diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
index f32a76fb2a354..17bbf792429a5 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.icu.impl.CacheValue;
 import android.icu.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
 import android.icu.util.ULocale;
 import android.net.LocalServerSocket;
+import android.opengl.EGL14;
 import android.os.IInstalld;
 import android.os.Process;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ public class ZygoteInit {
     private static final String TAG = "Zygote";
 
     private static final String PROPERTY_DISABLE_OPENGL_PRELOADING = "ro.zygote.disable_gl_preload";
+    private static final String PROPERTY_GFX_DRIVER = "ro.gfx.driver.0";
     private static final String PROPERTY_RUNNING_IN_CONTAINER = "ro.boot.container";
 
     private static final int LOG_BOOT_PROGRESS_PRELOAD_START = 3020;
@@ -120,6 +122,9 @@ public class ZygoteInit {
         Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK, "PreloadResources");
         preloadResources();
         Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK);
+        Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK, "PreloadOpenGL");
+        preloadOpenGL();
+        Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_DALVIK);
         preloadSharedLibraries();
         preloadTextResources();
         // Ask the WebViewFactory to do any initialization that must run in the zygote process,
@@ -160,6 +165,14 @@ public class ZygoteInit {
         System.loadLibrary("jnigraphics");
     }
 
+    private static void preloadOpenGL() {
+        String driverPackageName = SystemProperties.get(PROPERTY_GFX_DRIVER);
+        if (!SystemProperties.getBoolean(PROPERTY_DISABLE_OPENGL_PRELOADING, false) ||
+                driverPackageName == null || driverPackageName.isEmpty()) {
+            EGL14.eglGetDisplay(EGL14.EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY);
+        }
+    }
+
     private static void preloadTextResources() {
         Hyphenator.init();
         TextView.preloadFontCache();