diff --git a/libs/gui/Choreographer.cpp b/libs/gui/Choreographer.cpp
index 0c8f3fa..ba50bf8 100644
--- a/libs/gui/Choreographer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/Choreographer.cpp
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@
           this, to_string(displayId).c_str(), connectedLevel, maxLevel);
 }
 
+void Choreographer::dispatchModeRejected(PhysicalDisplayId, int32_t) {
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("dispatchModeRejected was called but was never registered");
+}
+
 void Choreographer::handleMessage(const Message& message) {
     switch (message.what) {
         case MSG_SCHEDULE_CALLBACKS:
diff --git a/libs/gui/DisplayEventDispatcher.cpp b/libs/gui/DisplayEventDispatcher.cpp
index c46f9c5..68f10f4 100644
--- a/libs/gui/DisplayEventDispatcher.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/DisplayEventDispatcher.cpp
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@
                                               ev.hdcpLevelsChange.connectedLevel,
                                               ev.hdcpLevelsChange.maxLevel);
                     break;
+                case DisplayEventReceiver::DISPLAY_EVENT_MODE_REJECTION:
+                    dispatchModeRejected(ev.header.displayId, ev.modeRejection.modeId);
+                    break;
                 default:
                     ALOGW("dispatcher %p ~ ignoring unknown event type %#x", this, ev.header.type);
                     break;
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/Choreographer.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/Choreographer.h
index 2e5aa4a..a93ba14 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/Choreographer.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/Choreographer.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
                                     std::vector<FrameRateOverride> overrides) override;
     void dispatchHdcpLevelsChanged(PhysicalDisplayId displayId, int32_t connectedLevel,
                                    int32_t maxLevel) override;
+    void dispatchModeRejected(PhysicalDisplayId displayId, int32_t modeId) override;
 
     void scheduleCallbacks();
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/DisplayEventDispatcher.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/DisplayEventDispatcher.h
index 82cd50c..b06ad07 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/DisplayEventDispatcher.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/DisplayEventDispatcher.h
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
     virtual void dispatchHdcpLevelsChanged(PhysicalDisplayId displayId, int32_t connectedLevel,
                                            int32_t maxLevel) = 0;
 
+    virtual void dispatchModeRejected(PhysicalDisplayId displayId, int32_t modeId) = 0;
+
     bool processPendingEvents(nsecs_t* outTimestamp, PhysicalDisplayId* outDisplayId,
                               uint32_t* outCount, VsyncEventData* outVsyncEventData);
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/DisplayEventReceiver.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/DisplayEventReceiver.h
index 40a6e79..ab6a6b7 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/DisplayEventReceiver.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/DisplayEventReceiver.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
         DISPLAY_EVENT_VSYNC = fourcc('v', 's', 'y', 'n'),
         DISPLAY_EVENT_HOTPLUG = fourcc('p', 'l', 'u', 'g'),
         DISPLAY_EVENT_MODE_CHANGE = fourcc('m', 'o', 'd', 'e'),
+        DISPLAY_EVENT_MODE_REJECTION = fourcc('r', 'e', 'j', 'e'),
         DISPLAY_EVENT_NULL = fourcc('n', 'u', 'l', 'l'),
         DISPLAY_EVENT_FRAME_RATE_OVERRIDE = fourcc('r', 'a', 't', 'e'),
         DISPLAY_EVENT_FRAME_RATE_OVERRIDE_FLUSH = fourcc('f', 'l', 's', 'h'),
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@
             nsecs_t vsyncPeriod __attribute__((aligned(8)));
         };
 
+        struct ModeRejection {
+            int32_t modeId;
+        };
+
         struct FrameRateOverride {
             uid_t uid __attribute__((aligned(8)));
             float frameRateHz __attribute__((aligned(8)));
@@ -117,6 +122,7 @@
             ModeChange modeChange;
             FrameRateOverride frameRateOverride;
             HdcpLevelsChange hdcpLevelsChange;
+            ModeRejection modeRejection;
         };
     };
     static_assert(sizeof(Event) == 224);