diff --git a/include/gui/BufferQueueConsumer.h b/include/gui/BufferQueueConsumer.h
index 9c91fc7..0f42613 100644
--- a/include/gui/BufferQueueConsumer.h
+++ b/include/gui/BufferQueueConsumer.h
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@
     // Retrieve the sideband buffer stream, if any.
     virtual sp<NativeHandle> getSidebandStream() const;
 
+    // See IGraphicBufferConsumer::setShadowQueueSize
+    virtual void setShadowQueueSize(size_t size);
+
     // dump our state in a String
     virtual void dump(String8& result, const char* prefix) const;
 
diff --git a/include/gui/BufferQueueCore.h b/include/gui/BufferQueueCore.h
index e3624b7..a22015c 100644
--- a/include/gui/BufferQueueCore.h
+++ b/include/gui/BufferQueueCore.h
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@
     // mBufferAge tracks the age of the contents of the most recently dequeued
     // buffer as the number of frames that have elapsed since it was last queued
     uint64_t mBufferAge;
+
+    // mConsumerHasShadowQueue determines if acquireBuffer should be more
+    // cautious about dropping buffers so that it always returns a buffer that
+    // is represented in the consumer's shadow queue.
+    bool mConsumerHasShadowQueue;
+    size_t mConsumerShadowQueueSize;
+
 }; // class BufferQueueCore
 
 } // namespace android
diff --git a/include/gui/IGraphicBufferConsumer.h b/include/gui/IGraphicBufferConsumer.h
index 8f31b55..0be09a2 100644
--- a/include/gui/IGraphicBufferConsumer.h
+++ b/include/gui/IGraphicBufferConsumer.h
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@
     // Retrieve the sideband buffer stream, if any.
     virtual sp<NativeHandle> getSidebandStream() const = 0;
 
+    // setShadowQueueSize notifies the BufferQueue that the consumer is
+    // shadowing its queue and allows it to limit the number of buffers it is
+    // permitted to drop during acquire so as to not get out of sync.
+    virtual void setShadowQueueSize(size_t size) = 0;
+
     // dump state into a string
     virtual void dump(String8& result, const char* prefix) const = 0;