diff --git a/camera/CameraUtils.cpp b/camera/CameraUtils.cpp
index 04244ac..26eebe3 100644
--- a/camera/CameraUtils.cpp
+++ b/camera/CameraUtils.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 //#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
 
 #include <camera/CameraUtils.h>
+#include <media/hardware/HardwareAPI.h>
 
 #include <system/window.h>
 #include <system/graphics.h>
@@ -121,5 +122,19 @@
     return OK;
 }
 
+// Return whether the image data contains a native handle.
+bool CameraUtils::isNativeHandleMetadata(const sp<IMemory>& imageData) {
+    if (imageData == nullptr) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (imageData->size() == sizeof(VideoNativeHandleMetadata)) {
+        VideoNativeHandleMetadata *metadata =
+                (VideoNativeHandleMetadata*)(imageData->pointer());
+        return metadata->eType == kMetadataBufferTypeNativeHandleSource;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
 
 } /* namespace android */