diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h
index 81ff6b0..e56670d 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h
@@ -508,6 +508,24 @@
      * Gets priority of the RenderEngine in SurfaceFlinger.
      */
     virtual int getGPUContextPriority() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the extra buffers a client would need to allocate if it passes
+     * the Choreographer#getVsyncId with its buffers.
+     *
+     * When Choreographer#getVsyncId is passed to SurfaceFlinger, it is used
+     * as an indication of when to latch the buffer. SurfaceFlinger will make
+     * sure that it will give the app at least the time configured as the
+     * 'appDuration' before trying to latch the buffer.
+     *
+     * The total buffers needed for a given configuration is basically the
+     * numbers of vsyncs a single buffer is used across the stack. For the default
+     * configuration a buffer is held ~1 vsync by the app, ~1 vsync by SurfaceFlinger
+     * and 1 vsync by the display. The extra buffers are calculated as the
+     * number of additional buffers on top of the 3 buffers already allocated
+     * by the app.
+     */
+    virtual status_t getExtraBufferCount(int* extraBuffers) const = 0;
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -570,6 +588,7 @@
         SET_FRAME_TIMELINE_INFO,
         ADD_TRANSACTION_TRACE_LISTENER,
         GET_GPU_CONTEXT_PRIORITY,
+        GET_EXTRA_BUFFER_COUNT,
         // Always append new enum to the end.
     };
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/Surface.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/Surface.h
index b6b5c7c..5881221 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/Surface.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/Surface.h
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
 
     virtual status_t setFrameRate(float frameRate, int8_t compatibility, bool shouldBeSeamless);
     virtual status_t setFrameTimelineInfo(const FrameTimelineInfo& info);
+    virtual status_t getExtraBufferCount(int* extraBuffers) const;
 
 protected:
     virtual ~Surface();
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@
     int dispatchAddQueryInterceptor(va_list args);
     int dispatchGetLastQueuedBuffer(va_list args);
     int dispatchSetFrameTimelineInfo(va_list args);
+    int dispatchGetExtraBufferCount(va_list args);
     bool transformToDisplayInverse();
 
 protected: