diff --git a/src/common/rendering/hwrenderer/data/hw_renderstate.h b/src/common/rendering/hwrenderer/data/hw_renderstate.h
index 8c753f044..7ac3662a2 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/hwrenderer/data/hw_renderstate.h
+++ b/src/common/rendering/hwrenderer/data/hw_renderstate.h
@@ -731,6 +731,9 @@ public:
 
 	// API-dependent render interface
 
+	// Worker threads
+	virtual void FlushCommands() { }
+
 	// Vertices
 	virtual std::pair<FFlatVertex*, unsigned int> AllocVertices(unsigned int count) = 0;
 	virtual void SetShadowData(const TArray<FFlatVertex>& vertices, const TArray<uint32_t>& indexes) = 0;
diff --git a/src/common/rendering/vulkan/commands/vk_commandbuffer.cpp b/src/common/rendering/vulkan/commands/vk_commandbuffer.cpp
index 4b1c7b5e5..bcb3aed83 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/vulkan/commands/vk_commandbuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/common/rendering/vulkan/commands/vk_commandbuffer.cpp
@@ -71,24 +71,43 @@ VulkanCommandBuffer* VkCommandBufferManager::GetTransferCommands()
 {
 	if (!mTransferCommands)
 	{
+		std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mMutex);
 		mTransferCommands = mCommandPool->createBuffer();
-		mTransferCommands->SetDebugName("VulkanRenderDevice.mTransferCommands");
+		mTransferCommands->SetDebugName("TransferCommands");
 		mTransferCommands->begin();
 	}
 	return mTransferCommands.get();
 }
 
-VulkanCommandBuffer* VkCommandBufferManager::GetDrawCommands(int threadIndex)
+VulkanCommandBuffer* VkCommandBufferManager::GetDrawCommands()
 {
 	if (!mDrawCommands)
 	{
+		std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mMutex);
 		mDrawCommands = mCommandPool->createBuffer();
-		mDrawCommands->SetDebugName("VulkanRenderDevice.mDrawCommands");
+		mDrawCommands->SetDebugName("DrawCommands");
 		mDrawCommands->begin();
 	}
 	return mDrawCommands.get();
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<VulkanCommandBuffer> VkCommandBufferManager::BeginThreadCommands()
+{
+	std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mMutex);
+	auto commands = mCommandPool->createBuffer();
+	commands->SetDebugName("ThreadCommands");
+	lock.unlock();
+	commands->begin();
+	return commands;
+}
+
+void VkCommandBufferManager::EndThreadCommands(std::unique_ptr<VulkanCommandBuffer> commands)
+{
+	commands->end();
+	std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mMutex);
+	mThreadCommands.push_back(std::move(commands));
+}
+
 void VkCommandBufferManager::BeginFrame()
 {
 	if (mNextTimestampQuery > 0)
@@ -134,28 +153,37 @@ void VkCommandBufferManager::FlushCommands(bool finish, bool lastsubmit, bool up
 	if (!uploadOnly)
 		fb->GetRenderState()->EndRenderPass();
 
-	if ((!uploadOnly && mDrawCommands) || mTransferCommands)
+	std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mMutex);
+
+	if (mTransferCommands)
 	{
-		VulkanCommandBuffer* commands[2];
-		size_t count = 0;
+		mTransferCommands->end();
+		mFlushCommands.push_back(mTransferCommands.get());
+		TransferDeleteList->Add(std::move(mTransferCommands));
+	}
 
-		if (mTransferCommands)
-		{
-			mTransferCommands->end();
-			commands[count++] = mTransferCommands.get();
-			TransferDeleteList->Add(std::move(mTransferCommands));
-		}
-
-		if (!uploadOnly && mDrawCommands)
+	if (!uploadOnly)
+	{
+		if (mDrawCommands)
 		{
 			mDrawCommands->end();
-			commands[count++] = mDrawCommands.get();
+			mFlushCommands.push_back(mDrawCommands.get());
 			DrawDeleteList->Add(std::move(mDrawCommands));
 		}
 
-		FlushCommands(commands, count, finish, lastsubmit);
+		for (auto& buffer : mThreadCommands)
+		{
+			mFlushCommands.push_back(buffer.get());
+			DrawDeleteList->Add(std::move(buffer));
+		}
+		mThreadCommands.clear();
+	}
 
-		current_rendered_commandbuffers += (int)count;
+	if (!mFlushCommands.empty())
+	{
+		FlushCommands(mFlushCommands.data(), mFlushCommands.size(), finish, lastsubmit);
+		current_rendered_commandbuffers += (int)mFlushCommands.size();
+		mFlushCommands.clear();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/rendering/vulkan/commands/vk_commandbuffer.h b/src/common/rendering/vulkan/commands/vk_commandbuffer.h
index 3386b1e45..561b5eb8c 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/vulkan/commands/vk_commandbuffer.h
+++ b/src/common/rendering/vulkan/commands/vk_commandbuffer.h
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ public:
 	void BeginFrame();
 
