diff --git a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_cache.cpp b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_cache.cpp
index 8140292..3dc93ee 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_cache.cpp
+++ b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_cache.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@
         return;
     }
 
+    updateMode();
+
     if (mInitialized) {
         if (mMultifileMode) {
             MultifileBlobCache* mbc = getMultifileBlobCacheLocked();
@@ -168,6 +170,8 @@
         return 0;
     }
 
+    updateMode();
+
     if (mInitialized) {
         if (mMultifileMode) {
             MultifileBlobCache* mbc = getMultifileBlobCacheLocked();
@@ -215,6 +219,51 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+void egl_cache_t::updateMode() {
+    // We don't set the mode in the constructor because these checks have
+    // a non-trivial cost, and not all processes that instantiate egl_cache_t
+    // will use it.
+
+    // If we've already set the mode, skip these checks
+    static bool checked = false;
+    if (checked) {
+        return;
+    }
+    checked = true;
+
+    // Check the device config to decide whether multifile should be used
+    if (base::GetBoolProperty("ro.egl.blobcache.multifile", false)) {
+        mMultifileMode = true;
+        ALOGV("Using multifile EGL blobcache");
+    }
+
+    // Allow forcing the mode for debug purposes
+    std::string mode = base::GetProperty("debug.egl.blobcache.multifile", "");
+    if (mode == "true") {
+        ALOGV("Forcing multifile cache due to debug.egl.blobcache.multifile == %s", mode.c_str());
+        mMultifileMode = true;
+    } else if (mode == "false") {
+        ALOGV("Forcing monolithic cache due to debug.egl.blobcache.multifile == %s", mode.c_str());
+        mMultifileMode = false;
+    }
+
+    if (mMultifileMode) {
+        mCacheByteLimit = static_cast<size_t>(
+                base::GetUintProperty<uint32_t>("ro.egl.blobcache.multifile_limit",
+                                                kMultifileCacheByteLimit));
+
+        // Check for a debug value
+        int debugCacheSize = base::GetIntProperty("debug.egl.blobcache.multifile_limit", -1);
+        if (debugCacheSize >= 0) {
+            ALOGV("Overriding cache limit %zu with %i from debug.egl.blobcache.multifile_limit",
+                  mCacheByteLimit, debugCacheSize);
+            mCacheByteLimit = debugCacheSize;
+        }
+
+        ALOGV("Using multifile EGL blobcache limit of %zu bytes", mCacheByteLimit);
+    }
+}
+
 BlobCache* egl_cache_t::getBlobCacheLocked() {
     if (mBlobCache == nullptr) {
         mBlobCache.reset(new FileBlobCache(kMaxMonolithicKeySize, kMaxMonolithicValueSize,
diff --git a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_cache.h b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_cache.h
index 1399368..ae6d381 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_cache.h
+++ b/opengl/libs/EGL/egl_cache.h
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@
     egl_cache_t(const egl_cache_t&); // not implemented
     void operator=(const egl_cache_t&); // not implemented
 
+    // Check system properties to determine which blobcache mode should be used
+    void updateMode();
+
     // getBlobCacheLocked returns the BlobCache object being used to store the
     // key/value blob pairs.  If the BlobCache object has not yet been created,
     // this will do so, loading the serialized cache contents from disk if