iris_create_compute_state(struct pipe_context *ctx,
                           const struct pipe_compute_state *state)
 {
-   assert(state->ir_type == PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR);
-
    struct iris_context *ice = (void *) ctx;
    struct iris_screen *screen = (void *) ctx->screen;
+   const nir_shader_compiler_options *options =
+      screen->compiler->glsl_compiler_options[MESA_SHADER_COMPUTE].NirOptions;
+
+   nir_shader *nir;
+   switch (state->ir_type) {
+   case PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR:
+      nir = (void *)state->prog;
+      break;
+
+   case PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR_SERIALIZED: {
+      struct blob_reader reader;
+      const struct pipe_binary_program_header *hdr = state->prog;
+      blob_reader_init(&reader, hdr->blob, hdr->num_bytes);
+      nir = nir_deserialize(NULL, options, &reader);
+      break;
+   }
+
+   default:
+      unreachable("Unsupported IR");
+   }
+
    struct iris_uncompiled_shader *ish =
-      iris_create_uncompiled_shader(ctx, (void *) state->prog, NULL);
+      iris_create_uncompiled_shader(ctx, nir, NULL);
 
    // XXX: disallow more than 64KB of shared variables
 
 
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_PREFERRED_IR:
       return PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR;
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_SUPPORTED_IRS:
-      return 1 << PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR;
+      return (1 << PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR) |
+             (1 << PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR_SERIALIZED);
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_TGSI_DROUND_SUPPORTED:
    case PIPE_SHADER_CAP_TGSI_LDEXP_SUPPORTED:
       return 1;