diff --git a/intern/opensubdiv/opensubdiv_utils_capi.cc b/intern/opensubdiv/opensubdiv_utils_capi.cc
index 5a2d017ed26..a3aff5327db 100644
--- a/intern/opensubdiv/opensubdiv_utils_capi.cc
+++ b/intern/opensubdiv/opensubdiv_utils_capi.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "opensubdiv_capi.h"
 
+#include <cstring>
 #include <GL/glew.h>
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -71,7 +72,24 @@ int openSubdiv_getAvailableEvaluators(void)
 #endif  /* OPENSUBDIV_HAS_GLSL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK */
 
 #ifdef OPENSUBDIV_HAS_GLSL_COMPUTE
-	flags |= OPENSUBDIV_EVALUATOR_GLSL_COMPUTE;
+	static bool vendor_checked = false;
+	static bool disable_glsl_compute = false;
+	/* Force disable GLSL Compute on AMD hardware because it has really
+	 * hard time evaluating required shaders.
+	 */
+	if (!vendor_checked) {
+		const char *vendor = (const char *)glGetString(GL_VENDOR);
+		const char *renderer = (const char *)glGetString(GL_RENDERER);
+		if (strstr(vendor, "ATI") ||
+			strstr(renderer, "Mesa DRI R") ||
+			(strstr(renderer, "Gallium ") && strstr(renderer, " on ATI ")))
+		{
+			disable_glsl_compute = true;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!disable_glsl_compute) {
+		flags |= OPENSUBDIV_EVALUATOR_GLSL_COMPUTE;
+	}
 #endif  /* OPENSUBDIV_HAS_GLSL_COMPUTE */
 
 	return flags;