diff --git a/core/jni/Android.mk b/core/jni/Android.mk
index febccb4524dfb..188941bc376bb 100644
--- a/core/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/core/jni/Android.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ endif
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES -DEGL_EGLEXT_PROTOTYPES
 
+# When built as part of the system image we can enable certian non-NDK compliant
+# Skia optimizations.
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DSK_BUILD_FOR_ANDROID_FRAMEWORK
+
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
 	AndroidRuntime.cpp \
 	Time.cpp \
@@ -159,10 +163,6 @@ LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += \
 	$(call include-path-for, libhardware)/hardware \
 	$(call include-path-for, libhardware_legacy)/hardware_legacy \
 	$(TOP)/frameworks/av/include \
-	external/skia/include/core \
-	external/skia/include/effects \
-	external/skia/include/images \
-	external/skia/include/ports \
 	external/skia/src/core \
 	external/skia/src/images \
 	external/skia/include/utils \
diff --git a/core/jni/android/graphics/Paint.cpp b/core/jni/android/graphics/Paint.cpp
index 5454c08ebbaee..380f061a67d4b 100644
--- a/core/jni/android/graphics/Paint.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android/graphics/Paint.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ static JMetricsID gFontMetricsInt_fieldID;
 static void defaultSettingsForAndroid(SkPaint* paint) {
     // GlyphID encoding is required because we are using Harfbuzz shaping
     paint->setTextEncoding(SkPaint::kGlyphID_TextEncoding);
+
+    SkPaintOptionsAndroid paintOpts = paint->getPaintOptionsAndroid();
+    paintOpts.setUseFontFallbacks(true);
+    paint->setPaintOptionsAndroid(paintOpts);
 }
 
 class SkPaintGlue {
@@ -300,7 +304,10 @@ public:
         ScopedUtfChars localeChars(env, locale);
         char langTag[ULOC_FULLNAME_CAPACITY];
         toLanguageTag(langTag, ULOC_FULLNAME_CAPACITY, localeChars.c_str());
-        obj->setLanguage(SkLanguage(langTag));
+
+        SkPaintOptionsAndroid paintOpts = obj->getPaintOptionsAndroid();
+        paintOpts.setLanguage(langTag);
+        obj->setPaintOptionsAndroid(paintOpts);
     }
 
     static jfloat getTextSize(JNIEnv* env, jobject paint) {
diff --git a/core/jni/android/graphics/TextLayoutCache.cpp b/core/jni/android/graphics/TextLayoutCache.cpp
index cd84fffb26ce4..73f3639b20402 100644
--- a/core/jni/android/graphics/TextLayoutCache.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android/graphics/TextLayoutCache.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ void TextLayoutCache::dumpCacheStats() {
  */
 TextLayoutCacheKey::TextLayoutCacheKey(): start(0), count(0), contextCount(0),
         dirFlags(0), typeface(NULL), textSize(0), textSkewX(0), textScaleX(0), flags(0),
-        hinting(SkPaint::kNo_Hinting), variant(SkPaint::kDefault_Variant), language()  {
+        hinting(SkPaint::kNo_Hinting) {
+    paintOpts.setUseFontFallbacks(true);
 }
 
 TextLayoutCacheKey::TextLayoutCacheKey(const SkPaint* paint, const UChar* text,
@@ -232,8 +233,7 @@ TextLayoutCacheKey::TextLayoutCacheKey(const SkPaint* paint, const UChar* text,
     textScaleX = paint->getTextScaleX();
     flags = paint->getFlags();
     hinting = paint->getHinting();
-    variant = paint->getFontVariant();
-    language = paint->getLanguage();
+    paintOpts = paint->getPaintOptionsAndroid();
 }
 
 TextLayoutCacheKey::TextLayoutCacheKey(const TextLayoutCacheKey& other) :
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ TextLayoutCacheKey::TextLayoutCacheKey(const TextLayoutCacheKey& other) :
         textScaleX(other.textScaleX),
         flags(other.flags),
         hinting(other.hinting),
-        variant(other.variant),
-        language(other.language) {
+        paintOpts(other.paintOpts) {
 }
 
 int TextLayoutCacheKey::compare(const TextLayoutCacheKey& lhs, const TextLayoutCacheKey& rhs) {
@@ -283,11 +282,8 @@ int TextLayoutCacheKey::compare(const TextLayoutCacheKey& lhs, const TextLayoutC
     deltaInt = lhs.dirFlags - rhs.dirFlags;
     if (deltaInt) return (deltaInt);
 
-    deltaInt = lhs.variant - rhs.variant;
-    if (deltaInt) return (deltaInt);
-
-    if (lhs.language < rhs.language) return -1;
-    if (lhs.language > rhs.language) return +1;
+    if (lhs.paintOpts != rhs.paintOpts)
+        return memcmp(&lhs.paintOpts, &rhs.paintOpts, sizeof(SkPaintOptionsAndroid));
 
     return memcmp(lhs.getText(), rhs.getText(), lhs.contextCount * sizeof(UChar));
 }
@@ -306,7 +302,7 @@ hash_t TextLayoutCacheKey::hash() const {
     hash = JenkinsHashMix(hash, hash_type(textScaleX));
     hash = JenkinsHashMix(hash, flags);
     hash = JenkinsHashMix(hash, hinting);
-    hash = JenkinsHashMix(hash, variant);
+    hash = JenkinsHashMix(hash, paintOpts.getFontVariant());
     // Note: leaving out language is not problematic, as equality comparisons
     // are still valid - the only bad thing that could happen is collisions.
     hash = JenkinsHashMixShorts(hash, getText(), contextCount);
@@ -698,8 +694,7 @@ void TextLayoutShaper::computeRunValues(const SkPaint* paint, const UChar* conte
     mShapingPaint.setTextScaleX(paint->getTextScaleX());
     mShapingPaint.setFlags(paint->getFlags());
     mShapingPaint.setHinting(paint->getHinting());
-    mShapingPaint.setFontVariant(paint->getFontVariant());
-    mShapingPaint.setLanguage(paint->getLanguage());
+    mShapingPaint.setPaintOptionsAndroid(paint->getPaintOptionsAndroid());
 
     // Split the BiDi run into Script runs. Harfbuzz will populate the pos, length and script
     // into the shaperItem
diff --git a/core/jni/android/graphics/TextLayoutCache.h b/core/jni/android/graphics/TextLayoutCache.h
index ab6ac723c6b73..54704ec741f27 100644
--- a/core/jni/android/graphics/TextLayoutCache.h
+++ b/core/jni/android/graphics/TextLayoutCache.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <utils/Singleton.h>
 
 #include <SkAutoKern.h>
-#include <SkLanguage.h>
 #include <SkPaint.h>
 #include <SkTemplates.h>
 #include <SkTypeface.h>
@@ -104,8 +103,7 @@ private:
     SkScalar textScaleX;
     uint32_t flags;
     SkPaint::Hinting hinting;
-    SkPaint::FontVariant variant;
-    SkLanguage language;
+    SkPaintOptionsAndroid paintOpts;
 
 }; // TextLayoutCacheKey