diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c
index df9a7c0ab7f..84454666b1c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_screen.c
@@ -554,6 +554,9 @@ u_pipe_screen_get_param_defaults(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
       return pscreen->get_driver_query_info && pscreen->get_driver_query_group_info &&
              pscreen->get_driver_query_group_info(pscreen, 0, NULL) != 0;
 
+   case PIPE_CAP_TRANSCODE_ASTC_WORK_WELL:
+      return 1;
+
    default:
       unreachable("bad PIPE_CAP_*");
    }
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_screen.c
index 5d8c3b49da6..6557ef81663 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_screen.c
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ iris_get_param(struct pipe_screen *pscreen, enum pipe_cap param)
    case PIPE_CAP_ASTC_VOID_EXTENTS_NEED_DENORM_FLUSH:
       return devinfo->ver == 9 && !intel_device_info_is_9lp(devinfo);
 
+   case PIPE_CAP_TRANSCODE_ASTC_WORK_WELL:
+      return !intel_device_info_is_mtl(devinfo);
+
    default:
       return u_pipe_screen_get_param_defaults(pscreen, param);
    }
diff --git a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h
index 11328563a54..f2a65e8dae2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h
+++ b/src/gallium/include/pipe/p_defines.h
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ enum pipe_cap
    PIPE_CAP_VALIDATE_ALL_DIRTY_STATES,
    PIPE_CAP_HAS_CONST_BW,
    PIPE_CAP_PERFORMANCE_MONITOR,
+   PIPE_CAP_TRANSCODE_ASTC_WORK_WELL,
    PIPE_CAP_LAST,
    /* XXX do not add caps after PIPE_CAP_LAST! */
 };
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_device.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_device.c
index 81409737559..312ef930927 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_device.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_device.c
@@ -2241,7 +2241,8 @@ anv_physical_device_try_create(struct vk_instance *vk_instance,
       isl_format_supports_sampling(&device->info,
                                    ISL_FORMAT_ASTC_LDR_2D_4X4_FLT16);
    if (!device->has_astc_ldr &&
-       driQueryOptionb(&device->instance->dri_options, "vk_require_astc"))
+       (driQueryOptionb(&device->instance->dri_options, "vk_require_astc") ||
+       !intel_device_info_is_mtl(&devinfo)))
       device->emu_astc_ldr = true;
    if (devinfo.ver == 9 && !intel_device_info_is_9lp(&devinfo)) {
       device->flush_astc_ldr_void_extent_denorms =
diff --git a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.c b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.c
index ad0608c2d6f..c6ef942252f 100644
--- a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.c
+++ b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_context.c
@@ -546,7 +546,8 @@ st_create_context_priv(struct gl_context *ctx, struct pipe_context *pipe,
                        screen->is_format_supported(screen, PIPE_FORMAT_DXT1_SRGBA,
                                                    PIPE_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0,
                                                    PIPE_BIND_SAMPLER_VIEW);
-   st->transcode_astc = options->transcode_astc &&
+   st->transcode_astc = (options->transcode_astc ||
+                        screen->get_param(screen, PIPE_CAP_TRANSCODE_ASTC_WORK_WELL)) &&
                         screen->is_format_supported(screen, PIPE_FORMAT_DXT5_SRGBA,
                                                     PIPE_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0,
                                                     PIPE_BIND_SAMPLER_VIEW) &&
diff --git a/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf b/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf
index ba42e550260..907801a9146 100644
--- a/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf
+++ b/src/util/00-mesa-defaults.conf
@@ -1122,6 +1122,9 @@ TODO: document the other workarounds.
         <application name="Insurgency" executable="insurgency_linux">
             <option name="force_gl_vendor" value="X.Org" />
         </application>
+        <application name="Android CTS" executable="com.drawelements.deqp:testercore">
+            <option name="transcode_astc" value="false" />
+        </application>
 
         <application name="SPECviewperf13" executable="viewperf">
             <!-- creo-03 needs this to compile shaders; we don't support some corner cases -->
@@ -1229,6 +1232,10 @@ TODO: document the other workarounds.
         <engine engine_name_match="mesa zink">
             <option name="no_16bit" value="true" />
         </engine>
+       <application name="Android CTS" executable="com.drawelements.deqp:testercore">
+            <option name="vk_require_astc" value="false" />
+        </application>
+
         <!-- Disable FCV optimization for Unreal Engine 5.1 workloads. -->
         <engine engine_name_match="UnrealEngine5.1">
             <option name="anv_disable_fcv" value="true" />