diff --git a/libs/hwui/hwui/Bitmap.cpp b/libs/hwui/hwui/Bitmap.cpp
index 64ef866631f35..2177af1773e5e 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/hwui/Bitmap.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/hwui/Bitmap.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ static PixelFormat internalFormatToPixelFormat(GLint internalFormat) {
         return PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888;
     case GL_RGBA:
         return PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888;
+    case GL_RGB:
+        return PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB_565;
     default:
         LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL("Unsupported bitmap colorType: %d", internalFormat);
         return PIXEL_FORMAT_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/tests/common/BitmapAllocationTestUtils.h b/libs/hwui/tests/common/BitmapAllocationTestUtils.h
index 6dadd3e364cfa..4892179f0d480 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/tests/common/BitmapAllocationTestUtils.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/tests/common/BitmapAllocationTestUtils.h
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ public:
     static sk_sp<Bitmap> allocateHardwareBitmap(int width, int height,
             SkColorType colorType, std::function<void(SkBitmap& bitmap)> setup) {
         SkBitmap skBitmap;
-        sk_sp<Bitmap> heapBitmap(TestUtils::createBitmap(width, height, &skBitmap));
+        SkImageInfo info = SkImageInfo::Make(width, height, colorType, kPremul_SkAlphaType);
+        skBitmap.setInfo(info);
+        sk_sp<Bitmap> heapBitmap(Bitmap::allocateHeapBitmap(&skBitmap, nullptr));
         setup(skBitmap);
         return Bitmap::allocateHardwareBitmap(skBitmap);
     }
diff --git a/libs/hwui/tests/common/scenes/HwBitmap565.cpp b/libs/hwui/tests/common/scenes/HwBitmap565.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..18fea3d1cb81d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/hwui/tests/common/scenes/HwBitmap565.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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 "TestSceneBase.h"
+#include "utils/Color.h"
+#include "tests/common/BitmapAllocationTestUtils.h"
+
+class HwBitmap565;
+
+static TestScene::Registrar _HwBitmap565(TestScene::Info{
+    "hwBitmap565",
+    "Draws composite shader with hardware bitmap",
+    TestScene::simpleCreateScene<HwBitmap565>
+});
+
+class HwBitmap565 : public TestScene {
+public:
+    sp<RenderNode> card;
+    void createContent(int width, int height, Canvas& canvas) override {
+        canvas.drawColor(Color::Grey_200, SkBlendMode::kSrcOver);
+
+        sk_sp<Bitmap> hardwareBitmap = BitmapAllocationTestUtils::allocateHardwareBitmap(200, 200,
+                kRGB_565_SkColorType, [](SkBitmap& skBitmap) {
+            skBitmap.eraseColor(Color::White);
+            SkCanvas skCanvas(skBitmap);
+            SkPaint skPaint;
+            skPaint.setColor(Color::Red_500);
+            skCanvas.drawRect(SkRect::MakeWH(100, 100), skPaint);
+            skPaint.setColor(Color::Blue_500);
+            skCanvas.drawRect(SkRect::MakeXYWH(100, 100, 100, 100), skPaint);
+        });
+        canvas.drawBitmap(*hardwareBitmap, 10.0f, 10.0f, nullptr);
+    }
+
+    void doFrame(int frameNr) override { }
+};
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