diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 57c4d52..3080961 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
       : mFactory(factory),
         mInterceptor(mFactory.createSurfaceInterceptor()),
         mTimeStats(std::make_shared<impl::TimeStats>()),
-        mFrameTracer(std::make_unique<FrameTracer>()),
+        mFrameTracer(mFactory.createFrameTracer()),
         mFrameTimeline(std::make_unique<frametimeline::impl::FrameTimeline>(mTimeStats)),
         mEventQueue(mFactory.createMessageQueue()),
         mCompositionEngine(mFactory.createCompositionEngine()),
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerDefaultFactory.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerDefaultFactory.cpp
index 9a8deae..a93f5f6 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerDefaultFactory.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerDefaultFactory.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "ContainerLayer.h"
 #include "DisplayDevice.h"
 #include "EffectLayer.h"
+#include "FrameTracer/FrameTracer.h"
 #include "Layer.h"
 #include "MonitoredProducer.h"
 #include "NativeWindowSurface.h"
@@ -130,6 +131,9 @@
     return new EffectLayer(args);
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<FrameTracer> DefaultFactory::createFrameTracer() {
+    return std::make_unique<FrameTracer>();
+}
 } // namespace android::surfaceflinger
 
 // TODO(b/129481165): remove the #pragma below and fix conversion issues
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerDefaultFactory.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerDefaultFactory.h
index 40774ef..90032d4 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerDefaultFactory.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerDefaultFactory.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     sp<BufferStateLayer> createBufferStateLayer(const LayerCreationArgs& args) override;
     sp<EffectLayer> createEffectLayer(const LayerCreationArgs& args) override;
     sp<ContainerLayer> createContainerLayer(const LayerCreationArgs& args) override;
+    std::unique_ptr<FrameTracer> createFrameTracer() override;
 };
 
 } // namespace android::surfaceflinger
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerFactory.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerFactory.h
index 2dd563b..69e9c3c 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerFactory.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlingerFactory.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 class EffectLayer;
 class ContainerLayer;
 class DisplayDevice;
+class FrameTracer;
 class GraphicBuffer;
 class HWComposer;
 class IGraphicBufferConsumer;
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@
     virtual sp<BufferStateLayer> createBufferStateLayer(const LayerCreationArgs& args) = 0;
     virtual sp<EffectLayer> createEffectLayer(const LayerCreationArgs& args) = 0;
     virtual sp<ContainerLayer> createContainerLayer(const LayerCreationArgs& args) = 0;
+    virtual std::unique_ptr<FrameTracer> createFrameTracer() = 0;
 
 protected:
     ~Factory() = default;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h
index 6ce738a..eba3f8e 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/unittests/TestableSurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "DisplayDevice.h"
 #include "EffectLayer.h"
 #include "FakeVsyncConfiguration.h"
+#include "FrameTracer/FrameTracer.h"
 #include "Layer.h"
 #include "NativeWindowSurface.h"
 #include "Scheduler/MessageQueue.h"
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "TestableScheduler.h"
 #include "mock/DisplayHardware/MockDisplay.h"
 #include "mock/MockDisplayIdGenerator.h"
+#include "mock/MockFrameTracer.h"
 
 namespace android {
 
@@ -148,6 +150,10 @@
         return nullptr;
     }
 
+    std::unique_ptr<FrameTracer> createFrameTracer() override {
+        return std::make_unique<mock::FrameTracer>();
+    }
+
     using CreateBufferQueueFunction =
             std::function<void(sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>* /* outProducer */,
                                sp<IGraphicBufferConsumer>* /* outConsumer */,