diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.cpp
index 6029654e57..7f1d188ff8 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,21 @@ constexpr BugInfo m_known_bugs[] = {
      -1.0, -1.0, true},
     {API_VULKAN, OS_OSX, VENDOR_ATI, DRIVER_PORTABILITY, Family::UNKNOWN,
      BUG_BROKEN_SUBGROUP_INVOCATION_ID, -1.0, -1.0, true},
+    // Default cases for broken MT precompilation
+    // Default cases get replaced by known-good places during init
+    {API_OPENGL, OS_ALL, VENDOR_ALL, DRIVER_ALL, Family::UNKNOWN,
+     BUG_BROKEN_MULTITHREADED_SHADER_PRECOMPILATION, -1.0, -1.0, true},
+    {API_VULKAN, OS_ALL, VENDOR_ALL, DRIVER_ALL, Family::UNKNOWN,
+     BUG_BROKEN_MULTITHREADED_SHADER_PRECOMPILATION, -1.0, -1.0, true},
+    // known good cases for broken MT precompilation
+    {API_OPENGL, OS_OSX, VENDOR_NVIDIA, DRIVER_ALL, Family::UNKNOWN,
+     BUG_BROKEN_MULTITHREADED_SHADER_PRECOMPILATION, -1.0, -1.0, false},
+    {API_VULKAN, OS_OSX, VENDOR_NVIDIA, DRIVER_ALL, Family::UNKNOWN,
+     BUG_BROKEN_MULTITHREADED_SHADER_PRECOMPILATION, -1.0, -1.0, false},
+    {API_OPENGL, OS_WINDOWS, VENDOR_ALL, DRIVER_ALL, Family::UNKNOWN,
+     BUG_BROKEN_MULTITHREADED_SHADER_PRECOMPILATION, -1.0, -1.0, false},
+    {API_VULKAN, OS_WINDOWS, VENDOR_ALL, DRIVER_ALL, Family::UNKNOWN,
+     BUG_BROKEN_MULTITHREADED_SHADER_PRECOMPILATION, -1.0, -1.0, false},
 };
 
 static std::map<Bug, BugInfo> m_bugs;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h
index 5e3f2ce161..a81ed3d6ff 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h
@@ -314,6 +314,14 @@ enum Bug
   // Started version: -1
   // Ended version: -1
   BUG_BROKEN_SUBGROUP_INVOCATION_ID,
+
+  // BUG: Multi-threaded shader pre-compilation sometimes crashes
+  // Used primarily in Videoconfig.cpp's GetNumAutoShaderPreCompilerThreads()
+  // refer to https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pull/9414 for initial validation coverage
+  // All untested platforms will report as having this bug as to avoid crashes
+  // Note that things should highly likely work out fine on D3D
+  // so we didn't extend the Bug API to also support D3D
+  BUG_BROKEN_MULTITHREADED_SHADER_PRECOMPILATION
 };
 
 // Initializes our internal vendor, device family, and driver version
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp
index 9cdf1256f7..5e833a4244 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoConfig.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
 #include "Core/Core.h"
 #include "Core/Movie.h"
+#include "VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OnScreenDisplay.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoCommon.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
@@ -204,8 +205,17 @@ u32 VideoConfig::GetShaderPrecompilerThreads() const
   if (!backend_info.bSupportsBackgroundCompiling)
     return 0;
 
+  const bool bugDatabaseSupported =
+      backend_info.api_type == APIType::OpenGL || backend_info.api_type == APIType::Vulkan;
+  // DirectX has always worked in our tests in PR#9414
+  const bool multiThreadingWorking =
+      !bugDatabaseSupported ||
+      !DriverDetails::HasBug(DriverDetails::BUG_BROKEN_MULTITHREADED_SHADER_PRECOMPILATION);
+
   if (iShaderPrecompilerThreads >= 0)
     return static_cast<u32>(iShaderPrecompilerThreads);
-  else
+  else if (multiThreadingWorking)
     return GetNumAutoShaderPreCompilerThreads();
+  else
+    return 1;
 }