diff --git a/docs/reference/intel-gpu-tools/intel-gpu-tools-docs.xml b/docs/reference/intel-gpu-tools/intel-gpu-tools-docs.xml
index c862f2a..55902ab 100644
--- a/docs/reference/intel-gpu-tools/intel-gpu-tools-docs.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/intel-gpu-tools/intel-gpu-tools-docs.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     <xi:include href="xml/intel_io.xml"/>
     <xi:include href="xml/igt_vc4.xml"/>
     <xi:include href="xml/igt_vgem.xml"/>
+    <xi:include href="xml/igt_dummyload.xml"/>
   </chapter>
   <xi:include href="xml/igt_test_programs.xml"/>
 
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.sources b/lib/Makefile.sources
index e8e277b..7fc5ec2 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.sources
+++ b/lib/Makefile.sources
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ lib_source_list =	 	\
 	igt_draw.h		\
 	igt_pm.c		\
 	igt_pm.h		\
+	igt_dummyload.c		\
+	igt_dummyload.h		\
 	uwildmat/uwildmat.h	\
 	uwildmat/uwildmat.c	\
 	$(NULL)
diff --git a/lib/drmtest.c b/lib/drmtest.c
index 44abc7e..be1dc93 100644
--- a/lib/drmtest.c
+++ b/lib/drmtest.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "intel_reg.h"
 #include "ioctl_wrappers.h"
+#include "igt_dummyload.h"
 
 /**
  * SECTION:drmtest
@@ -159,6 +160,8 @@ void gem_quiescent_gpu(int fd)
 	struct drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 obj;
 	unsigned ring;
 
+	igt_terminate_spin_batches();
+
 	memset(&obj, 0, sizeof(obj));
 	obj.handle = gem_create(fd, 4096);
 	gem_write(fd, obj.handle, 0, &bbe, sizeof(&bbe));
diff --git a/lib/igt.h b/lib/igt.h
index d751f24..a0028d5 100644
--- a/lib/igt.h
+++ b/lib/igt.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "igt_core.h"
 #include "igt_debugfs.h"
 #include "igt_draw.h"
+#include "igt_dummyload.h"
 #include "igt_fb.h"
 #include "igt_gt.h"
 #include "igt_kms.h"
diff --git a/lib/igt_dummyload.c b/lib/igt_dummyload.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d388f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/igt_dummyload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "igt.h"
+#include "igt_dummyload.h"
+#include <time.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+
+/**
+ * SECTION:igt_dummyload
+ * @short_description: Library for submitting GPU workloads
+ * @title: Dummyload
+ * @include: igt.h
+ *
+ * A lot of igt testcases need some GPU workload to make sure a race window is
+ * big enough. Unfortunately having a fixed amount of workload leads to
+ * spurious test failures or overly long runtimes on some fast/slow platforms.
+ * This library contains functionality to submit GPU workloads that should
+ * consume exactly a specific amount of time.
+ */
+
+#define LOCAL_I915_EXEC_BSD_SHIFT      (13)
+#define LOCAL_I915_EXEC_BSD_MASK       (3 << LOCAL_I915_EXEC_BSD_SHIFT)
+
+#define ENGINE_MASK  (I915_EXEC_RING_MASK | LOCAL_I915_EXEC_BSD_MASK)
+
+static const int bo_size = 4096;
+static struct igt_list spin_list = { &(spin_list), &(spin_list) };
+static int spin_object_timer_id = 0;
+
+static void
+fill_object(struct drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 *obj, uint32_t gem_handle,
+	    struct drm_i915_gem_relocation_entry *relocs, uint32_t count)
+{
+	memset(obj, 0, sizeof(*obj));
+	obj->handle = gem_handle;
+	obj->relocation_count = count;
+	obj->relocs_ptr = (uintptr_t)relocs;
+}
+
+static void
+fill_reloc(struct drm_i915_gem_relocation_entry *reloc,
+	   uint32_t gem_handle, uint32_t offset,
+	   uint32_t read_domains, uint32_t write_domains)
+{
+	reloc->target_handle = gem_handle;
+	reloc->delta = 0;
+	reloc->offset = offset * sizeof(uint32_t);
+	reloc->presumed_offset = 0;
+	reloc->read_domains = read_domains;
