diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodec.cpp b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodec.cpp
index ce15a30..16398a4 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodec.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodec.cpp
@@ -673,6 +673,10 @@
         mCodec->mCallback->onOutputBuffersChanged();
     }
 
+    void onFirstTunnelFrameReady() override {
+        mCodec->mCallback->onFirstTunnelFrameReady();
+    }
+
 private:
     CCodec *mCodec;
 };
diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp
index 3c3b41d..f88408e 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.cpp
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
     int32_t flags = 0;
     int32_t tmp = 0;
     bool eos = false;
+    bool tunnelFirstFrame = false;
     if (buffer->meta()->findInt32("eos", &tmp) && tmp) {
         eos = true;
         mInputMetEos = true;
@@ -217,6 +218,9 @@
     if (buffer->meta()->findInt32("csd", &tmp) && tmp) {
         flags |= C2FrameData::FLAG_CODEC_CONFIG;
     }
+    if (buffer->meta()->findInt32("tunnel-first-frame", &tmp) && tmp) {
+        tunnelFirstFrame = true;
+    }
     ALOGV("[%s] queueInputBuffer: buffer->size() = %zu", mName, buffer->size());
     std::list<std::unique_ptr<C2Work>> items;
     std::unique_ptr<C2Work> work(new C2Work);
@@ -288,6 +292,13 @@
         // TODO: fill info's
 
         work->input.configUpdate = std::move(mParamsToBeSet);
+        if (tunnelFirstFrame) {
+            C2StreamTunnelHoldRender::input tunnelHoldRender{
+                0u /* stream */,
+                C2_TRUE /* value */
+            };
+            work->input.configUpdate.push_back(C2Param::Copy(tunnelHoldRender));
+        }
         work->worklets.clear();
         work->worklets.emplace_back(new C2Worklet);
 
@@ -1724,6 +1735,15 @@
                 }
                 break;
             }
+            case C2StreamTunnelHoldRender::CORE_INDEX: {
+                C2StreamTunnelHoldRender::output firstTunnelFrameHoldRender;
+                if (!(worklet->output.flags & C2FrameData::FLAG_INCOMPLETE)) break;
+                if (!firstTunnelFrameHoldRender.updateFrom(*param)) break;
+                if (firstTunnelFrameHoldRender.value != C2_TRUE) break;
+                ALOGV("[%s] onWorkDone: first tunnel frame ready", mName);
+                mCCodecCallback->onFirstTunnelFrameReady();
+                break;
+            }
             default:
                 ALOGV("[%s] onWorkDone: unrecognized config update (%08X)",
                       mName, param->index());
diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.h b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.h
index 45da003..5a2aca2 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.h
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecBufferChannel.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     virtual void onError(status_t err, enum ActionCode actionCode) = 0;
     virtual void onOutputFramesRendered(int64_t mediaTimeUs, nsecs_t renderTimeNs) = 0;
     virtual void onOutputBuffersChanged() = 0;
+    virtual void onFirstTunnelFrameReady() = 0;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
index 27e87e6..2df0ba2 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
@@ -938,6 +938,14 @@
             return value == 0 ? C2_FALSE : C2_TRUE;
         }));
 
+    add(ConfigMapper("android._trigger-tunnel-peek", C2_PARAMKEY_TUNNEL_START_RENDER, "value")
+        .limitTo(D::PARAM & D::VIDEO & D::DECODER)
+        .withMapper([](C2Value v) -> C2Value {
+            int32_t value = 0;
+            (void)v.get(&value);
+            return value == 0 ? C2_FALSE : C2_TRUE;
+        }));
+
     /* still to do
     constexpr char KEY_PUSH_BLANK_BUFFERS_ON_STOP[] = "push-blank-buffers-on-shutdown";