diff --git a/libs/renderengine/RenderEngine.cpp b/libs/renderengine/RenderEngine.cpp
index 3e65d9a..45db31c 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/RenderEngine.cpp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/RenderEngine.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
     if (strcmp(prop, "skiagl") == 0) {
         renderEngineType = RenderEngineType::SKIA_GL;
     }
+    if (strcmp(prop, "skiaglthreaded") == 0) {
+        renderEngineType = RenderEngineType::SKIA_GL_THREADED;
+    }
 
     switch (renderEngineType) {
         case RenderEngineType::THREADED:
@@ -49,6 +52,10 @@
                     [args]() { return android::renderengine::gl::GLESRenderEngine::create(args); });
         case RenderEngineType::SKIA_GL:
             return renderengine::skia::SkiaGLRenderEngine::create(args);
+        case RenderEngineType::SKIA_GL_THREADED:
+            return renderengine::threaded::RenderEngineThreaded::create([args]() {
+                return android::renderengine::skia::SkiaGLRenderEngine::create(args);
+            });
         case RenderEngineType::GLES:
         default:
             ALOGD("RenderEngine with GLES Backend");
diff --git a/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h b/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h
index 9157066..506f81e 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h
+++ b/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
         GLES = 1,
         THREADED = 2,
         SKIA_GL = 3,
+        SKIA_GL_THREADED = 4,
     };
 
     static std::unique_ptr<RenderEngine> create(const RenderEngineCreationArgs& args);