diff --git a/core/jni/android/graphics/Canvas.cpp b/core/jni/android/graphics/Canvas.cpp
index 4aa13f9..3e9ab86 100644
--- a/core/jni/android/graphics/Canvas.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android/graphics/Canvas.cpp
@@ -820,7 +820,12 @@
             posPtr[indx].fX = SkFloatToScalar(posArray[indx << 1]);
             posPtr[indx].fY = SkFloatToScalar(posArray[(indx << 1) + 1]);
         }
+        
+        SkPaint::TextEncoding encoding = paint->getTextEncoding();
+        paint->setTextEncoding(SkPaint::kUTF16_TextEncoding);
         canvas->drawPosText(textArray + index, count << 1, posPtr, *paint);
+        paint->setTextEncoding(encoding);
+        
         if (text) {
             env->ReleaseCharArrayElements(text, textArray, 0);
         }
@@ -844,7 +849,12 @@
             posPtr[indx].fX = SkFloatToScalar(posArray[indx << 1]);
             posPtr[indx].fY = SkFloatToScalar(posArray[(indx << 1) + 1]);
         }
+
+        SkPaint::TextEncoding encoding = paint->getTextEncoding();
+        paint->setTextEncoding(SkPaint::kUTF16_TextEncoding);
         canvas->drawPosText(text_, byteLength << 1, posPtr, *paint);
+        paint->setTextEncoding(encoding);
+
         if (text) {
             env->ReleaseStringChars(text, (const jchar*) text_);
         }
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Canvas.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Canvas.java
index e1c73fd..5cac42a 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Canvas.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Canvas.java
@@ -1516,6 +1516,9 @@
     /**
      * Draw the text in the array, with each character's origin specified by
      * the pos array.
+     * 
+     * This method does not support glyph composition and decomposition and
+     * should therefore not be used to render complex scripts.
      *
      * @param text     The text to be drawn
      * @param index    The index of the first character to draw
@@ -1536,6 +1539,9 @@
     /**
      * Draw the text in the array, with each character's origin specified by
      * the pos array.
+     * 
+     * This method does not support glyph composition and decomposition and
+     * should therefore not be used to render complex scripts.
      *
      * @param text  The text to be drawn
      * @param pos   Array of [x,y] positions, used to position each character
diff --git a/tests/HwAccelerationTest/AndroidManifest.xml b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/AndroidManifest.xml
index 929b103..6f97ff0 100644
--- a/tests/HwAccelerationTest/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -466,6 +466,16 @@
         </activity>
 
         <activity
+                android:name="PosTextActivity"
+                android:label="_PosText"
+                android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </activity>
+
+        <activity
                 android:name="ListActivity"
                 android:label="__List">
             <intent-filter>
diff --git a/tests/HwAccelerationTest/res/values/strings.xml b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/res/values/strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69e58aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2012 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.
+-->
+
+<resources>
+    <string name="complex_string">"ตำแหน่งของตัวชี้"</string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/tests/HwAccelerationTest/src/com/android/test/hwui/PosTextActivity.java b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/src/com/android/test/hwui/PosTextActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0ff737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HwAccelerationTest/src/com/android/test/hwui/PosTextActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 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.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.Canvas;
+import android.graphics.Paint;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.view.View;
+
+@SuppressWarnings({"UnusedDeclaration"})
+public class PosTextActivity extends Activity {
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+
+        setContentView(new CustomTextView(this));
+    }
+
+    static class CustomTextView extends View {
+        private final Paint mLargePaint;
+        private final String mText;
+        private final float[] mPos;
+
+        CustomTextView(Context c) {
+            super(c);
+
+            mText = c.getResources().getString(R.string.complex_string);
+            mPos = new float[mText.length() * 2];
+            for (int i = 0; i < mPos.length; i += 2) {
+                mPos[i] = i * 30.0f;
+                mPos[i + 1] = i * 10.0f;
+            }
+
+            mLargePaint = new Paint();
+            mLargePaint.setAntiAlias(true);
+            mLargePaint.setTextSize(36.0f);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
+            super.onDraw(canvas);
+            canvas.drawRGB(255, 255, 255);
+            
+            canvas.save();
+            canvas.translate(100.0f, 100.0f);
+            canvas.drawPosText(mText, mPos, mLargePaint);
+            canvas.restore();
+        }
+    }
+}