diff --git a/libs/gui/Surface.cpp b/libs/gui/Surface.cpp
index e7880eb..23532e7 100644
--- a/libs/gui/Surface.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/Surface.cpp
@@ -1176,6 +1176,10 @@
     case NATIVE_WINDOW_SET_QUEUE_INTERCEPTOR:
         res = dispatchAddQueueInterceptor(args);
         break;
+    case NATIVE_WINDOW_ALLOCATE_BUFFERS:
+        allocateBuffers();
+        res = NO_ERROR;
+        break;
     default:
         res = NAME_NOT_FOUND;
         break;
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/ANativeWindow.cpp b/libs/nativewindow/ANativeWindow.cpp
index 7fdbeb5..06b7936 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/ANativeWindow.cpp
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/ANativeWindow.cpp
@@ -320,3 +320,7 @@
                                             void* data) {
     return window->perform(window, NATIVE_WINDOW_SET_QUEUE_INTERCEPTOR, interceptor, data);
 }
+
+void ANativeWindow_allocateBuffers(ANativeWindow* window) {
+    window->perform(window, NATIVE_WINDOW_ALLOCATE_BUFFERS);
+}
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
 };
 
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/libnativewindow.map.txt b/libs/nativewindow/libnativewindow.map.txt
index 127e633..148bf07 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/libnativewindow.map.txt
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/libnativewindow.map.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     ANativeWindow_OemStorageGet; # llndk
     ANativeWindow_OemStorageSet; # llndk
     ANativeWindow_acquire;
+    ANativeWindow_allocateBuffers; # apex # introduced=30
     ANativeWindow_cancelBuffer; # llndk
     ANativeWindow_dequeueBuffer; # llndk
     ANativeWindow_getBuffersDataSpace; # introduced=28