diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_global.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_global.h
index e28c87cd7d6..f3acb7d3746 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_global.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_global.h
@@ -189,15 +189,16 @@ enum {
                                              * assigned to ID datablocks */
   G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH = (G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH_BUILD | G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH_EVAL | G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH_TAG |
                        G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH_TIME | G_DEBUG_DEPSGRAPH_UUID),
-  G_DEBUG_SIMDATA = (1 << 15),               /* sim debug data display */
-  G_DEBUG_GPU = (1 << 16),                   /* gpu debug */
-  G_DEBUG_IO = (1 << 17),                    /* IO Debugging (for Collada, ...). */
-  G_DEBUG_GPU_FORCE_WORKAROUNDS = (1 << 18), /* force gpu workarounds bypassing detections. */
-  G_DEBUG_XR = (1 << 19),                    /* XR/OpenXR messages */
-  G_DEBUG_XR_TIME = (1 << 20),               /* XR/OpenXR timing messages */
+  G_DEBUG_SIMDATA = (1 << 15),                /* sim debug data display */
+  G_DEBUG_GPU = (1 << 16),                    /* gpu debug */
+  G_DEBUG_IO = (1 << 17),                     /* IO Debugging (for Collada, ...). */
+  G_DEBUG_GPU_FORCE_WORKAROUNDS = (1 << 18),  /* force gpu workarounds bypassing detections. */
+  G_DEBUG_GPU_FORCE_DISABLE_SSBO = (1 << 19), /* force disabling usage of SSBO's */
+  G_DEBUG_XR = (1 << 20),                     /* XR/OpenXR messages */
+  G_DEBUG_XR_TIME = (1 << 21),                /* XR/OpenXR timing messages */
 
-  G_DEBUG_GHOST = (1 << 21),  /* Debug GHOST module. */
-  G_DEBUG_WINTAB = (1 << 22), /* Debug Wintab. */
+  G_DEBUG_GHOST = (1 << 22),  /* Debug GHOST module. */
+  G_DEBUG_WINTAB = (1 << 23), /* Debug Wintab. */
 };
 
 #define G_DEBUG_ALL \
diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/opengl/gl_backend.cc b/source/blender/gpu/opengl/gl_backend.cc
index 9051003bcd5..49a2321af98 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/opengl/gl_backend.cc
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/opengl/gl_backend.cc
@@ -431,6 +431,12 @@ static void detect_workarounds()
   /* Minimum Per-Vertex stride is 1 byte for OpenGL. */
   GCaps.minimum_per_vertex_stride = 1;
 
+  /* Force disable per feature. */
+  if (G.debug & G_DEBUG_GPU_FORCE_DISABLE_SSBO) {
+    printf("\n");
+    printf("GL: Force disabling SSBO support from commandline arguments.\n");
+    GCaps.shader_storage_buffer_objects_support = false;
+  }
 }  // namespace blender::gpu
 
 /** Internal capabilities. */
diff --git a/source/creator/creator_args.c b/source/creator/creator_args.c
index fe2e14e0367..e0fea8a4686 100644
--- a/source/creator/creator_args.c
+++ b/source/creator/creator_args.c
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ static int arg_handle_print_help(int UNUSED(argc), const char **UNUSED(argv), vo
   BLI_args_print_arg_doc(ba, "--debug-wintab");
   BLI_args_print_arg_doc(ba, "--debug-gpu");
   BLI_args_print_arg_doc(ba, "--debug-gpu-force-workarounds");
+  BLI_args_print_arg_doc(ba, "--debug-gpu-disable-ssbo");
   BLI_args_print_arg_doc(ba, "--debug-wm");
 #  ifdef WITH_XR_OPENXR
   BLI_args_print_arg_doc(ba, "--debug-xr");
@@ -990,6 +991,9 @@ static const char arg_handle_debug_mode_generic_set_doc_depsgraph_uuid[] =
 static const char arg_handle_debug_mode_generic_set_doc_gpu_force_workarounds[] =
     "\n\t"
     "Enable workarounds for typical GPU issues and disable all GPU extensions.";
+static const char arg_handle_debug_mode_generic_set_doc_gpu_disable_ssbo[] =
+    "\n\t"
+    "Disable usage of shader storage buffer objects.";
 
 static int arg_handle_debug_mode_generic_set(int UNUSED(argc),
                                              const char **UNUSED(argv),
@@ -2212,6 +2216,11 @@ void main_args_setup(bContext *C, bArgs *ba)
                "--debug-gpu-force-workarounds",
                CB_EX(arg_handle_debug_mode_generic_set, gpu_force_workarounds),
                (void *)G_DEBUG_GPU_FORCE_WORKAROUNDS);
+  BLI_args_add(ba,
+               NULL,
+               "--debug-gpu-disable-ssbo",
+               CB_EX(arg_handle_debug_mode_generic_set, gpu_disable_ssbo),
+               (void *)G_DEBUG_GPU_FORCE_DISABLE_SSBO);
   BLI_args_add(ba, NULL, "--debug-exit-on-error", CB(arg_handle_debug_exit_on_error), NULL);
 
   BLI_args_add(ba, NULL, "--verbose", CB(arg_handle_verbosity_set), NULL);