diff --git a/core/java/android/text/BoringLayout.java b/core/java/android/text/BoringLayout.java
index 843754b7713c0..944f7354fdb2c 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/BoringLayout.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/BoringLayout.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package android.text;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Path;
+import android.text.style.ParagraphStyle;
 import android.util.FloatMath;
 
 /**
@@ -262,6 +263,14 @@ public class BoringLayout extends Layout implements TextUtils.EllipsizeCallback
 
         TextUtils.recycle(temp);
 
+        if (boring && text instanceof Spanned) {
+            Spanned sp = (Spanned) text;
+            Object[] styles = sp.getSpans(0, text.length(), ParagraphStyle.class);
+            if (styles.length > 0) {
+                boring = false;
+            }
+        }
+
         if (boring) {
             Metrics fm = metrics;
             if (fm == null) {