAP_COMPUTE_GRID_INFO_LAST_BLOCK,
    PIPE_CAP_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES,
    PIPE_CAP_TGSI_SKIP_SHRINK_IO_ARRAYS,
+   PIPE_CAP_IMAGE_LOAD_FORMATTED,
 };
 
 /**