diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/EventControlThread.h b/services/surfaceflinger/EventControlThread.h
index 9be4e7c..cafae53 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/EventControlThread.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/EventControlThread.h
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 
 namespace android {
 
-class SurfaceFlinger;
-
 class EventControlThread {
 public:
     virtual ~EventControlThread();
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
index 3e9f6a4..39761dd 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/Android.bp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     srcs: [
         ":libsurfaceflinger_sources",
         "DisplayTransactionTest.cpp",
+        "EventControlThreadTest.cpp",
         "EventThreadTest.cpp",
         "mock/DisplayHardware/MockComposer.cpp",
         "mock/DisplayHardware/MockDisplaySurface.cpp",
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/EventControlThreadTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/EventControlThreadTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b346454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/EventControlThreadTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 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 <log/log.h>
+
+#include "AsyncCallRecorder.h"
+#include "EventControlThread.h"
+
+namespace android {
+namespace {
+
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+using testing::_;
+
+class EventControlThreadTest : public testing::Test {
+protected:
+    EventControlThreadTest();
+    ~EventControlThreadTest() override;
+
+    void createThread();
+
+    void expectVSyncEnableCallbackCalled(bool enable);
+
+    AsyncCallRecorder<void (*)(bool)> mVSyncSetEnabledCallRecorder;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<EventControlThread> mThread;
+};
+
+EventControlThreadTest::EventControlThreadTest() {
+    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());
+}
+
+EventControlThreadTest::~EventControlThreadTest() {
+    const ::testing::TestInfo* const test_info =
+            ::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->current_test_info();
+    ALOGD("**** Tearing down after %s.%s\n", test_info->test_case_name(), test_info->name());
+}
+
+void EventControlThreadTest::createThread() {
+    mThread = std::make_unique<android::impl::EventControlThread>(
+            mVSyncSetEnabledCallRecorder.getInvocable());
+}
+
+void EventControlThreadTest::expectVSyncEnableCallbackCalled(bool expectedEnabled) {
+    auto args = mVSyncSetEnabledCallRecorder.waitForCall();
+    ASSERT_TRUE(args.has_value());
+    EXPECT_EQ(std::get<0>(args.value()), expectedEnabled);
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Test cases
+ */
+
+TEST_F(EventControlThreadTest, signalsVSyncDisabledOnStartup) {
+    createThread();
+
+    // On thread start, there should be an automatic explicit call to disable
+    // vsyncs
+    expectVSyncEnableCallbackCalled(false);
+}
+
+TEST_F(EventControlThreadTest, signalsVSyncDisabledOnce) {
+    createThread();
+    expectVSyncEnableCallbackCalled(false);
+
+    mThread->setVsyncEnabled(false);
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(mVSyncSetEnabledCallRecorder.waitForUnexpectedCall().has_value());
+}
+
+TEST_F(EventControlThreadTest, signalsVSyncEnabledThenDisabled) {
+    createThread();
+    expectVSyncEnableCallbackCalled(false);
+
+    mThread->setVsyncEnabled(true);
+
+    expectVSyncEnableCallbackCalled(true);
+
+    mThread->setVsyncEnabled(false);
+
+    expectVSyncEnableCallbackCalled(false);
+}
+
+TEST_F(EventControlThreadTest, signalsVSyncEnabledOnce) {
+    createThread();
+    expectVSyncEnableCallbackCalled(false);
+
+    mThread->setVsyncEnabled(true);
+
+    expectVSyncEnableCallbackCalled(true);
+
+    mThread->setVsyncEnabled(true);
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(mVSyncSetEnabledCallRecorder.waitForUnexpectedCall().has_value());
+}
+
+} // namespace
+} // namespace android