diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.cpp
index 606e137..80fe180 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.cpp
@@ -290,6 +290,15 @@
     mTimeStats.refreshRateSwitches++;
 }
 
+void TimeStats::incrementCompositionStrategyChanges() {
+    if (!mEnabled.load()) return;
+
+    ATRACE_CALL();
+
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mMutex);
+    mTimeStats.compositionStrategyChanges++;
+}
+
 void TimeStats::recordDisplayEventConnectionCount(int32_t count) {
     if (!mEnabled.load()) return;
 
@@ -844,6 +853,7 @@
     mTimeStats.clientCompositionFrames = 0;
     mTimeStats.clientCompositionReusedFrames = 0;
     mTimeStats.refreshRateSwitches = 0;
+    mTimeStats.compositionStrategyChanges = 0;
     mTimeStats.displayEventConnectionsCount = 0;
     mTimeStats.displayOnTime = 0;
     mTimeStats.presentToPresent.hist.clear();
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.h b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.h
index 806b47e..eb48353 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/TimeStats.h
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
     virtual void incrementClientCompositionReusedFrames() = 0;
     // Increments the number of times the display refresh rate changed.
     virtual void incrementRefreshRateSwitches() = 0;
+    // Increments the number of changes in composition strategy
+    // The intention is to reflect the number of changes between hwc and gpu
+    // composition, where "gpu composition" may also include mixed composition.
+    virtual void incrementCompositionStrategyChanges() = 0;
     // Records the most up-to-date count of display event connections.
     // The stored count will be the maximum ever recoded.
     virtual void recordDisplayEventConnectionCount(int32_t count) = 0;
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@
     void incrementClientCompositionFrames() override;
     void incrementClientCompositionReusedFrames() override;
     void incrementRefreshRateSwitches() override;
+    void incrementCompositionStrategyChanges() override;
     void recordDisplayEventConnectionCount(int32_t count) override;
 
     void recordFrameDuration(nsecs_t startTime, nsecs_t endTime) override;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/timestatsproto/TimeStatsHelper.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/timestatsproto/TimeStatsHelper.cpp
index 5305de9..c90b1b8 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/timestatsproto/TimeStatsHelper.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/timestatsproto/TimeStatsHelper.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
     StringAppendF(&result, "clientCompositionFrames = %d\n", clientCompositionFrames);
     StringAppendF(&result, "clientCompositionReusedFrames = %d\n", clientCompositionReusedFrames);
     StringAppendF(&result, "refreshRateSwitches = %d\n", refreshRateSwitches);
+    StringAppendF(&result, "compositionStrategyChanges = %d\n", compositionStrategyChanges);
     StringAppendF(&result, "displayOnTime = %" PRId64 " ms\n", displayOnTime);
     StringAppendF(&result, "displayConfigStats is as below:\n");
     for (const auto& [fps, duration] : refreshRateStats) {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/timestatsproto/include/timestatsproto/TimeStatsHelper.h b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/timestatsproto/include/timestatsproto/TimeStatsHelper.h
index afb98e0..0c75f96 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/timestatsproto/include/timestatsproto/TimeStatsHelper.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/TimeStats/timestatsproto/include/timestatsproto/TimeStatsHelper.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
         int32_t clientCompositionFrames = 0;
         int32_t clientCompositionReusedFrames = 0;
         int32_t refreshRateSwitches = 0;
+        int32_t compositionStrategyChanges = 0;
         int32_t displayEventConnectionsCount = 0;
         int64_t displayOnTime = 0;
         Histogram presentToPresent;