diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index 31b5e28..e780a1e 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -1252,9 +1252,14 @@
     return mBorderColor;
 }
 
-bool Layer::propagateFrameRateForLayerTree(FrameRate parentFrameRate, bool* transactionNeeded) {
-    // The frame rate for layer tree is this layer's frame rate if present, or the parent frame rate
+bool Layer::propagateFrameRateForLayerTree(FrameRate parentFrameRate, bool overrideChildren,
+                                           bool* transactionNeeded) {
+    // Gets the frame rate to propagate to children.
     const auto frameRate = [&] {
+        if (overrideChildren && parentFrameRate.isValid()) {
+            return parentFrameRate;
+        }
+
         if (mDrawingState.frameRate.isValid()) {
             return mDrawingState.frameRate;
         }
@@ -1268,7 +1273,10 @@
     bool childrenHaveFrameRate = false;
     for (const sp<Layer>& child : mCurrentChildren) {
         childrenHaveFrameRate |=
-                child->propagateFrameRateForLayerTree(frameRate, transactionNeeded);
+                child->propagateFrameRateForLayerTree(frameRate,
+                                                      overrideChildren ||
+                                                              shouldOverrideChildrenFrameRate(),
+                                                      transactionNeeded);
     }
 
     // If we don't have a valid frame rate specification, but the children do, we set this
@@ -1301,7 +1309,7 @@
     }();
 
     bool transactionNeeded = false;
-    root->propagateFrameRateForLayerTree({}, &transactionNeeded);
+    root->propagateFrameRateForLayerTree({}, false, &transactionNeeded);
 
     // TODO(b/195668952): we probably don't need eTraversalNeeded here
     if (transactionNeeded) {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
index d5e2185..40882f4 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
@@ -1102,7 +1102,8 @@
                                           const std::vector<Layer*>& layersInTree);
 
     void updateTreeHasFrameRateVote();
-    bool propagateFrameRateForLayerTree(FrameRate parentFrameRate, bool* transactionNeeded);
+    bool propagateFrameRateForLayerTree(FrameRate parentFrameRate, bool overrideChildren,
+                                        bool* transactionNeeded);
     void setZOrderRelativeOf(const wp<Layer>& relativeOf);
     bool isTrustedOverlay() const;
     gui::DropInputMode getDropInputMode() const;
@@ -1164,6 +1165,11 @@
     void transferAvailableJankData(const std::deque<sp<CallbackHandle>>& handles,
                                    std::vector<JankData>& jankData);
 
