diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
index 65afcc3..9543d47 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 void CanvasContext::destroy() {
     stopDrawing();
     setSurface(nullptr);
+    setSurfaceControl(nullptr);
     freePrefetchedLayers();
     destroyHardwareResources();
     mAnimationContext->destroy();
@@ -173,6 +174,19 @@
     setupPipelineSurface();
 }
 
+void CanvasContext::setSurfaceControl(ASurfaceControl* surfaceControl) {
+    if (surfaceControl == mSurfaceControl) return;
+
+    auto funcs = mRenderThread.getASurfaceControlFunctions();
+    if (mSurfaceControl != nullptr) {
+        funcs.releaseFunc(mSurfaceControl);
+    }
+    mSurfaceControl = surfaceControl;
+    if (mSurfaceControl != nullptr) {
+        funcs.acquireFunc(mSurfaceControl);
+    }
+}
+
 void CanvasContext::setupPipelineSurface() {
     bool hasSurface = mRenderPipeline->setSurface(
             mNativeSurface ? mNativeSurface->getNativeWindow() : nullptr, mSwapBehavior);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.h
index b31883b..917b00c 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
     void setSwapBehavior(SwapBehavior swapBehavior);
 
     void setSurface(ANativeWindow* window, bool enableTimeout = true);
+    void setSurfaceControl(ASurfaceControl* surfaceControl);
     bool pauseSurface();
     void setStopped(bool stopped);
     bool hasSurface() const { return mNativeSurface.get(); }
@@ -218,6 +219,9 @@
 
     RenderThread& mRenderThread;
     std::unique_ptr<ReliableSurface> mNativeSurface;
+    // The SurfaceControl reference is passed from ViewRootImpl, can be set to
+    // NULL to remove the reference
+    ASurfaceControl* mSurfaceControl = nullptr;
     // stopped indicates the CanvasContext will reject actual redraw operations,
     // and defer repaint until it is un-stopped
     bool mStopped = false;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
index 0ade8dd..e14842f 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@
     });
 }
 
+void RenderProxy::setSurfaceControl(ASurfaceControl* surfaceControl) {
+    auto funcs = mRenderThread.getASurfaceControlFunctions();
+    if (surfaceControl) {
+        funcs.acquireFunc(surfaceControl);
+    }
+    mRenderThread.queue().post([this, control = surfaceControl, funcs]() mutable {
+        mContext->setSurfaceControl(control);
+        if (control) {
+            funcs.releaseFunc(control);
+        }
+    });
+}
+
 void RenderProxy::allocateBuffers() {
     mRenderThread.queue().post([=]() { mContext->allocateBuffers(); });
 }
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
index a4adb16..366d6b5 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <SkBitmap.h>
 #include <android/native_window.h>
 #include <cutils/compiler.h>
+#include <android/surface_control.h>
 #include <utils/Functor.h>
 
 #include "../FrameMetricsObserver.h"
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
     void setName(const char* name);
 
     void setSurface(ANativeWindow* window, bool enableTimeout = true);
+    void setSurfaceControl(ASurfaceControl* surfaceControl);
     void allocateBuffers();
     bool pause();
     void setStopped(bool stopped);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
index 7750a31..2610186 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <GrContextOptions.h>
 #include <gl/GrGLInterface.h>
 
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <utils/Condition.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
@@ -49,6 +50,17 @@
 
 static JVMAttachHook gOnStartHook = nullptr;
 
+ASurfaceControlFunctions::ASurfaceControlFunctions() {
+    void* handle_ = dlopen("libandroid.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_NODELETE);
+    acquireFunc = (ASC_acquire) dlsym(handle_, "ASurfaceControl_acquire");
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(acquireFunc == nullptr,
+            "Failed to find required symbol ASurfaceControl_acquire!");
+
+    releaseFunc = (ASC_release) dlsym(handle_, "ASurfaceControl_release");
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(releaseFunc == nullptr,
+            "Failed to find required symbol ASurfaceControl_release!");
+}
+
 void RenderThread::frameCallback(int64_t frameTimeNanos, void* data) {
     RenderThread* rt = reinterpret_cast<RenderThread*>(data);
     int64_t vsyncId = AChoreographer_getVsyncId(rt->mChoreographer);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.h
index 4fbb0716..bb7c518 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.h
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@
     virtual ~VsyncSource() {}
 };
 
+typedef void (*ASC_acquire)(ASurfaceControl* control);
+typedef void (*ASC_release)(ASurfaceControl* control);
+
+struct ASurfaceControlFunctions {
+    ASurfaceControlFunctions();
+
+    ASC_acquire acquireFunc;
+    ASC_release releaseFunc;
+};
+
 class ChoreographerSource;
 class DummyVsyncSource;
 
@@ -121,6 +131,10 @@
 
     void preload();
 
+    const ASurfaceControlFunctions& getASurfaceControlFunctions() {
+        return mASurfaceControlFunctions;
+    }
+
     /**
      * isCurrent provides a way to query, if the caller is running on
      * the render thread.
@@ -189,6 +203,8 @@
     sk_sp<GrDirectContext> mGrContext;
     CacheManager* mCacheManager;
     sp<VulkanManager> mVkManager;
+
+    ASurfaceControlFunctions mASurfaceControlFunctions;
 };
 
 } /* namespace renderthread */