diff --git a/cmds/surfacereplayer/proto/Android.mk b/cmds/surfacereplayer/proto/Android.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b87d34f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmds/surfacereplayer/proto/Android.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 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.
+#
+LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(call all-proto-files-under, src)
+
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
+    libprotobuf-cpp-full
+
+LOCAL_PROTOC_OPTIMIZE_TYPE := full
+
+LOCAL_MODULE := libtrace_proto
+LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := STATIC_LIBRARIES
+
+LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDE_DIRS := $(LOCAL_PATH)
+
+include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/cmds/surfacereplayer/proto/src/trace.proto b/cmds/surfacereplayer/proto/src/trace.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce08ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmds/surfacereplayer/proto/src/trace.proto
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+syntax = "proto2";
+
+message Trace {
+    repeated Increment increment = 1;
+}
+
+message Increment {
+    required int64 time_stamp       = 1;
+
+    oneof increment {
+        Transaction  transaction    = 2;
+        Create       create         = 3;
+        Delete       delete         = 4;
+        BufferUpdate buffer_update  = 5;
+        VSyncEvent   vsync_event    = 6;
+    }
+}
+
+message Transaction {
+    repeated Change change      = 1;
+
+    required bool   synchronous = 2;
+    required bool   animation   = 3;
+}
+
+message Change {
+    required uint32 id = 1;
+
+    oneof Change {
+        PositionChange              position                   = 2;
+        SizeChange                  size                       = 3;
+        AlphaChange                 alpha                      = 4;
+        LayerChange                 layer                      = 5;
+        CropChange                  crop                       = 6;
+        FinalCropChange             final_crop                 = 7;
+        MatrixChange                matrix                     = 8;
+        OverrideScalingModeChange   override_scaling_mode      = 9;
+        TransparentRegionHintChange transparent_region_hint    = 10;
+        LayerStackChange            layer_stack                = 11;
+        HiddenFlagChange            hidden_flag                = 12;
+        OpaqueFlagChange            opaque_flag                = 13;
+        SecureFlagChange            secure_flag                = 14;
+        DeferredTransactionChange   deferred_transaction       = 15;
+    }
+}
+
+message PositionChange {
+    required float x = 1;
+    required float y = 2;
+}
+
+message SizeChange {
+    required uint32 w = 1;
+    required uint32 h = 2;
+}
+
+message AlphaChange {
+    required float alpha = 1;
+}
+
+message LayerChange {
+    required uint32 layer = 1;
+}
+
+message CropChange {
+    required Rectangle rectangle = 1;
+}
+
+message FinalCropChange {
+    required Rectangle rectangle = 1;
+}
+
+message MatrixChange {
+    required float dsdx = 1;
+    required float dtdx = 2;
+    required float dsdy = 3;
+    required float dtdy = 4;
+}
+
+message OverrideScalingModeChange {
+    required int32 override_scaling_mode = 1;
+}
+
+message TransparentRegionHintChange {
+    repeated Rectangle region = 1;
+}
+
+message LayerStackChange {
+    required uint32 layer_stack = 1;
+}
+
+message HiddenFlagChange {
+    required bool hidden_flag = 1;
+}
+
+message OpaqueFlagChange {
+    required bool opaque_flag = 1;
+}
+
+message SecureFlagChange {
+    required bool secure_flag = 1;
+}
+
+message DeferredTransactionChange {
+    required uint32 layer_id     = 1;
+    required uint64 frame_number = 2;
+}
+
+message Rectangle {
+    required int32 left   = 1;
+    required int32 top    = 2;
+    required int32 right  = 3;
+    required int32 bottom = 4;
+}
+
+message Create {
+    required uint32 id    = 1;
+    required string name  = 2;
+    required uint32 w     = 3;
+    required uint32 h     = 4;
+}
+
+message Delete {
+    required uint32 id = 1;
+}
+
+message BufferUpdate {
+    required uint32 id            = 1;
+    required uint32 w             = 2;
+    required uint32 h             = 3;
+    required uint64 frame_number  = 4;
+}
+
+message VSyncEvent {
+    required int64 when = 1;
+}