diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp b/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp
index 01930d0..e45d142 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 static const char* sMajorVersion = "2";
 
 // Update minor version whenever a feature or flag is added.
-static const char* sMinorVersion = "14";
+static const char* sMinorVersion = "15";
 
 int PrintVersion() {
   std::cerr << "Android Asset Packaging Tool (aapt) " << sMajorVersion << "."
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/cmd/Compile.cpp b/tools/aapt2/cmd/Compile.cpp
index 5413b33..c192d69 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/cmd/Compile.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/cmd/Compile.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
   std::string output_path;
   Maybe<std::string> res_dir;
   bool pseudolocalize = false;
+  bool no_png_crunch = false;
   bool legacy_mode = false;
   bool verbose = false;
 };
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@
                           "Generate resources for pseudo-locales "
                           "(en-XA and ar-XB)",
                           &options.pseudolocalize)
+          .OptionalSwitch("--no-crunch", "Disables PNG processing", &options.no_png_crunch)
           .OptionalSwitch("--legacy", "Treat errors that used to be valid in AAPT as warnings",
                           &options.legacy_mode)
           .OptionalSwitch("-v", "Enables verbose logging", &verbose);
@@ -738,7 +740,8 @@
             if (!CompileXml(&context, options, path_data, archive_writer.get(), output_filename)) {
               error = true;
             }
-          } else if (path_data.extension == "png" || path_data.extension == "9.png") {
+          } else if (!options.no_png_crunch &&
+                     (path_data.extension == "png" || path_data.extension == "9.png")) {
             if (!CompilePng(&context, options, path_data, archive_writer.get(), output_filename)) {
               error = true;
             }
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/readme.md b/tools/aapt2/readme.md
index 0291720..e92565f 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/readme.md
+++ b/tools/aapt2/readme.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Android Asset Packaging Tool 2.0 (AAPT2) release notes
 
+## Version 2.15
+### `aapt2 compile ...`
+- Add `--no-crunch` option to avoid processing PNGs during the compile phase. Note that this
+  shouldn't be used as a performance optimization, as once the PNG is processed, its result is
+  cached for incremental linking. This should only be used if the developer has specially
+  pre-processed the PNG and wants it byte-for-byte identical to the input.
+  NOTE: 9-patches will not be processed correctly with this flag set.
+
 ## Version 2.14
 ### `aapt2 link ...`
 - If an app is building with a minSdkVersion < 26 and a --package-id XX where XX > 7F, aapt2