diff --git a/include/ui/EGLUtils.h b/include/ui/EGLUtils.h
index 48777b6f86355..a5bff812399b1 100644
--- a/include/ui/EGLUtils.h
+++ b/include/ui/EGLUtils.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class EGLUtils
 {
 public:
 
+    static const char *strerror(EGLint err);
+
     static status_t selectConfigForPixelFormat(
             EGLDisplay dpy,
             EGLint const* attrs,
diff --git a/libs/ui/EGLUtils.cpp b/libs/ui/EGLUtils.cpp
index b8034783812ea..1663313f2e3f5 100644
--- a/libs/ui/EGLUtils.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/EGLUtils.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #define LOG_TAG "EGLUtils"
 
+#include <cutils/log.h>
 #include <utils/Errors.h>
 
 #include <ui/EGLUtils.h>
@@ -29,6 +30,28 @@
 namespace android {
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+const char *EGLUtils::strerror(EGLint err)
+{
+    switch (err){
+        case EGL_SUCCESS:           return "EGL_SUCCESS";
+        case EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED:   return "EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED";
+        case EGL_BAD_ACCESS:        return "EGL_BAD_ACCESS";
+        case EGL_BAD_ALLOC:         return "EGL_BAD_ALLOC";
+        case EGL_BAD_ATTRIBUTE:     return "EGL_BAD_ATTRIBUTE";
+        case EGL_BAD_CONFIG:        return "EGL_BAD_CONFIG";
+        case EGL_BAD_CONTEXT:       return "EGL_BAD_CONTEXT";
+        case EGL_BAD_CURRENT_SURFACE: return "EGL_BAD_CURRENT_SURFACE";
+        case EGL_BAD_DISPLAY:       return "EGL_BAD_DISPLAY";
+        case EGL_BAD_MATCH:         return "EGL_BAD_MATCH";
+        case EGL_BAD_NATIVE_PIXMAP: return "EGL_BAD_NATIVE_PIXMAP";
+        case EGL_BAD_NATIVE_WINDOW: return "EGL_BAD_NATIVE_WINDOW";
+        case EGL_BAD_PARAMETER:     return "EGL_BAD_PARAMETER";
+        case EGL_BAD_SURFACE:       return "EGL_BAD_SURFACE";
+        case EGL_CONTEXT_LOST:      return "EGL_CONTEXT_LOST";
+        default: return "UNKNOWN";
+    }
+}
+
 status_t EGLUtils::selectConfigForPixelFormat(
         EGLDisplay dpy,
         EGLint const* attrs,
@@ -68,12 +91,13 @@ status_t EGLUtils::selectConfigForPixelFormat(
     EGLConfig config = NULL;
     for (i=0 ; i<n ; i++) {
         EGLint r,g,b,a;
-        eglGetConfigAttrib(dpy, configs[i], EGL_RED_SIZE,   &r);
-        eglGetConfigAttrib(dpy, configs[i], EGL_GREEN_SIZE, &g);
-        eglGetConfigAttrib(dpy, configs[i], EGL_BLUE_SIZE,  &b);
-        eglGetConfigAttrib(dpy, configs[i], EGL_ALPHA_SIZE, &a);
+        EGLConfig curr = configs[i];
+        eglGetConfigAttrib(dpy, curr, EGL_RED_SIZE,   &r);
+        eglGetConfigAttrib(dpy, curr, EGL_GREEN_SIZE, &g);
+        eglGetConfigAttrib(dpy, curr, EGL_BLUE_SIZE,  &b);
+        eglGetConfigAttrib(dpy, curr, EGL_ALPHA_SIZE, &a);
         if (fbSzA == a && fbSzR == r && fbSzG == g && fbSzB  == b) {
-            config = configs[i];
+            config = curr;
             break;
         }
     }