 	VulkanCommandBuffer* GetTransferCommands();
-	VulkanCommandBuffer* GetDrawCommands(int threadIndex = 0);
+	VulkanCommandBuffer* GetDrawCommands();
+
+	std::unique_ptr<VulkanCommandBuffer> BeginThreadCommands();
+	void EndThreadCommands(std::unique_ptr<VulkanCommandBuffer> commands);
 
 	void FlushCommands(bool finish, bool lastsubmit = false, bool uploadOnly = false);
 
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ private:
 
 	std::unique_ptr<VulkanCommandBuffer> mTransferCommands;
 	std::unique_ptr<VulkanCommandBuffer> mDrawCommands;
+	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<VulkanCommandBuffer>> mThreadCommands;
 
 	enum { maxConcurrentSubmitCount = 8 };
 	std::unique_ptr<VulkanSemaphore> mSubmitSemaphore[maxConcurrentSubmitCount];
@@ -86,4 +90,6 @@ private:
 	int mNextTimestampQuery = 0;
 	std::vector<size_t> mGroupStack;
 	std::vector<TimestampQuery> timeElapsedQueries;
+	std::mutex mMutex;
+	std::vector<VulkanCommandBuffer*> mFlushCommands;
 };
diff --git a/src/common/rendering/vulkan/vk_renderstate.cpp b/src/common/rendering/vulkan/vk_renderstate.cpp
index d3e716470..9acfb5718 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/vulkan/vk_renderstate.cpp
+++ b/src/common/rendering/vulkan/vk_renderstate.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void VkRenderState::Apply(int dt)
 	drawcalls.Clock();
 
 	mApplyCount++;
-	if (mApplyCount >= vk_submit_size)
+	if (threadIndex == 0 && mApplyCount >= vk_submit_size)
 	{
 		fb->GetCommands()->FlushCommands(false);
 		mApplyCount = 0;
@@ -310,7 +310,16 @@ void VkRenderState::ApplyRenderPass(int dt)
 
 	if (!inRenderPass)
 	{
-		mCommandBuffer = fb->GetCommands()->GetDrawCommands(threadIndex);
+		if (threadIndex == 0)
+		{
+			mCommandBuffer = fb->GetCommands()->GetDrawCommands();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			mThreadCommandBuffer = fb->GetCommands()->BeginThreadCommands();
+			mCommandBuffer = mThreadCommandBuffer.get();
+		}
+
 		mScissorChanged = true;
 		mViewportChanged = true;
 		mStencilRefChanged = true;
@@ -711,13 +720,18 @@ void VkRenderState::EndRenderPass()
 	{
 		mCommandBuffer->endRenderPass();
 		mCommandBuffer = nullptr;
-		mPipelineKey = {};
-
-		// Force rebind of all buffers
-		mLastViewpointOffset = 0xffffffff;
-		mLastVertexOffsets[0] = 0xffffffff;
-		mIndexBufferNeedsBind = true;
 	}
+
+	if (mThreadCommandBuffer)
+	{
+		fb->GetCommands()->EndThreadCommands(std::move(mThreadCommandBuffer));
+	}
+
+	// Force rebind of everything on next draw
+	mPipelineKey = {};
+	mLastViewpointOffset = 0xffffffff;
+	mLastVertexOffsets[0] = 0xffffffff;
+	mIndexBufferNeedsBind = true;
 }
 
 void VkRenderState::EndFrame()
diff --git a/src/common/rendering/vulkan/vk_renderstate.h b/src/common/rendering/vulkan/vk_renderstate.h
index 0f9a6c279..a239bda6d 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/vulkan/vk_renderstate.h
+++ b/src/common/rendering/vulkan/vk_renderstate.h
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ public:
 	void EnableLineSmooth(bool on) override;
 	void EnableDrawBuffers(int count, bool apply) override;
 
-	void BeginFrame();
-	void SetRenderTarget(VkTextureImage *image, VulkanImageView *depthStencilView, int width, int height, VkFormat Format, VkSampleCountFlagBits samples);
-	void EndRenderPass();
-	void EndFrame();
-
 	// Buffers
 	int SetViewpoint(const HWViewpointUniforms& vp) override;
 	void SetViewpoint(int index) override;
@@ -61,6 +56,14 @@ public:
 	void UpdateShadowData(unsigned int index, const FFlatVertex* vertices, unsigned int count) override;
 	void ResetVertices() override;
 
+	// Worker threads
+	void FlushCommands() override { EndRenderPass(); }
+
+	void BeginFrame();
+	void SetRenderTarget(VkTextureImage* image, VulkanImageView* depthStencilView, int width, int height, VkFormat Format, VkSampleCountFlagBits samples);
+	void EndRenderPass();
+	void EndFrame();
+
 protected:
 	void Apply(int dt);
 	void ApplyRenderPass(int dt);
@@ -144,6 +147,7 @@ protected:
 
 	std::map<VkRenderPassKey, std::unique_ptr<VkThreadRenderPassSetup>> mRenderPassSetups;
 	std::vector<VulkanPipelineLayout*> mPipelineLayouts;
+	std::unique_ptr<VulkanCommandBuffer> mThreadCommandBuffer;
 };
 
 class VkThreadRenderPassSetup