+	reloc->write_domain = write_domains;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Needs to be global. Signal handlers don't accept arguments
+ */
+static uint32_t *batch;
+
+static uint32_t emit_recursive_batch(int fd, int engine,
+				     unsigned int dep_handle)
+{
+	const int gen = intel_gen(intel_get_drm_devid(fd));
+	struct drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 obj[2];
+	struct drm_i915_gem_relocation_entry relocs[2];
+	struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 execbuf;
+	unsigned int engines[16];
+	unsigned int nengine, handle;
+	int i = 0, reloc_count = 0, buf_count = 0;
+
+	buf_count = 0;
+	nengine = 0;
+	if (engine < 0) {
+		for_each_engine(fd, engine)
+			if (engine)
+				engines[nengine++] = engine;
+	} else {
+		gem_require_ring(fd, engine);
+		engines[nengine++] = engine;
+	}
+	igt_require(nengine);
+
+	memset(&execbuf, 0, sizeof(execbuf));
+	memset(obj, 0, sizeof(obj));
+	memset(relocs, 0, sizeof(relocs));
+
+	execbuf.buffers_ptr = (uintptr_t) obj;
+	handle = gem_create(fd, bo_size);
+	batch = gem_mmap__gtt(fd, handle, bo_size, PROT_WRITE);
+	igt_assert(batch);
+	gem_set_domain(fd, handle,
+			I915_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT, I915_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT);
+
+	if (dep_handle > 0) {
+		/* dummy write to dependency */
+		fill_object(&obj[buf_count], dep_handle, NULL, 0);
+		buf_count++;
+
+		fill_reloc(&relocs[reloc_count], dep_handle, 256,
+			   I915_GEM_DOMAIN_RENDER,
+			   I915_GEM_DOMAIN_RENDER);
+		reloc_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (gen >= 8) {
+		batch[i++] = MI_BATCH_BUFFER_START | 1 << 8 | 1;
+		/* recurse */
+		fill_reloc(&relocs[reloc_count], handle, i,
+			   I915_GEM_DOMAIN_COMMAND, 0);
+		batch[i++] = 0;
+		batch[i++] = 0;
+	} else if (gen >= 6) {
+		batch[i++] = MI_BATCH_BUFFER_START | 1 << 8;
+		/* recurse */
+		fill_reloc(&relocs[reloc_count], handle, i,
+			   I915_GEM_DOMAIN_COMMAND, 0);
+		batch[i++] = 0;
+	} else {
+		batch[i++] = MI_BATCH_BUFFER_START | 2 << 6 |
+			((gen < 4) ? 1 : 0);
+		/* recurse */
+		fill_reloc(&relocs[reloc_count], handle, i,
+			   I915_GEM_DOMAIN_COMMAND, 0);
+		batch[i++] = 0;
+		if (gen < 4)
+			relocs[reloc_count].delta = 1;
+	}
+	reloc_count++;
+
+	fill_object(&obj[buf_count], handle, relocs, reloc_count);
+	buf_count++;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nengine; i++) {
+		execbuf.flags = engines[i];
+		execbuf.flags &= ~ENGINE_MASK;
+		execbuf.buffer_count = buf_count;
+		gem_execbuf(fd, &execbuf);
+	}
+
+	return handle;
+}
+
+static void exit_batch_handler(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *spin)
+{
+	struct sigaction act;
+
+	*batch = MI_BATCH_BUFFER_END;
+	__sync_synchronize();
+
+	memset(&act, 0, sizeof(act));
+	act.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+	igt_assert(sigaction(info->si_signo, &act, NULL) == 0);
+}
+
+
+void igt_terminate_spin_batches(void)
+{
+	struct igt_spin *iter, *tmp;
+
+	igt_list_for_each_safe(iter, tmp, &spin_list, link)
+		igt_spin_batch_end(iter);
+}
+
+/**
+ * igt_spin_batch_new:
+ * @fd: open i915 drm file descriptor
+ * @engine: Ring to execute batch OR'd with execbuf flags. If value is less
+ *          than 0, execute on all available rings.
+ * @dep_handle: handle to a buffer object dependency. If greater than 0, add a
+ *              relocation entry to this buffer within the batch.
+ *
+ * Start a recursive batch on a ring. Immediately returns a #igt_spin_t that
+ * contains the batch's handle that can be waited upon. The returned structure
+ * must be passed to igt_spin_batch_free() for post-processing.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * Structure with helper internal state for igt_spin_batch_free().
