diff --git a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/ShaderCache.cpp b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/ShaderCache.cpp
index d9e9aafe..90c4440 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/ShaderCache.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/ShaderCache.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@
         free(valueBuffer);
         return nullptr;
     }
+    mNumShadersCachedInRam++;
+    ATRACE_FORMAT("HWUI RAM cache: %d shaders", mNumShadersCachedInRam);
     return SkData::MakeFromMalloc(valueBuffer, valueSize);
 }
 
@@ -182,9 +184,11 @@
     mSavePending = false;
 }
 
-void ShaderCache::store(const SkData& key, const SkData& data) {
+void ShaderCache::store(const SkData& key, const SkData& data, const SkString& /*description*/) {
     ATRACE_NAME("ShaderCache::store");
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mMutex);
+    mNumShadersCachedInRam++;
+    ATRACE_FORMAT("HWUI RAM cache: %d shaders", mNumShadersCachedInRam);
 
     if (!mInitialized) {
         return;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/ShaderCache.h b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/ShaderCache.h
index 4dcc9fb..3e0fd51 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/ShaderCache.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/ShaderCache.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
      * "store" attempts to insert a new key/value blob pair into the cache.
      * This will be called by Skia after it compiled a new SKSL shader
      */
-    void store(const SkData& key, const SkData& data) override;
+    void store(const SkData& key, const SkData& data, const SkString& description) override;
 
     /**
      * "onVkFrameFlushed" tries to store Vulkan pipeline cache state.
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@
      */
     static constexpr uint8_t sIDKey = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * Most of this class concerns persistent storage for shaders, but it's also
+     * interesting to keep track of how many shaders are stored in RAM. This
+     * class provides a convenient entry point for that.
+     */
+    int mNumShadersCachedInRam = 0;
+
     friend class ShaderCacheTestUtils;  // used for unit testing
 };
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/ShaderCacheTests.cpp b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/ShaderCacheTests.cpp
index 87981f1..974d85a 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/ShaderCacheTests.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/ShaderCacheTests.cpp
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@
     // write to the in-memory cache without storing on disk and verify we read the same values
     sk_sp<SkData> inVS;
     setShader(inVS, "sassas");
-    ShaderCache::get().store(GrProgramDescTest(100), *inVS.get());
+    ShaderCache::get().store(GrProgramDescTest(100), *inVS.get(), SkString());
     setShader(inVS, "someVS");
-    ShaderCache::get().store(GrProgramDescTest(432), *inVS.get());
+    ShaderCache::get().store(GrProgramDescTest(432), *inVS.get(), SkString());
     ASSERT_NE((outVS = ShaderCache::get().load(GrProgramDescTest(100))), sk_sp<SkData>());
     ASSERT_TRUE(checkShader(outVS, "sassas"));
     ASSERT_NE((outVS = ShaderCache::get().load(GrProgramDescTest(432))), sk_sp<SkData>());
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 
     // change data, store to disk, read back again and verify data has been changed
     setShader(inVS, "ewData1");
-    ShaderCache::get().store(GrProgramDescTest(432), *inVS.get());
+    ShaderCache::get().store(GrProgramDescTest(432), *inVS.get(), SkString());
     ShaderCacheTestUtils::terminate(ShaderCache::get(), true);
     ShaderCache::get().initShaderDiskCache();
     ASSERT_NE((outVS2 = ShaderCache::get().load(GrProgramDescTest(432))), sk_sp<SkData>());
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
     std::vector<uint8_t> dataBuffer(dataSize);
     genRandomData(dataBuffer);
     setShader(inVS, dataBuffer);
-    ShaderCache::get().store(GrProgramDescTest(432), *inVS.get());
+    ShaderCache::get().store(GrProgramDescTest(432), *inVS.get(), SkString());
     ShaderCacheTestUtils::terminate(ShaderCache::get(), true);
     ShaderCache::get().initShaderDiskCache();
     ASSERT_NE((outVS2 = ShaderCache::get().load(GrProgramDescTest(432))), sk_sp<SkData>());
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
         setShader(data, dataBuffer);
 
         blob = std::make_pair(key, data);
-        ShaderCache::get().store(*key.get(), *data.get());
+        ShaderCache::get().store(*key.get(), *data.get(), SkString());
     }
     ShaderCacheTestUtils::terminate(ShaderCache::get(), true);