+    bool shouldOverrideChildrenFrameRate() const {
+        return getDrawingState().frameRateSelectionStrategy ==
+                FrameRateSelectionStrategy::OverrideChildren;
+    }
+
     // Cached properties computed from drawing state
     // Effective transform taking into account parent transforms and any parent scaling, which is
     // a transform from the current layer coordinate space to display(screen) coordinate space.
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
index 8deff85..f4516c7 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
         "FramebufferSurfaceTest.cpp",
         "FrameRateOverrideMappingsTest.cpp",
         "FrameRateSelectionPriorityTest.cpp",
+        "FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest.cpp",
         "FrameTimelineTest.cpp",
         "GameModeTest.cpp",
         "HWComposerTest.cpp",
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffe6f24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#undef LOG_TAG
+#define LOG_TAG "LibSurfaceFlingerUnittests"
+
+#include <gmock/gmock.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <gui/LayerMetadata.h>
+
+#include "Layer.h"
+#include "LayerTestUtils.h"
+#include "TestableSurfaceFlinger.h"
+#include "mock/DisplayHardware/MockComposer.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+using testing::DoAll;
+using testing::Mock;
+using testing::SetArgPointee;
+
+using android::Hwc2::IComposer;
+using android::Hwc2::IComposerClient;
+
+using scheduler::LayerHistory;
+
+using FrameRate = Layer::FrameRate;
+using FrameRateCompatibility = Layer::FrameRateCompatibility;
+using FrameRateSelectionStrategy = scheduler::LayerInfo::FrameRateSelectionStrategy;
+
+/**
+ * This class tests the behaviour of Layer::setFrameRateSelectionStrategy.
+ */
+class FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest : public BaseLayerTest {
+protected:
+    const FrameRate FRAME_RATE_VOTE1 = FrameRate(11_Hz, FrameRateCompatibility::Default);
+    const FrameRate FRAME_RATE_VOTE2 = FrameRate(22_Hz, FrameRateCompatibility::Default);
+    const FrameRate FRAME_RATE_VOTE3 = FrameRate(33_Hz, FrameRateCompatibility::Default);
+    const FrameRate FRAME_RATE_TREE = FrameRate(Fps(), FrameRateCompatibility::NoVote);
+
+    FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest();
+
+    void addChild(sp<Layer> layer, sp<Layer> child);
+    void removeChild(sp<Layer> layer, sp<Layer> child);
+    void commitTransaction();
+
+    std::vector<sp<Layer>> mLayers;
+};
+
+FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest::FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest() {
+    const ::testing::TestInfo* const test_info =
+            ::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->current_test_info();
+    ALOGD("**** Setting up for %s.%s\n", test_info->test_case_name(), test_info->name());
+
+    mFlinger.setupComposer(std::make_unique<Hwc2::mock::Composer>());
+}
+
+void FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest::addChild(sp<Layer> layer, sp<Layer> child) {
+    layer->addChild(child);
+}
+
+void FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest::removeChild(sp<Layer> layer, sp<Layer> child) {
+    layer->removeChild(child);
+}
+
+void FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest::commitTransaction() {
+    for (auto layer : mLayers) {
+        layer->commitTransaction();
+    }
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(PerLayerType, FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest,
+                         testing::Values(std::make_shared<BufferStateLayerFactory>(),
+                                         std::make_shared<EffectLayerFactory>()),
+                         PrintToStringParamName);
+
+TEST_P(FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest, SetAndGet) {
+    EXPECT_CALL(*mFlinger.scheduler(), scheduleFrame()).Times(1);
+
+    const auto& layerFactory = GetParam();
+    auto layer = mLayers.emplace_back(layerFactory->createLayer(mFlinger));
+    layer->setFrameRate(FRAME_RATE_VOTE1.vote);
+    layer->setFrameRateSelectionStrategy(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::OverrideChildren);
+    commitTransaction();
+    EXPECT_EQ(FRAME_RATE_VOTE1, layer->getFrameRateForLayerTree());
+    EXPECT_EQ(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::OverrideChildren,
+              layer->getDrawingState().frameRateSelectionStrategy);
+}
+
+TEST_P(FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest, SetChildAndGetParent) {
+    EXPECT_CALL(*mFlinger.scheduler(), scheduleFrame()).Times(1);
+
+    const auto& layerFactory = GetParam();
+    auto parent = mLayers.emplace_back(layerFactory->createLayer(mFlinger));
+    auto child1 = mLayers.emplace_back(layerFactory->createLayer(mFlinger));
+    auto child2 = mLayers.emplace_back(layerFactory->createLayer(mFlinger));
+    addChild(parent, child1);
+    addChild(child1, child2);
+
+    child2->setFrameRate(FRAME_RATE_VOTE1.vote);
+    child2->setFrameRateSelectionStrategy(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::OverrideChildren);
+    commitTransaction();
+    EXPECT_EQ(FRAME_RATE_TREE, parent->getFrameRateForLayerTree());
+    EXPECT_EQ(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::Self,
+              parent->getDrawingState().frameRateSelectionStrategy);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FRAME_RATE_TREE, child1->getFrameRateForLayerTree());
+    EXPECT_EQ(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::Self,
+              child1->getDrawingState().frameRateSelectionStrategy);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FRAME_RATE_VOTE1, child2->getFrameRateForLayerTree());
+    EXPECT_EQ(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::OverrideChildren,
+              child2->getDrawingState().frameRateSelectionStrategy);
+}
+
+TEST_P(FrameRateSelectionStrategyTest, SetParentAndGet) {
+    EXPECT_CALL(*mFlinger.scheduler(), scheduleFrame()).Times(1);
+
+    const auto& layerFactory = GetParam();
+    auto layer1 = mLayers.emplace_back(layerFactory->createLayer(mFlinger));
+    auto layer2 = mLayers.emplace_back(layerFactory->createLayer(mFlinger));
+    auto layer3 = mLayers.emplace_back(layerFactory->createLayer(mFlinger));
+    addChild(layer1, layer2);
+    addChild(layer2, layer3);
+
+    layer1->setFrameRate(FRAME_RATE_VOTE1.vote);
+    layer1->setFrameRate(FRAME_RATE_VOTE1.vote);
+    layer1->setFrameRateSelectionStrategy(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::OverrideChildren);
+    layer2->setFrameRate(FRAME_RATE_VOTE2.vote);
+    layer2->setFrameRateSelectionStrategy(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::OverrideChildren);
+    layer3->setFrameRate(FRAME_RATE_VOTE3.vote);
+    commitTransaction();
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(FRAME_RATE_VOTE1, layer1->getFrameRateForLayerTree());
+    EXPECT_EQ(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::OverrideChildren,
+              layer1->getDrawingState().frameRateSelectionStrategy);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FRAME_RATE_VOTE1, layer2->getFrameRateForLayerTree());
+    EXPECT_EQ(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::OverrideChildren,
+              layer2->getDrawingState().frameRateSelectionStrategy);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FRAME_RATE_VOTE1, layer3->getFrameRateForLayerTree());
+    EXPECT_EQ(FrameRateSelectionStrategy::Self,
+              layer3->getDrawingState().frameRateSelectionStrategy);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+} // namespace android
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