diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/StartBootAnimThread.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/StartBootAnimThread.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 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 <cutils/properties.h>
+#include "StartBootAnimThread.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+StartBootAnimThread::StartBootAnimThread():
+        Thread(false) {
+}
+
+status_t StartBootAnimThread::Start() {
+    return run("SurfaceFlinger::StartBootAnimThread", PRIORITY_NORMAL);
+}
+
+bool StartBootAnimThread::threadLoop() {
+    property_set("service.bootanim.exit", "0");
+    property_set("ctl.start", "bootanim");
+    // Exit immediately
+    return false;
+}
+
+} // namespace android