+ */
+igt_spin_t *
+igt_spin_batch_new(int fd, int engine, unsigned int dep_handle)
+{
+	igt_spin_t *spin = calloc(1, sizeof(struct igt_spin));
+	uint32_t handle = emit_recursive_batch(fd, engine, dep_handle);
+
+	igt_assert(gem_bo_busy(fd, handle));
+	igt_list_init(&spin->link);
+	spin->handle = handle;
+	spin->batch = batch;
+	spin->timer = NULL;
+	igt_list_add(&spin_list, &spin->link);
+
+	return spin;
+}
+
+/**
+ * igt_spin_batch_set_timeout:
+ * @spin: spin batch state from igt_spin_batch_new()
+ * @ns: amount of time in nanoseconds the batch continues to execute
+ *      before finishing.
+ *
+ * Specify a timeout. This ends the recursive batch associated with @spin after
+ * the timeout has elapsed.
+ */
+void igt_spin_batch_set_timeout(igt_spin_t *spin, int64_t ns)
+{
+	timer_t timer;
+	struct sigevent sev;
+	struct sigaction act, oldact;
+	struct itimerspec its;
+	int signum;
+
+	igt_assert(ns > 0);
+	if (!spin)
+		return;
+
+	if (spin_object_timer_id > SIGRTMAX - 1)
+		spin_object_timer_id = 0;
+	signum = SIGRTMIN + spin_object_timer_id++;
+
+	memset(&sev, 0, sizeof(sev));
+	sev.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL | SIGEV_THREAD_ID;
+	sev.sigev_notify_thread_id = gettid();
+	sev.sigev_signo = signum;
+	igt_assert(timer_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &sev, &timer) == 0);
+	igt_assert(timer > 0);
+
+	memset(&oldact, 0, sizeof(oldact));
+	memset(&act, 0, sizeof(act));
+	act.sa_sigaction = exit_batch_handler;
+	act.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+	igt_assert(sigaction(signum, &act, &oldact) == 0);
+	igt_assert(oldact.sa_sigaction == NULL);
+
+	memset(&its, 0, sizeof(its));
+	its.it_value.tv_sec = ns / NSEC_PER_SEC;
+	its.it_value.tv_nsec = ns % NSEC_PER_SEC;
+	igt_assert(timer_settime(timer, 0, &its, NULL) == 0);
+
+	spin->timer = timer;
+}
+
+/**
+ * igt_spin_batch_end:
+ * @spin: spin batch state from igt_spin_batch_new()
+ *
+ * End the recursive batch associated with @spin manually.
+ */
+void igt_spin_batch_end(igt_spin_t *spin)
+{
+	if (!spin)
+		return;
+
+	*spin->batch = MI_BATCH_BUFFER_END;
+	__sync_synchronize();
+}
+
+/**
+ * igt_spin_batch_free:
+ * @fd: open i915 drm file descriptor
+ * @spin: spin batch state from igt_spin_batch_new()
+ *
+ * This function does the necessary post-processing after starting a recursive
+ * batch with igt_spin_batch_new().
+ */
+void igt_spin_batch_free(int fd, igt_spin_t *spin)
+{
+	if (!spin)
+		return;
+
+	if (spin->timer > 0)
+		timer_delete(spin->timer);
+
+	igt_spin_batch_end(spin);
+	munmap(spin->batch, bo_size);
+	gem_close(fd, spin->handle);
+	igt_list_del(&spin->link);
+	free(spin);
+}
diff --git a/lib/igt_dummyload.h b/lib/igt_dummyload.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b250f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/igt_dummyload.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __IGT_DUMMYLOAD_H__
+#define __IGT_DUMMYLOAD_H__
+
+#include "igt_aux.h"
+
+typedef struct igt_spin {
+	unsigned int handle;
+	uint32_t *batch;
+	timer_t timer;
+	struct igt_list link;
+} igt_spin_t;
+
+
+igt_spin_t *
+igt_spin_batch_new(int fd, int engine, unsigned int dep_handle);
+
+void igt_spin_batch_set_timeout(igt_spin_t *spin, int64_t ns);
+
+void igt_spin_batch_end(igt_spin_t *spin);
+
+void igt_spin_batch_free(int fd, igt_spin_t *spin);
+
+void igt_terminate_spin_batches(void);
+
+#endif /* __IGT_DUMMYLOAD_H__ */
