diff --git a/graphics/java/android/view/PixelCopy.java b/graphics/java/android/view/PixelCopy.java
index 95c930c5264d3..29bf963842da4 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/view/PixelCopy.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/view/PixelCopy.java
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ public final class PixelCopy {
     public static void request(@NonNull Surface source, @NonNull Bitmap dest,
             @NonNull OnPixelCopyFinishedListener listener, @NonNull Handler listenerThread) {
         validateBitmapDest(dest);
+        if (!source.isValid()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Surface isn't valid, source.isValid() == false");
+        }
         // TODO: Make this actually async and fast and cool and stuff
         int result = ThreadedRenderer.copySurfaceInto(source, dest);
         listenerThread.post(new Runnable() {
diff --git a/tests/HwAccelerationTest/AndroidManifest.xml b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/AndroidManifest.xml
index b9e9ac8561854..3785cdc44b0c8 100644
--- a/tests/HwAccelerationTest/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -382,6 +382,15 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
+        <activity
+                android:name="VideoViewCaptureActivity"
+                android:label="SurfaceView/GetBitmap with Video source">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+                <category android:name="com.android.test.hwui.TEST" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </activity>
+
         <activity
                 android:name="GLTextureViewActivity"
                 android:label="TextureView/OpenGL">
diff --git a/tests/HwAccelerationTest/res/raw/colorgrid_video.mp4 b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/res/raw/colorgrid_video.mp4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1be8bee39fd46
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/res/raw/colorgrid_video.mp4 differ
diff --git a/tests/HwAccelerationTest/src/com/android/test/hwui/VideoViewCaptureActivity.java b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/src/com/android/test/hwui/VideoViewCaptureActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b87be8058d811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/src/com/android/test/hwui/VideoViewCaptureActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package com.android.test.hwui;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.Environment;
+import android.view.PixelCopy;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.widget.Button;
+import android.widget.FrameLayout;
+import android.widget.LinearLayout;
+import android.widget.Toast;
+import android.widget.VideoView;
+
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+
+public class VideoViewCaptureActivity extends Activity {
+    private VideoView mVideoView;
+    private int mVideoWidth, mVideoHeight;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        mVideoView = new VideoView(this);
+        mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(mp -> {
+            mp.setLooping(true);
+            mVideoWidth = mp.getVideoWidth();
+            mVideoHeight = mp.getVideoHeight();
+            mVideoView.start();
+        });
+
+        Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.android.test.hwui/" + R.raw.colorgrid_video);
+        mVideoView.setVideoURI(uri);
+
+        Button button = new Button(this);
+        button.setText("Copy bitmap to /sdcard/surfaceview.png");
+        button.setOnClickListener((View v) -> {
+            final Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(
+                    mVideoWidth, mVideoHeight,
+                    Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
+            PixelCopy.request(mVideoView, b,
+                    (int result) -> {
+                        if (result != PixelCopy.SUCCESS) {
+                            Toast.makeText(VideoViewCaptureActivity.this,
+                                    "Failed to copy", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        try {
+                            try (FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(
+                                    Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/surfaceview.png");) {
+                                b.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, out);
+                            }
+                        } catch (Exception e) {
+                            // Ignore
+                        }
+                    }, mVideoView.getHandler());
+        });
+
+        FrameLayout content = new FrameLayout(this);
+        LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this);
+        layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
+        layout.addView(button, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
+                LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
+        layout.addView(mVideoView, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
+                LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
+
+        content.addView(layout, new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(
+                FrameLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
+                FrameLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
+        setContentView(content);
+    }
+}