diff --git a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
index 8d18551..83c2b7f 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 
 #include <android-base/thread_annotations.h>
 #include <gui/LayerStatePermissions.h>
+#include <gui/ScreenCaptureResults.h>
 #include <private/gui/ComposerService.h>
 #include <private/gui/ComposerServiceAIDL.h>
 
@@ -3138,11 +3139,19 @@
 }
 
 status_t ScreenshotClient::captureLayers(const LayerCaptureArgs& captureArgs,
-                                         const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>& captureListener) {
+                                         const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>& captureListener,
+                                         bool sync) {
     sp<gui::ISurfaceComposer> s(ComposerServiceAIDL::getComposerService());
     if (s == nullptr) return NO_INIT;
 
-    binder::Status status = s->captureLayers(captureArgs, captureListener);
+    binder::Status status;
+    if (sync) {
+        gui::ScreenCaptureResults captureResults;
+        status = s->captureLayersSync(captureArgs, &captureResults);
+        captureListener->onScreenCaptureCompleted(captureResults);
+    } else {
+        status = s->captureLayers(captureArgs, captureListener);
+    }
     return statusTFromBinderStatus(status);
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/aidl/android/gui/ISurfaceComposer.aidl b/libs/gui/aidl/android/gui/ISurfaceComposer.aidl
index e3122bc..51e0193 100644
--- a/libs/gui/aidl/android/gui/ISurfaceComposer.aidl
+++ b/libs/gui/aidl/android/gui/ISurfaceComposer.aidl
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import android.gui.LayerDebugInfo;
 import android.gui.OverlayProperties;
 import android.gui.PullAtomData;
+import android.gui.ScreenCaptureResults;
 import android.gui.ARect;
 import android.gui.SchedulingPolicy;
 import android.gui.StalledTransactionInfo;
@@ -245,6 +246,16 @@
     /**
      * Capture a subtree of the layer hierarchy, potentially ignoring the root node.
      * This requires READ_FRAME_BUFFER permission. This function will fail if there
+     * is a secure window on screen. This is a blocking call and will return the
+     * ScreenCaptureResults, including the captured buffer. Because this is blocking, the
+     * caller doesn't care about the fence and the binder thread in SurfaceFlinger will wait
+     * on the fence to fire before returning the results.
+     */
+    ScreenCaptureResults captureLayersSync(in LayerCaptureArgs args);
+
+    /**
+     * Capture a subtree of the layer hierarchy, potentially ignoring the root node.
+     * This requires READ_FRAME_BUFFER permission. This function will fail if there
      * is a secure window on screen
      */
     oneway void captureLayers(in LayerCaptureArgs args, IScreenCaptureListener listener);
diff --git a/libs/gui/fuzzer/libgui_fuzzer_utils.h b/libs/gui/fuzzer/libgui_fuzzer_utils.h
index c952ba2..2bdbd43 100644
--- a/libs/gui/fuzzer/libgui_fuzzer_utils.h
+++ b/libs/gui/fuzzer/libgui_fuzzer_utils.h
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
                 (int64_t, const gui::CaptureArgs&, const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>&), (override));
     MOCK_METHOD(binder::Status, captureLayers,
                 (const LayerCaptureArgs&, const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>&), (override));
+    MOCK_METHOD(binder::Status, captureLayersSync,
+                (const LayerCaptureArgs&, gui::ScreenCaptureResults*), (override));
     MOCK_METHOD(binder::Status, clearAnimationFrameStats, (), (override));
     MOCK_METHOD(binder::Status, getAnimationFrameStats, (gui::FrameStats*), (override));
     MOCK_METHOD(binder::Status, overrideHdrTypes, (const sp<IBinder>&, const std::vector<int32_t>&),
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h
index 14e3dd5..88a2c34 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h
@@ -849,7 +849,8 @@
     static status_t captureDisplay(const DisplayCaptureArgs&, const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>&);
     static status_t captureDisplay(DisplayId, const gui::CaptureArgs&,
                                    const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>&);
-    static status_t captureLayers(const LayerCaptureArgs&, const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>&);
+    static status_t captureLayers(const LayerCaptureArgs&, const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>&,
+                                  bool sync);
 
     [[deprecated]] static status_t captureDisplay(DisplayId id,
                                                   const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>& listener) {
diff --git a/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp b/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
index c6ea317..577d239 100644
--- a/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
@@ -791,6 +791,10 @@
         return binder::Status::ok();
     }
 
+    binder::Status captureLayersSync(const LayerCaptureArgs&, ScreenCaptureResults*) override {
+        return binder::Status::ok();
+    }
+
     binder::Status captureLayers(const LayerCaptureArgs&,
                                  const sp<IScreenCaptureListener>&) override {
         return binder::Status::ok();