diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/sysprop/SurfaceFlingerProperties.sysprop b/services/surfaceflinger/sysprop/SurfaceFlingerProperties.sysprop
index 9b3d130..5cac086 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/sysprop/SurfaceFlingerProperties.sysprop
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/sysprop/SurfaceFlingerProperties.sysprop
@@ -481,3 +481,16 @@
     access: Readonly
     prop_name: "ro.surface_flinger.min_acquired_buffers"
 }
+
+# When enabled, SurfaceFlinger will attempt to clear the per-layer HAL buffer cache slots for
+# buffers when they are evicted from the app cache by using additional setLayerBuffer commands.
+# Ideally, this behavior would always be enabled to reduce graphics memory consumption. However,
+# Some HAL implementations may not support the additional setLayerBuffer commands used to clear
+# the cache slots.
+prop {
+    api_name: "clear_slots_with_set_layer_buffer"
+    type: Boolean
+    scope: Public
+    access: Readonly
+    prop_name: "ro.surface_flinger.clear_slots_with_set_layer_buffer"
+}
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/sysprop/api/SurfaceFlingerProperties-current.txt b/services/surfaceflinger/sysprop/api/SurfaceFlingerProperties-current.txt
index 41987fc..ba88acc 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/sysprop/api/SurfaceFlingerProperties-current.txt
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/sysprop/api/SurfaceFlingerProperties-current.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 props {
   module: "android.sysprop.SurfaceFlingerProperties"
   prop {
+    api_name: "clear_slots_with_set_layer_buffer"
+    prop_name: "ro.surface_flinger.clear_slots_with_set_layer_buffer"
+  }
+  prop {
     api_name: "color_space_agnostic_dataspace"
     type: Long
     prop_name: "ro.surface_flinger.color_space_agnostic_dataspace"