diff --git a/libs/renderengine/Android.bp b/libs/renderengine/Android.bp
index 757d935..4a04467 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/Android.bp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
         "libshaders",
         "libtonemap",
         "libsurfaceflinger_common",
+        "libsurfaceflingerflags",
     ],
     local_include_dirs: ["include"],
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
diff --git a/libs/renderengine/RenderEngine.cpp b/libs/renderengine/RenderEngine.cpp
index 1c60563..bc3976d 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/RenderEngine.cpp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/RenderEngine.cpp
@@ -22,24 +22,49 @@
 #include "skia/SkiaGLRenderEngine.h"
 #include "threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.h"
 
+#include <com_android_graphics_surfaceflinger_flags.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
 
+// TODO: b/341728634 - Clean up conditional compilation.
+#if COM_ANDROID_GRAPHICS_SURFACEFLINGER_FLAGS(GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE) || \
+        COM_ANDROID_GRAPHICS_SURFACEFLINGER_FLAGS(FORCE_COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE)
+#define COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE 1
+#else
+#define COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE 0
+#endif
+
 namespace android {
 namespace renderengine {
 
 std::unique_ptr<RenderEngine> RenderEngine::create(const RenderEngineCreationArgs& args) {
     threaded::CreateInstanceFactory createInstanceFactory;
 
+// TODO: b/341728634 - Clean up conditional compilation.
+#if COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE
+    const RenderEngine::SkiaBackend actualSkiaBackend = args.skiaBackend;
+#else
+    if (args.skiaBackend == RenderEngine::SkiaBackend::GRAPHITE) {
+        ALOGE("RenderEngine with Graphite Skia backend was requested, but Graphite was not "
+              "included in the build. Falling back to Ganesh (%s)",
+              args.graphicsApi == RenderEngine::GraphicsApi::GL ? "GL" : "Vulkan");
+    }
+    const RenderEngine::SkiaBackend actualSkiaBackend = RenderEngine::SkiaBackend::GANESH;
+#endif
+
     ALOGD("%sRenderEngine with %s Backend (%s)", args.threaded == Threaded::YES ? "Threaded " : "",
           args.graphicsApi == GraphicsApi::GL ? "SkiaGL" : "SkiaVK",
-          args.skiaBackend == SkiaBackend::GANESH ? "Ganesh" : "Graphite");
+          actualSkiaBackend == SkiaBackend::GANESH ? "Ganesh" : "Graphite");
 
-    if (args.skiaBackend == SkiaBackend::GRAPHITE) {
+// TODO: b/341728634 - Clean up conditional compilation.
+#if COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE
+    if (actualSkiaBackend == SkiaBackend::GRAPHITE) {
         createInstanceFactory = [args]() {
             return android::renderengine::skia::GraphiteVkRenderEngine::create(args);
         };
-    } else { // GANESH
+    } else
+#endif
+    { // GANESH
         if (args.graphicsApi == GraphicsApi::VK) {
             createInstanceFactory = [args]() {
                 return android::renderengine::skia::GaneshVkRenderEngine::create(args);
diff --git a/libs/renderengine/tests/Android.bp b/libs/renderengine/tests/Android.bp
index 0eea187..06d5439 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/tests/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/tests/Android.bp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         "libshaders",
         "libtonemap",
         "libsurfaceflinger_common",
+        "libsurfaceflingerflags",
     ],
     header_libs: [
         "libtonemap_headers",
diff --git a/libs/renderengine/tests/RenderEngineTest.cpp b/libs/renderengine/tests/RenderEngineTest.cpp
index 4dcaff9..a8a9823 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/tests/RenderEngineTest.cpp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/tests/RenderEngineTest.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wconversion"
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wextra"
 
+#include <com_android_graphics_surfaceflinger_flags.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <renderengine/ExternalTexture.h>
@@ -41,6 +42,14 @@
 #include "../skia/SkiaVkRenderEngine.h"
 #include "../threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.h"
 
+// TODO: b/341728634 - Clean up conditional compilation.
+#if COM_ANDROID_GRAPHICS_SURFACEFLINGER_FLAGS(GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE) || \
+        COM_ANDROID_GRAPHICS_SURFACEFLINGER_FLAGS(FORCE_COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE)
+#define COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE 1
+#else
+#define COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE 0
+#endif
+
 constexpr int DEFAULT_DISPLAY_WIDTH = 128;
 constexpr int DEFAULT_DISPLAY_HEIGHT = 256;
 constexpr int DEFAULT_DISPLAY_OFFSET = 64;
@@ -152,6 +161,8 @@
     }
 };
 
+// TODO: b/341728634 - Clean up conditional compilation.
+#if COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE
 class GraphiteVkRenderEngineFactory : public RenderEngineFactory {
 public:
     std::string name() override { return "GraphiteVkRenderEngineFactory"; }
@@ -164,6 +175,7 @@
         return renderengine::RenderEngine::SkiaBackend::GRAPHITE;
     }
 };
+#endif
 
 class RenderEngineTest : public ::testing::TestWithParam<std::shared_ptr<RenderEngineFactory>> {
 public:
@@ -1497,10 +1509,15 @@
     expectBufferColor(Rect(kGreyLevels, 1), generator, 2);
 }
 
+// TODO: b/341728634 - Clean up conditional compilation.
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(PerRenderEngineType, RenderEngineTest,
                          testing::Values(std::make_shared<SkiaGLESRenderEngineFactory>(),
-                                         std::make_shared<GaneshVkRenderEngineFactory>(),
-                                         std::make_shared<GraphiteVkRenderEngineFactory>()));
+                                         std::make_shared<GaneshVkRenderEngineFactory>()
+#if COMPILE_GRAPHITE_RENDERENGINE
+                                                 ,
+                                         std::make_shared<GraphiteVkRenderEngineFactory>()
+#endif
+                                                 ));
 
 TEST_P(RenderEngineTest, drawLayers_noLayersToDraw) {
     if (!GetParam()->apiSupported()) {