diff --git a/libs/gui/LayerState.cpp b/libs/gui/LayerState.cpp
index a6276e5..f6bba16 100644
--- a/libs/gui/LayerState.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/LayerState.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
     SAFE_PARCEL(output.writeParcelable, trustedPresentationListener);
     SAFE_PARCEL(output.writeFloat, currentSdrHdrRatio);
     SAFE_PARCEL(output.writeFloat, desiredSdrHdrRatio);
+    SAFE_PARCEL(output.writeInt32, static_cast<int32_t>(cachingHint))
     return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
@@ -328,6 +329,10 @@
     SAFE_PARCEL(input.readFloat, &tmpFloat);
     desiredSdrHdrRatio = tmpFloat;
 
+    int32_t tmpInt32;
+    SAFE_PARCEL(input.readInt32, &tmpInt32);
+    cachingHint = static_cast<gui::CachingHint>(tmpInt32);
+
     return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
@@ -580,6 +585,10 @@
         desiredSdrHdrRatio = other.desiredSdrHdrRatio;
         currentSdrHdrRatio = other.currentSdrHdrRatio;
     }
+    if (other.what & eCachingHintChanged) {
+        what |= eCachingHintChanged;
+        cachingHint = other.cachingHint;
+    }
     if (other.what & eHdrMetadataChanged) {
         what |= eHdrMetadataChanged;
         hdrMetadata = other.hdrMetadata;
@@ -731,6 +740,7 @@
     CHECK_DIFF(diff, eDataspaceChanged, other, dataspace);
     CHECK_DIFF2(diff, eExtendedRangeBrightnessChanged, other, currentSdrHdrRatio,
                 desiredSdrHdrRatio);
+    CHECK_DIFF(diff, eCachingHintChanged, other, cachingHint);
     CHECK_DIFF(diff, eHdrMetadataChanged, other, hdrMetadata);
     if (other.what & eSurfaceDamageRegionChanged &&
         (!surfaceDamageRegion.hasSameRects(other.surfaceDamageRegion))) {
diff --git a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
index c508917..001d475 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
@@ -1729,6 +1729,20 @@
     return *this;
 }
 
+SurfaceComposerClient::Transaction& SurfaceComposerClient::Transaction::setCachingHint(
+        const sp<SurfaceControl>& sc, gui::CachingHint cachingHint) {
+    layer_state_t* s = getLayerState(sc);
+    if (!s) {
+        mStatus = BAD_INDEX;
+        return *this;
+    }
+    s->what |= layer_state_t::eCachingHintChanged;
+    s->cachingHint = cachingHint;
+
+    registerSurfaceControlForCallback(sc);
+    return *this;
+}
+
 SurfaceComposerClient::Transaction& SurfaceComposerClient::Transaction::setHdrMetadata(
         const sp<SurfaceControl>& sc, const HdrMetadata& hdrMetadata) {
     layer_state_t* s = getLayerState(sc);
diff --git a/libs/gui/aidl/android/gui/CachingHint.aidl b/libs/gui/aidl/android/gui/CachingHint.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b35c795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/gui/aidl/android/gui/CachingHint.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 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.
+ */
+
+package android.gui;
+
+/*
+ * Hint for configuring caching behavior for a layer
+ * @hide
+ */
+@Backing(type="int")
+enum CachingHint {
+    // Caching is disabled. A layer may explicitly disable caching for
+    // improving image quality for some scenes.
+    Disabled = 0,
+    // Caching is enabled. A layer is cacheable by default.
+    Enabled = 1
+}
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h
index ae56f9f..1e67225 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <android/gui/CachingHint.h>
 #include <android/gui/DisplayBrightness.h>
 #include <android/gui/FrameTimelineInfo.h>
 #include <android/gui/IDisplayEventConnection.h>
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/LayerState.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/LayerState.h
index ddaf473..da144bd 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/LayerState.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/LayerState.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
         eFlagsChanged = 0x00000040,
         eLayerStackChanged = 0x00000080,
         eFlushJankData = 0x00000100,
-        /* unused = 0x00000200, */
+        eCachingHintChanged = 0x00000200,
         eDimmingEnabledChanged = 0x00000400,
         eShadowRadiusChanged = 0x00000800,
         eRenderBorderChanged = 0x00001000,
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@
         eStretchChanged = 0x2000'00000000,
         eTrustedOverlayChanged = 0x4000'00000000,
         eDropInputModeChanged = 0x8000'00000000,
-        eExtendedRangeBrightnessChanged = 0x10000'00000000
+        eExtendedRangeBrightnessChanged = 0x10000'00000000,
+
     };
 
     layer_state_t();
@@ -391,6 +392,8 @@
     float currentSdrHdrRatio = 1.f;
     float desiredSdrHdrRatio = 1.f;
 
+    gui::CachingHint cachingHint = gui::CachingHint::Enabled;
+
     TrustedPresentationThresholds trustedPresentationThresholds;
     TrustedPresentationListener trustedPresentationListener;
 };
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h
index 44e78ec..d431b43 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@
         Transaction& setDataspace(const sp<SurfaceControl>& sc, ui::Dataspace dataspace);
         Transaction& setExtendedRangeBrightness(const sp<SurfaceControl>& sc,
                                                 float currentBufferRatio, float desiredRatio);
+        Transaction& setCachingHint(const sp<SurfaceControl>& sc, gui::CachingHint cachingHint);
         Transaction& setHdrMetadata(const sp<SurfaceControl>& sc, const HdrMetadata& hdrMetadata);
         Transaction& setSurfaceDamageRegion(const sp<SurfaceControl>& sc,
                                             const Region& surfaceDamageRegion);