diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/include/apex/window.h b/libs/nativewindow/include/apex/window.h
index 2060d03..3dec011 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/include/apex/window.h
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/include/apex/window.h
@@ -200,8 +200,16 @@
  * made by the window will return -ETIMEDOUT after the timeout if the dequeue
  * takes too long.
  *
- * \return NO_ERROR on succes, -errno on error.
+ * \return NO_ERROR on success, -errno on error.
  */
 int ANativeWindow_setDequeueTimeout(ANativeWindow* window, int64_t timeout);
 
+/**
+ * Provides a hint to the window that buffers should be preallocated ahead of
+ * time. Note that the window implementation is not guaranteed to preallocate
+ * any buffers, for instance if a private API disallows allocation of new
+ * buffers. As such no success/error status is returned.
+ */
+void ANativeWindow_allocateBuffers(ANativeWindow* window);
+
 __END_DECLS
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/include/system/window.h b/libs/nativewindow/include/system/window.h
index a4e5afd..121374b 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/include/system/window.h
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/include/system/window.h
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
     NATIVE_WINDOW_SET_DEQUEUE_INTERCEPTOR         = 42,    /* private */
     NATIVE_WINDOW_SET_PERFORM_INTERCEPTOR         = 43,    /* private */
     NATIVE_WINDOW_SET_QUEUE_INTERCEPTOR           = 44,    /* private */
+    NATIVE_WINDOW_ALLOCATE_BUFFERS                = 45,    /* private */
     // clang-format on
 };