diff --git a/libs/hwui/Android.mk b/libs/hwui/Android.mk
index 8f7787bd5d153..138a5ef7c285d 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Android.mk
+++ b/libs/hwui/Android.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ BUGREPORT_FONT_CACHE_USAGE := false
 # Enables fine-grained GLES error checking
 # If set to true, every GLES call is wrapped & error checked
 # Has moderate overhead
-HWUI_ENABLE_OPENGL_VALIDATION := false
+HWUI_ENABLE_OPENGL_VALIDATION := true
 
 hwui_src_files := \
     hwui/Bitmap.cpp \