diff --git a/docs/envvars.rst b/docs/envvars.rst
index 084e37fa1fd..d466755d0f0 100644
--- a/docs/envvars.rst
+++ b/docs/envvars.rst
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ Clover environment variables
    allows specifying additional linker options. Specified options are
    appended after the options set by the OpenCL program in
    ``clLinkProgram``.
-   
+
 .. _rusticl-env-var:
 
 .. envvar:: IRIS_ENABLE_CLOVER
@@ -1339,6 +1339,8 @@ RADV driver environment variables
       enable optimizations to move more driver internal objects to VRAM.
    ``rtwave64``
       enable wave64 for ray tracing shaders (GFX10+)
+   ``transfer_queue``
+      enable experimental transfer queue support (GFX9+, not yet spec compliant)
    ``video_decode``
       enable experimental video decoding support
    ``gsfastlaunch2``
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_debug.h b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_debug.h
index d28c2de8043..73ccead2a67 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_debug.h
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_debug.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ enum {
    RADV_PERFTEST_VIDEO_DECODE = 1u << 11,
    RADV_PERFTEST_DMA_SHADERS = 1u << 12,
    RADV_PERFTEST_GS_FAST_LAUNCH_2 = 1u << 13,
+   RADV_PERFTEST_TRANSFER_QUEUE = 1u << 14,
 };
 
 bool radv_init_trace(struct radv_device *device);
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_instance.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_instance.c
index 762b4b3383d..c0877f53ce1 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_instance.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_instance.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static const struct debug_control radv_perftest_options[] = {{"localbos", RADV_P
                                                              {"video_decode", RADV_PERFTEST_VIDEO_DECODE},
                                                              {"dmashaders", RADV_PERFTEST_DMA_SHADERS},
                                                              {"gsfastlaunch2", RADV_PERFTEST_GS_FAST_LAUNCH_2},
+                                                             {"transfer_queue", RADV_PERFTEST_TRANSFER_QUEUE},
                                                              {NULL, 0}};
 
 const char *
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_physical_device.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_physical_device.c
index fe3ec275ef5..b797bc61eb6 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_physical_device.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_physical_device.c
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ radv_taskmesh_enabled(const struct radv_physical_device *pdevice)
           !(pdevice->instance->debug_flags & RADV_DEBUG_NO_COMPUTE_QUEUE) && pdevice->rad_info.has_gang_submit;
 }
 
+static bool
+radv_transfer_queue_enabled(const struct radv_physical_device *pdevice)
+{
+   /* Check if the GPU has SDMA support and transfer queues are allowed. */
+   if (pdevice->rad_info.sdma_ip_version == SDMA_UNKNOWN || !pdevice->rad_info.ip[AMD_IP_SDMA].num_queues ||
+       !(pdevice->instance->perftest_flags & RADV_PERFTEST_TRANSFER_QUEUE))
+      return false;
+
+   return pdevice->rad_info.gfx_level >= GFX9;
+}
+
 static bool
 radv_vrs_attachment_enabled(const struct radv_physical_device *pdevice)
 {
@@ -199,6 +210,11 @@ radv_physical_device_init_queue_table(struct radv_physical_device *pdevice)
       }
    }
 
+   if (radv_transfer_queue_enabled(pdevice)) {
+      pdevice->vk_queue_to_radv[idx] = RADV_QUEUE_TRANSFER;
+      idx++;
+   }
+
    pdevice->vk_queue_to_radv[idx++] = RADV_QUEUE_SPARSE;
 
    pdevice->num_queues = idx;
@@ -2119,6 +2135,10 @@ radv_get_physical_device_queue_family_properties(struct radv_physical_device *pd
          num_queue_families++;
    }
 
+   if (radv_transfer_queue_enabled(pdevice)) {
+      num_queue_families++;
+   }
+
    if (pQueueFamilyProperties == NULL) {
       *pCount = num_queue_families;
       return;
@@ -2171,6 +2191,18 @@ radv_get_physical_device_queue_family_properties(struct radv_physical_device *pd
       }
    }
 
+   if (radv_transfer_queue_enabled(pdevice)) {
+      if (*pCount > idx) {
+         *pQueueFamilyProperties[idx] = (VkQueueFamilyProperties){
+            .queueFlags = VK_QUEUE_TRANSFER_BIT,
+            .queueCount = pdevice->rad_info.ip[AMD_IP_SDMA].num_queues,
+            .timestampValidBits = 64,
+            .minImageTransferGranularity = (VkExtent3D){16, 16, 8},
+         };
+         idx++;
+      }
+   }
+
    if (*pCount > idx) {
       *pQueueFamilyProperties[idx] = (VkQueueFamilyProperties){
          .queueFlags = VK_QUEUE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT,
@@ -2201,13 +2233,12 @@ radv_GetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties2(VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice, ui
       return;
    }
    VkQueueFamilyProperties *properties[] = {
-      &pQueueFamilyProperties[0].queueFamilyProperties,
-      &pQueueFamilyProperties[1].queueFamilyProperties,
-      &pQueueFamilyProperties[2].queueFamilyProperties,
-      &pQueueFamilyProperties[3].queueFamilyProperties,
+      &pQueueFamilyProperties[0].queueFamilyProperties, &pQueueFamilyProperties[1].queueFamilyProperties,
+      &pQueueFamilyProperties[2].queueFamilyProperties, &pQueueFamilyProperties[3].queueFamilyProperties,
+      &pQueueFamilyProperties[4].queueFamilyProperties,
    };
    radv_get_physical_device_queue_family_properties(pdevice, pCount, properties);
-   assert(*pCount <= 4);
+   assert(*pCount <= 5);
 
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < *pCount; i++) {
       vk_foreach_struct (ext, pQueueFamilyProperties[i].pNext) {