diff --git a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.cpp b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.cpp
index 5854135..fda6ea1 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.cpp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 // Debugging settings
 static const bool kPrintLayerSettings = false;
 static const bool kFlushAfterEveryLayer = kPrintLayerSettings;
+static constexpr bool kEnableLayerBrightening = true;
 
 } // namespace
 
@@ -699,7 +700,8 @@
 
     // ...and compute the dimming ratio if dimming is requested
     const float displayDimmingRatio = display.targetLuminanceNits > 0.f &&
-                    maxLayerWhitePoint > 0.f && display.targetLuminanceNits > maxLayerWhitePoint
+                    maxLayerWhitePoint > 0.f &&
+                    (kEnableLayerBrightening || display.targetLuminanceNits > maxLayerWhitePoint)
             ? maxLayerWhitePoint / display.targetLuminanceNits
             : 1.f;
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 79378be..fe2db94 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -7419,6 +7419,13 @@
                                       renderArea->getHintForSeamlessTransition());
             sdrWhitePointNits = state.sdrWhitePointNits;
             displayBrightnessNits = state.displayBrightnessNits;
+            if (sdrWhitePointNits > 1.0f) {
+                // Restrict the amount of HDR "headroom" in the screenshot to avoid over-dimming
+                // the SDR portion. 2.0 chosen by experimentation
+                constexpr float kMaxScreenshotHeadroom = 2.0f;
+                displayBrightnessNits =
+                        std::min(sdrWhitePointNits * kMaxScreenshotHeadroom, displayBrightnessNits);
+            }
 
             if (requestedDataspace == ui::Dataspace::UNKNOWN) {
                 renderIntent = state.renderIntent;