diff --git a/core/jni/Android.mk b/core/jni/Android.mk
index 816a2c49a2d92..623b603d8280e 100644
--- a/core/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/core/jni/Android.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LOCAL_CFLAGS += -U__APPLE__
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-parameter
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-non-virtual-dtor
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -Wno-parentheses
-#LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHWUI_NEW_OPS
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHWUI_NEW_OPS
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += -Wno-conversion-null
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH), arm)
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Android.mk b/libs/hwui/Android.mk
index 54b453d044b44..70995acbb4ca4 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Android.mk
+++ b/libs/hwui/Android.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/Android.mk
 
-HWUI_NEW_OPS := false
+HWUI_NEW_OPS := true
 
 # Enables fine-grained GLES error checking
 # If set to true, every GLES call is wrapped & error checked