diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
index 518fc09dee5aa..51a708b76801e 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
+#include <aidl/android/hardware/graphics/common/PixelFormat.h>
 #include <android-base/chrono_utils.h>
+#include <android/graphics/properties.h>
 #include <android/graphics/region.h>
 #include <android/gui/BnScreenCaptureListener.h>
 #include <android/hardware/display/IDeviceProductInfoConstants.h>
@@ -1888,6 +1890,11 @@ static jobject nativeGetDisplayDecorationSupport(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz,
         return nullptr;
     }
 
+    using aidl::android::hardware::graphics::common::PixelFormat;
+    if (support.value().format == PixelFormat::R_8 && !hwui_uses_vulkan()) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     jobject jDisplayDecorationSupport =
             env->NewObject(gDisplayDecorationSupportInfo.clazz, gDisplayDecorationSupportInfo.ctor);
     if (jDisplayDecorationSupport == nullptr) {
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Android.bp b/libs/hwui/Android.bp
index ece150a4bd45f..d8b077b324206 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/hwui/Android.bp
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ cc_defaults {
         "apex/android_matrix.cpp",
         "apex/android_paint.cpp",
         "apex/android_region.cpp",
+        "apex/properties.cpp",
     ],
 
     header_libs: ["android_graphics_apex_headers"],
diff --git a/libs/hwui/apex/include/android/graphics/properties.h b/libs/hwui/apex/include/android/graphics/properties.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f24f840710f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/hwui/apex/include/android/graphics/properties.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_GRAPHICS_PROPERTIES_H
+#define ANDROID_GRAPHICS_PROPERTIES_H
+
+#include <cutils/compiler.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if libhwui is using the vulkan backend.
+ */
+ANDROID_API bool hwui_uses_vulkan();
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_GRAPHICS_PROPERTIES_H
diff --git a/libs/hwui/apex/properties.cpp b/libs/hwui/apex/properties.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..abb333be159a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/hwui/apex/properties.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "android/graphics/properties.h"
+
+#include <Properties.h>
+
+bool hwui_uses_vulkan() {
+    return android::uirenderer::Properties::peekRenderPipelineType() ==
+           android::uirenderer::RenderPipelineType::SkiaVulkan;
+}
diff --git a/libs/hwui/libhwui.map.txt b/libs/hwui/libhwui.map.txt
index 087c006a86801..fdb2373870986 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/libhwui.map.txt
+++ b/libs/hwui/libhwui.map.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ LIBHWUI { # platform-only /* HWUI isn't current a module, so all of these are st
     ARegionIterator_next;
     ARegionIterator_getRect;
     ARegionIterator_getTotalBounds;
+    hwui_uses_vulkan;
   local:
     *;
 };