diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.cpp
index 2eac0a8..166c528 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.cpp
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
 
 #include "DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.h"
 
-#include <hardware/copybit.h>
 #include <hardware/overlay.h>
 #include <hardware/gralloc.h>
 
 #include "GLExtensions.h"
+#include "HWComposer.h"
 
 using namespace android;
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         const sp<SurfaceFlinger>& flinger,
         uint32_t dpy)
     : DisplayHardwareBase(flinger, dpy),
-      mFlags(0)
+      mFlags(0), mHwc(0)
 {
     init(dpy);
 }
@@ -262,6 +262,17 @@
 
     // Unbind the context from this thread
     eglMakeCurrent(display, EGL_NO_SURFACE, EGL_NO_SURFACE, EGL_NO_CONTEXT);
+
+
+    // initialize the H/W composer
+    mHwc = new HWComposer();
+    if (mHwc->initCheck() == NO_ERROR) {
+        mHwc->setFrameBuffer(mDisplay, mSurface);
+    }
+}
+
+HWComposer& DisplayHardware::getHwComposer() const {
+    return *mHwc;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -317,7 +328,12 @@
     }
     
     mPageFlipCount++;
-    eglSwapBuffers(dpy, surface);
+
+    if (mHwc->initCheck() == NO_ERROR) {
+        mHwc->commit();
+    } else {
+        eglSwapBuffers(dpy, surface);
+    }
     checkEGLErrors("eglSwapBuffers");
 
     // for debugging
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.h
index 66bf521..f2cfd2d 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.h
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@
 #include "DisplayHardware/DisplayHardwareBase.h"
 
 struct overlay_control_device_t;
-struct framebuffer_device_t;
-struct copybit_image_t;
 
 namespace android {
 
 class FramebufferNativeWindow;
+class HWComposer;
 
 class DisplayHardware : public DisplayHardwareBase
 {
@@ -80,6 +79,9 @@
     uint32_t getPageFlipCount() const;
     EGLDisplay getEGLDisplay() const { return mDisplay; }
     overlay_control_device_t* getOverlayEngine() const { return mOverlayEngine; }
+
+    // Hardware Composer
+    HWComposer& getHwComposer() const;
     
     status_t compositionComplete() const;
     
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@
     GLint           mMaxViewportDims;
     GLint           mMaxTextureSize;
     
+    HWComposer*     mHwc;
+
     sp<FramebufferNativeWindow> mNativeWindow;
     overlay_control_device_t* mOverlayEngine;
 };
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..518c5fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * 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 <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+
+#include <hardware/hardware.h>
+
+#include <cutils/log.h>
+
+#include <EGL/egl.h>
+
+#include "HWComposer.h"
+
+namespace android {
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+HWComposer::HWComposer()
+    : mModule(0), mHwc(0), mList(0),
+      mDpy(EGL_NO_DISPLAY), mSur(EGL_NO_SURFACE)
+{
+    int err = hw_get_module(HWC_HARDWARE_MODULE_ID, &mModule);
+    LOGW_IF(err, "%s module not found", HWC_HARDWARE_MODULE_ID);
+    if (err == 0) {
+        err = hwc_open(mModule, &mHwc);
+        LOGE_IF(err, "%s device failed to initialize (%s)",
+                HWC_HARDWARE_COMPOSER, strerror(-err));
+    }
+}
+
+HWComposer::~HWComposer() {
+    free(mList);
+    if (mHwc) {
+        hwc_close(mHwc);
+    }
+}
+
+status_t HWComposer::initCheck() const {
+    return mHwc ? NO_ERROR : NO_INIT;
+}
+
+void HWComposer::setFrameBuffer(EGLDisplay dpy, EGLSurface sur) {
+    mDpy = (hwc_display_t)dpy;
+    mSur = (hwc_surface_t)sur;
+}
+
+status_t HWComposer::createWorkList(size_t numLayers) {
+    if (mHwc && (!mList || mList->numHwLayers < numLayers)) {
+        free(mList);
+        size_t size = sizeof(hwc_layer_list) + numLayers*sizeof(hwc_layer_t);
+        mList = (hwc_layer_list_t*)malloc(size);
+        mList->flags = HWC_GEOMETRY_CHANGED;
+        mList->numHwLayers = numLayers;
+    }
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+status_t HWComposer::prepare() const {
+    int err = mHwc->prepare(mHwc, mList);
+    return (status_t)err;
+}
+
+status_t HWComposer::commit() const {
+    int err = mHwc->set(mHwc, mDpy, mSur, mList);
+    mList->flags &= ~HWC_GEOMETRY_CHANGED;
+    return (status_t)err;
+}
+
+HWComposer::iterator HWComposer::begin() {
+    return mList ? &(mList->hwLayers[0]) : NULL;
+}
+
+HWComposer::iterator HWComposer::end() {
+    return mList ? &(mList->hwLayers[mList->numHwLayers]) : NULL;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+}; // namespace android
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..729f23b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_SF_HWCOMPOSER_H
+#define ANDROID_SF_HWCOMPOSER_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <EGL/egl.h>
+
+#include <hardware/hwcomposer.h>
+
+namespace android {
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class HWComposer
+{
+public:
+
+    HWComposer();
+    ~HWComposer();
+
+    status_t initCheck() const;
+
+    // tells the HAL what the framebuffer is
+    void setFrameBuffer(EGLDisplay dpy, EGLSurface sur);
+
+    // create a work list for numLayers layer
+    status_t createWorkList(size_t numLayers);
+
+    // Asks the HAL what it can do
+    status_t prepare() const;
+
+    // commits the list
+    status_t commit() const;
+
+
+    typedef hwc_layer_t const * const_iterator;
+    typedef hwc_layer_t* iterator;
+
+    iterator begin();
+    iterator end();
+
+private:
+    hw_module_t const*      mModule;
+    hwc_composer_device_t*  mHwc;
+    hwc_layer_list_t*       mList;
+    hwc_display_t           mDpy;
+    hwc_surface_t           mSur;
+};
+
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_SF_HWCOMPOSER_H