diff --git a/libs/ui/UiConfig.cpp b/libs/ui/UiConfig.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 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.
+ */
+
+#include <ui/UiConfig.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+#define STRINGIFY(x) #x
+#define TOSTRING(x) STRINGIFY(x)
+
+void appendUiConfigString(String8& configStr)
+{
+    static const char* config =
+            " [libui"
+#ifdef FRAMEBUFFER_FORCE_FORMAT
+            " FRAMEBUFFER_FORCE_FORMAT=" TOSTRING(FRAMEBUFFER_FORCE_FORMAT)
+#endif
+            "]";
+    configStr.append(config);
+}
+
+
+}; // namespace android