diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp b/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp
index 5812831..35b76c7 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #define LOG_TAG "AHardwareBuffer"
 
-#include <android/hardware_buffer.h>
+#include <vndk/hardware_buffer.h>
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -261,7 +261,12 @@
     return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
-const struct native_handle* AHardwareBuffer_getNativeHandle(
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// VNDK functions
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const native_handle_t* AHardwareBuffer_getNativeHandle(
         const AHardwareBuffer* buffer) {
     if (!buffer) return nullptr;
     const GraphicBuffer* gbuffer = AHardwareBuffer_to_GraphicBuffer(buffer);
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/include/android/hardware_buffer.h b/libs/nativewindow/include/android/hardware_buffer.h
index e5b6853..02838d4 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/include/android/hardware_buffer.h
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/include/android/hardware_buffer.h
@@ -252,12 +252,6 @@
  */
 int AHardwareBuffer_recvHandleFromUnixSocket(int socketFd, AHardwareBuffer** outBuffer);
 
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Everything below here is part of the public NDK API, but is intended only
-// for use by device-specific graphics drivers.
-struct native_handle;
-const struct native_handle* AHardwareBuffer_getNativeHandle(const AHardwareBuffer* buffer);
-
 __END_DECLS
 
 #endif // ANDROID_HARDWARE_BUFFER_H
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/include/vndk/hardware_buffer.h b/libs/nativewindow/include/vndk/hardware_buffer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc2dcbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/include/vndk/hardware_buffer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_VNDK_NATIVEWINDOW_AHARDWAREBUFFER_H
+#define ANDROID_VNDK_NATIVEWINDOW_AHARDWAREBUFFER_H
+
+// vndk is a superset of the NDK
+#include <android/hardware_buffer.h>
+
+#include <cutils/native_handle.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+const native_handle_t* AHardwareBuffer_getNativeHandle(const AHardwareBuffer* buffer);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* ANDROID_VNDK_NATIVEWINDOW_AHARDWAREBUFFER_H */
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/libnativewindow.map.txt b/libs/nativewindow/libnativewindow.map.txt
index b29c888..b1d1a72 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/libnativewindow.map.txt
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/libnativewindow.map.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     AHardwareBuffer_allocate;
     AHardwareBuffer_describe;
     AHardwareBuffer_fromHardwareBuffer;
-    AHardwareBuffer_getNativeHandle;
     AHardwareBuffer_lock;
     AHardwareBuffer_recvHandleFromUnixSocket;
     AHardwareBuffer_release;
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/tests/c_compatibility.c b/libs/nativewindow/tests/c_compatibility.c
index a0dfdf9..befd88f 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/tests/c_compatibility.c
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/tests/c_compatibility.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <android/hardware_buffer.h>
 #include <android/native_window.h>
+#include <vndk/hardware_buffer.h>
 #include <vndk/window.h>
 
 // this checks that all these headers are C-compatible