diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/view/Surface.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/view/Surface.h
index b7aba2b..7ddac81 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/view/Surface.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/view/Surface.h
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@
     // of the full parceling to happen on its native side.
     status_t readFromParcel(const Parcel* parcel, bool nameAlreadyRead);
 
-  private:
+    std::string toString() const;
 
+private:
     static String16 readMaybeEmptyString16(const Parcel* parcel);
 };
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp b/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
index 8ab8783..6356482 100644
--- a/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "gui/view/Surface.h"
 #include "Constants.h"
 #include "MockConsumer.h"
 
@@ -2363,6 +2364,14 @@
 
     EXPECT_EQ(OK, surface->disconnect(NATIVE_WINDOW_API_CPU));
 }
+
+TEST_F(SurfaceTest, ViewSurface_toString) {
+    view::Surface surface{};
+    EXPECT_EQ("", surface.toString());
+
+    surface.name = String16("name");
+    EXPECT_EQ("name", surface.toString());
+}
 #endif // COM_ANDROID_GRAPHICS_LIBGUI_FLAGS(WB_PLATFORM_API_IMPROVEMENTS)
 
 } // namespace android
diff --git a/libs/gui/view/Surface.cpp b/libs/gui/view/Surface.cpp
index 7c15e7c..84c2a6a 100644
--- a/libs/gui/view/Surface.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/view/Surface.cpp
@@ -121,5 +121,11 @@
     return str.value_or(String16());
 }
 
+std::string Surface::toString() const {
+    std::stringstream out;
+    out << name;
+    return out.str();
+}
+
 } // namespace view
 } // namespace android