diff --git a/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h b/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h
index faa84fc..3e7f69c 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h
+++ b/libs/renderengine/include/renderengine/RenderEngine.h
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@
     // Returns the tid of the renderengine thread if it's threaded, and std::nullopt otherwise
     virtual std::optional<pid_t> getRenderEngineTid() const { return std::nullopt; }
 
+    virtual void setEnableTracing(bool /*tracingEnabled*/) {}
+
 protected:
     RenderEngine() : RenderEngine(RenderEngineType::GLES) {}
 
diff --git a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.cpp b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.cpp
index 29175a2..1fb24f5 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.cpp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.cpp
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@
 
 #include "SkiaRenderEngine.h"
 
-#include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <src/core/SkTraceEventCommon.h>
 
 namespace android {
 namespace renderengine {
 namespace skia {
-SkiaRenderEngine::SkiaRenderEngine(RenderEngineType type) : RenderEngine(type) {
-    SkAndroidFrameworkTraceUtil::setEnableTracing(
-            base::GetBoolProperty(PROPERTY_SKIA_ATRACE_ENABLED, false));
+SkiaRenderEngine::SkiaRenderEngine(RenderEngineType type) : RenderEngine(type) {}
+
+void SkiaRenderEngine::setEnableTracing(bool tracingEnabled) {
+    SkAndroidFrameworkTraceUtil::setEnableTracing(tracingEnabled);
 }
 } // namespace skia
 } // namespace renderengine
diff --git a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.h b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.h
index eb65e83..5d10b6f 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.h
+++ b/libs/renderengine/skia/SkiaRenderEngine.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     virtual int getContextPriority() override { return 0; }
     virtual void assertShadersCompiled(int numShaders) {}
     virtual int reportShadersCompiled() { return 0; }
+    virtual void setEnableTracing(bool tracingEnabled) override;
 
 protected:
     virtual void mapExternalTextureBuffer(const sp<GraphicBuffer>& /*buffer*/,
diff --git a/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.cpp b/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.cpp
index a7176d3..203bb54 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.cpp
+++ b/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.cpp
@@ -403,6 +403,18 @@
     return std::make_optional(tidFuture.get());
 }
 
+void RenderEngineThreaded::setEnableTracing(bool tracingEnabled) {
+    // This function is designed so it can run asynchronously, so we do not need to wait
+    // for the futures.
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock(mThreadMutex);
+        mFunctionCalls.push([tracingEnabled](renderengine::RenderEngine& instance) {
+            ATRACE_NAME("REThreaded::setEnableTracing");
+            instance.setEnableTracing(tracingEnabled);
+        });
+    }
+    mCondition.notify_one();
+}
 } // namespace threaded
 } // namespace renderengine
 } // namespace android
diff --git a/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.h b/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.h
index 1ba72dd..1340902 100644
--- a/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.h
+++ b/libs/renderengine/threaded/RenderEngineThreaded.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     bool supportsBackgroundBlur() override;
     void onActiveDisplaySizeChanged(ui::Size size) override;
     std::optional<pid_t> getRenderEngineTid() const override;
+    void setEnableTracing(bool tracingEnabled) override;
 
 protected:
     void mapExternalTextureBuffer(const sp<GraphicBuffer>& buffer, bool isRenderable) override;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FlagManager.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/FlagManager.cpp
index 7602e6d..e09a192 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FlagManager.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FlagManager.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 #include <SurfaceFlingerProperties.sysprop.h>
 #include <android-base/parsebool.h>
 #include <android-base/parseint.h>
+#include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
+#include <renderengine/RenderEngine.h>
 #include <server_configurable_flags/get_flags.h>
 #include <cinttypes>
 
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@
     base::StringAppendF(&result, "FlagManager values: \n");
     base::StringAppendF(&result, "demo_flag: %" PRId64 "\n", demo_flag());
     base::StringAppendF(&result, "use_adpf_cpu_hint: %s\n", use_adpf_cpu_hint() ? "true" : "false");
+    base::StringAppendF(&result, "use_skia_tracing: %s\n", use_skia_tracing() ? "true" : "false");
 }
 
 namespace {
@@ -97,4 +100,11 @@
     return getValue("AdpfFeature__adpf_cpu_hint", sysPropVal, false);
 }
 
+bool FlagManager::use_skia_tracing() const {
+    ALOGD("use_skia_tracing ?");
+    std::optional<bool> sysPropVal =
+            doParse<bool>(base::GetProperty(PROPERTY_SKIA_ATRACE_ENABLED, "").c_str());
+    return getValue("SkiaTracingFeature__use_skia_tracing", sysPropVal, false);
+}
+
 } // namespace android
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/FlagManager.h b/services/surfaceflinger/FlagManager.h
index 24d83a2..e834142 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/FlagManager.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/FlagManager.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
     bool use_adpf_cpu_hint() const;
 
+    bool use_skia_tracing() const;
+
 private:
     friend class FlagManagerTest;
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index b76233c..f99a2a3 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@
     mFlagManager = std::make_unique<android::FlagManager>();
     mFrameTracer->initialize();
     mFrameTimeline->onBootFinished();
+    getRenderEngine().setEnableTracing(mFlagManager->use_skia_tracing());
 
     // wait patiently for the window manager death
     const String16 name("window");