diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/StreamBuffer.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/StreamBuffer.cpp
index 5268423d72..b616720ae2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/StreamBuffer.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/StreamBuffer.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public:
 class BufferStorage : public StreamBuffer
 {
 public:
-	BufferStorage(u32 type, u32 size) : StreamBuffer(type, size)
+	BufferStorage(u32 type, u32 size, bool _coherent = false) : StreamBuffer(type, size), coherent(_coherent)
 	{
 		CreateFences();
 		glBindBuffer(m_buffertype, m_buffer);
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ public:
 		// COHERENT_BIT is set so we don't have to use a MemoryBarrier on write
 		// CLIENT_STORAGE_BIT is set since we access the buffer more frequently on the client side then server side
 		glBufferStorage(m_buffertype, m_size, nullptr,
-			GL_MAP_WRITE_BIT | GL_MAP_PERSISTENT_BIT);
+			GL_MAP_WRITE_BIT | GL_MAP_PERSISTENT_BIT | (coherent ? GL_MAP_COHERENT_BIT : 0));
 		m_pointer = (u8*)glMapBufferRange(m_buffertype, 0, m_size,
-			GL_MAP_WRITE_BIT | GL_MAP_PERSISTENT_BIT | GL_MAP_FLUSH_EXPLICIT_BIT);
+			GL_MAP_WRITE_BIT | GL_MAP_PERSISTENT_BIT | (coherent ? GL_MAP_COHERENT_BIT : GL_MAP_FLUSH_EXPLICIT_BIT));
 	}
 
 	~BufferStorage()
@@ -239,11 +239,13 @@ public:
 
 	void Unmap(u32 used_size) override
 	{
-		glFlushMappedBufferRange(m_buffertype, m_iterator, used_size);
+		if (!coherent)
+			glFlushMappedBufferRange(m_buffertype, m_iterator, used_size);
 		m_iterator += used_size;
 	}
 
 	u8* m_pointer;
+	const bool coherent;
 };
 
 /* --- AMD only ---
@@ -377,10 +379,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<StreamBuffer> StreamBuffer::Create(u32 type, u32 size)
 			return std::make_unique<PinnedMemory>(type, size);
 
 		// buffer storage works well in most situations
+		bool coherent = DriverDetails::HasBug(DriverDetails::BUG_BROKENEXPLICITFLUSH);
 		if (g_ogl_config.bSupportsGLBufferStorage &&
 			!(DriverDetails::HasBug(DriverDetails::BUG_BROKENBUFFERSTORAGE) && type == GL_ARRAY_BUFFER) &&
 			!(DriverDetails::HasBug(DriverDetails::BUG_INTELBROKENBUFFERSTORAGE) && type == GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER))
-			return std::make_unique<BufferStorage>(type, size);
+			return std::make_unique<BufferStorage>(type, size, coherent);
 
 		// don't fall back to MapAnd* for Nvidia drivers
 		if (DriverDetails::HasBug(DriverDetails::BUG_BROKENUNSYNCMAPPING))
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.cpp
index ae7ebcf0b2..7e7aa9039b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace DriverDetails
 	static BugInfo m_known_bugs[] = {
 		{OS_ALL,    VENDOR_QUALCOMM, DRIVER_QUALCOMM, Family::UNKNOWN, BUG_BROKENBUFFERSTREAM,  -1.0, -1.0, true},
 		{OS_ALL,    VENDOR_QUALCOMM, DRIVER_QUALCOMM, Family::UNKNOWN, BUG_BROKENNEGATEDBOOLEAN,-1.0, -1.0, true},
+		{OS_ALL,    VENDOR_QUALCOMM, DRIVER_QUALCOMM, Family::UNKNOWN, BUG_BROKENEXPLICITFLUSH, -1.0, -1.0, true},
 		{OS_ALL,    VENDOR_ARM,      DRIVER_ARM,      Family::UNKNOWN, BUG_BROKENBUFFERSTREAM,  -1.0, -1.0, true},
 		{OS_ALL,    VENDOR_ARM,      DRIVER_ARM,      Family::UNKNOWN, BUG_BROKENVSYNC,         -1.0, -1.0, true},
 		{OS_ALL,    VENDOR_IMGTEC,   DRIVER_IMGTEC,   Family::UNKNOWN, BUG_BROKENBUFFERSTREAM,  -1.0, -1.0, true},
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h
index 74a05a5a75..ebfe4a1944 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h
@@ -176,6 +176,14 @@ namespace DriverDetails
 		// Mesa introduced geometry shader support for radeon and sandy bridge devices and failed to test it with us.
 		// Causes misrenderings on a large amount of things that draw lines.
 		BUG_BROKENGEOMETRYSHADERS,
+
+		// Bug: Explicit flush is very slow on Qualcomm
+		// Started Version: -1
+		// Ended Version: -1
+		// Our ARB_buffer_storage code uses explicit flush to avoid coherent mapping.
+		// Qualcomm seems to have lots of overhead on exlicit flushing, but the coherent mapping path is fine.
+		// So let's use coherent mapping there.
+		BUG_BROKENEXPLICITFLUSH,
 	};
 
 	// Initializes our internal vendor, device family, and driver version