diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/BufferStateLayer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/BufferStateLayer.cpp
index bcae8d9..c5d7a60 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/BufferStateLayer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/BufferStateLayer.cpp
@@ -1098,6 +1098,13 @@
         }
     }
 
+    if (s.what & layer_state_t::eDimmingEnabledChanged) {
+        if (mDrawingState.dimmingEnabled != s.dimmingEnabled) {
+            ALOGV("%s: false [eDimmingEnabledChanged changed]", __func__);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     ALOGV("%s: true", __func__);
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/LayerFECompositionState.h b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/LayerFECompositionState.h
index 283fe86..974f7c6 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/LayerFECompositionState.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/include/compositionengine/LayerFECompositionState.h
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@
     // framerate of the layer as measured by LayerHistory
     float fps;
 
+    // The dimming flag
+    bool dimmingEnabled{true};
+
     virtual ~LayerFECompositionState();
 
     // Debugging
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/LayerFECompositionState.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/LayerFECompositionState.cpp
index ff7d430..6631a27 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/LayerFECompositionState.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/LayerFECompositionState.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
     dumpVal(out, "isColorspaceAgnostic", isColorspaceAgnostic);
     dumpVal(out, "dataspace", toString(dataspace), dataspace);
     dumpVal(out, "hdr metadata types", hdrMetadata.validTypes);
+    dumpVal(out, "dimming enabled", dimmingEnabled);
     dumpVal(out, "colorTransform", colorTransform);
 
     out.append("\n");
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
index 723593d..3289d55 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/src/OutputLayer.cpp
@@ -324,9 +324,10 @@
 
     // For hdr content, treat the white point as the display brightness - HDR content should not be
     // boosted or dimmed.
+    // If the layer explicitly requests to disable dimming, then don't dim either.
     if (isHdrDataspace(state.dataspace) ||
         getOutput().getState().displayBrightnessNits == getOutput().getState().sdrWhitePointNits ||
-        getOutput().getState().displayBrightnessNits == 0.f) {
+        getOutput().getState().displayBrightnessNits == 0.f || !layerFEState->dimmingEnabled) {
         state.dimmingRatio = 1.f;
         state.whitePointNits = getOutput().getState().displayBrightnessNits;
     } else {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputLayerTest.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputLayerTest.cpp
index 8eb1946..ceee48c 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputLayerTest.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/CompositionEngine/tests/OutputLayerTest.cpp
@@ -668,6 +668,13 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(mOutputState.sdrWhitePointNits / mOutputState.displayBrightnessNits,
               mOutputLayer.getState().dimmingRatio);
 
+    mLayerFEState.dimmingEnabled = false;
+    mOutputLayer.updateCompositionState(false, false, ui::Transform::RotationFlags::ROT_0);
+    EXPECT_EQ(mOutputState.displayBrightnessNits, mOutputLayer.getState().whitePointNits);
+    EXPECT_EQ(1.f, mOutputLayer.getState().dimmingRatio);
+
+    // change dimmingEnabled back to true.
+    mLayerFEState.dimmingEnabled = true;
     mLayerFEState.dataspace = ui::Dataspace::BT2020_ITU_PQ;
     mLayerFEState.isColorspaceAgnostic = false;
     mOutputLayer.updateCompositionState(false, false, ui::Transform::RotationFlags::ROT_0);
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index aeaf1e1..624d11e 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
     mDrawingState.destinationFrame.makeInvalid();
     mDrawingState.isTrustedOverlay = false;
     mDrawingState.dropInputMode = gui::DropInputMode::NONE;
+    mDrawingState.dimmingEnabled = true;
 
     if (args.flags & ISurfaceComposerClient::eNoColorFill) {
         // Set an invalid color so there is no color fill.
@@ -477,6 +478,7 @@
     compositionState->colorTransformIsIdentity = !hasColorTransform();
     compositionState->surfaceDamage = surfaceDamageRegion;
     compositionState->hasProtectedContent = isProtected();
+    compositionState->dimmingEnabled = isDimmingEnabled();
 
     const bool usesRoundedCorners = getRoundedCornerState().radius != 0.f;
 
@@ -1030,6 +1032,16 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+bool Layer::setDimmingEnabled(const bool dimmingEnabled) {
+    if (mDrawingState.dimmingEnabled == dimmingEnabled) return false;
+
+    mDrawingState.sequence++;
+    mDrawingState.dimmingEnabled = dimmingEnabled;
+    mDrawingState.modified = true;
+    setTransactionFlags(eTransactionNeeded);
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool Layer::setFrameRateSelectionPriority(int32_t priority) {
     if (mDrawingState.frameRateSelectionPriority == priority) return false;
     mDrawingState.frameRateSelectionPriority = priority;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
index 48a9bc5..1842da4 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.h
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@
         gui::DropInputMode dropInputMode;
 
         bool autoRefresh = false;
+
+        bool dimmingEnabled = true;
     };
 
     /*
@@ -411,6 +413,7 @@
     virtual mat4 getColorTransform() const;
     virtual bool hasColorTransform() const;
     virtual bool isColorSpaceAgnostic() const { return mDrawingState.colorSpaceAgnostic; }
+    virtual bool isDimmingEnabled() const { return getDrawingState().dimmingEnabled; };
 
     // Used only to set BufferStateLayer state
     virtual bool setTransform(uint32_t /*transform*/) { return false; };
@@ -437,6 +440,7 @@
     }
     virtual bool setBackgroundColor(const half3& color, float alpha, ui::Dataspace dataspace);
     virtual bool setColorSpaceAgnostic(const bool agnostic);
+    virtual bool setDimmingEnabled(const bool dimmingEnabled);
     virtual bool setFrameRateSelectionPriority(int32_t priority);
     virtual bool setFixedTransformHint(ui::Transform::RotationFlags fixedTransformHint);
     virtual void setAutoRefresh(bool /* autoRefresh */) {}
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index bd7fba4..3e70ac6 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -4523,6 +4523,9 @@
     if (what & layer_state_t::eAutoRefreshChanged) {
         layer->setAutoRefresh(s.autoRefresh);
     }
+    if (what & layer_state_t::eDimmingEnabledChanged) {
+        if (layer->setDimmingEnabled(s.dimmingEnabled)) flags |= eTraversalNeeded;
+    }
     if (what & layer_state_t::eTrustedOverlayChanged) {
         if (layer->setTrustedOverlay(s.isTrustedOverlay)) {
             flags |= eTraversalNeeded;