diff --git a/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard.h b/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard.h
index 955c172cbc9..36c36c5bfcf 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define MIDGARD_DBG_MSGS		0x0001
 #define MIDGARD_DBG_SHADERS		0x0002
 #define MIDGARD_DBG_SHADERDB            0x0004
+#define MIDGARD_DBG_INORDER             0x0008
 
 extern int midgard_debug;
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_compile.c b/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_compile.c
index 17709e8997e..c42b1b784f0 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_compile.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_compile.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static const struct debug_named_value midgard_debug_options[] = {
         {"msgs",      MIDGARD_DBG_MSGS,		"Print debug messages"},
         {"shaders",   MIDGARD_DBG_SHADERS,	"Dump shaders in NIR and MIR"},
         {"shaderdb",  MIDGARD_DBG_SHADERDB,     "Prints shader-db statistics"},
+        {"inorder",   MIDGARD_DBG_INORDER,      "Disables out-of-order scheduling"},
         DEBUG_NAMED_VALUE_END
 };
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_schedule.c b/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_schedule.c
index 7bd8229fe33..973af220c2e 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_schedule.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_schedule.c
@@ -674,6 +674,12 @@ mir_choose_instruction(
         unsigned max_active = 0;
         unsigned max_distance = 36;
 
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+        /* Force in-order scheduling */
+        if (midgard_debug & MIDGARD_DBG_INORDER)
+                max_distance = 1;
+#endif
+
         BITSET_FOREACH_SET(i, worklist, count) {
                 max_active = MAX2(max_active, i);
         }