diff --git a/core/jni/Android.mk b/core/jni/Android.mk
index 30593f2eb67e8..fc1ba44394435 100644
--- a/core/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/core/jni/Android.mk
@@ -7,6 +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_CPPFLAGS += -Wno-conversion-null
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH), arm)
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Android.mk b/libs/hwui/Android.mk
index 1248a4c87cb33..8ba6318983fc9 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
 
 hwui_src_files := \
     font/CacheTexture.cpp \