diff --git a/include/gui/ConsumerBase.h b/include/gui/ConsumerBase.h
index a0ddca8..68cce5a 100644
--- a/include/gui/ConsumerBase.h
+++ b/include/gui/ConsumerBase.h
@@ -152,7 +152,14 @@
     // it is overridden the derived class's implementation must call
     // ConsumerBase::acquireBufferLocked.
     virtual status_t releaseBufferLocked(int buf, EGLDisplay display,
-           EGLSyncKHR eglFence, const sp<Fence>& fence);
+           EGLSyncKHR eglFence);
+
+    // addReleaseFence adds the sync points associated with a fence to the set
+    // of sync points that must be reached before the buffer in the given slot
+    // may be used after the slot has been released.  This should be called by
+    // derived classes each time some asynchronous work is kicked off that
+    // references the buffer.
+    status_t addReleaseFence(int slot, const sp<Fence>& fence);
 
     // Slot contains the information and object references that
     // ConsumerBase maintains about a BufferQueue buffer slot.