diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Android.mk b/services/surfaceflinger/Android.mk
index bb0a2f9..8dbb9c5 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Android.mk
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Android.mk
@@ -65,6 +65,22 @@
 include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
 
 ###############################################################
+# build surfaceflinger's executable
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
+	main_surfaceflinger.cpp 
+
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
+	libsurfaceflinger \
+	libbinder \
+	libutils
+
+LOCAL_MODULE:= surfaceflinger
+
+include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
+
+###############################################################
 # uses jni which may not be available in PDK
 ifneq ($(wildcard libnativehelper/include),)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8503d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <binder/BinderService.h>
+#include "SurfaceFlinger.h"
+
+using namespace android;
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+    // When SF is launched in its own process, limit the number of
+    // binder threads to 4.
+    ProcessState::self()->setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(4);
+    SurfaceFlinger::publishAndJoinThreadPool(true);
+    return 0;
+}