diff --git a/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp b/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp
index f77eeb2..09f1ed7 100644
--- a/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/ISurfaceComposer.cpp
@@ -806,6 +806,32 @@
         }
         return error;
     }
+
+    virtual status_t setAllowedDisplayConfigs(const sp<IBinder>& displayToken,
+                                              const std::vector<int32_t>& allowedConfigs) {
+        Parcel data, reply;
+        status_t result = data.writeInterfaceToken(ISurfaceComposer::getInterfaceDescriptor());
+        if (result != NO_ERROR) {
+            ALOGE("setAllowedDisplayConfigs failed to writeInterfaceToken: %d", result);
+            return result;
+        }
+        result = data.writeStrongBinder(displayToken);
+        if (result != NO_ERROR) {
+            ALOGE("setAllowedDisplayConfigs failed to writeStrongBinder: %d", result);
+            return result;
+        }
+        result = data.writeInt32Vector(allowedConfigs);
+        if (result != NO_ERROR) {
+            ALOGE("setAllowedDisplayConfigs failed to writeInt32Vector: %d", result);
+            return result;
+        }
+        result = remote()->transact(BnSurfaceComposer::SET_ALLOWED_DISPLAY_CONFIGS, data, &reply);
+        if (result != NO_ERROR) {
+            ALOGE("setAllowedDisplayConfigs failed to transact: %d", result);
+            return result;
+        }
+        return reply.readInt32();
+    }
 };
 
 // Out-of-line virtual method definition to trigger vtable emission in this
@@ -1317,6 +1343,15 @@
             }
             return removeRegionSamplingListener(listener);
         }
+        case SET_ALLOWED_DISPLAY_CONFIGS: {
+            CHECK_INTERFACE(ISurfaceComposer, data, reply);
+            sp<IBinder> displayToken = data.readStrongBinder();
+            std::vector<int32_t> allowedConfigs;
+            data.readInt32Vector(&allowedConfigs);
+            status_t result = setAllowedDisplayConfigs(displayToken, allowedConfigs);
+            reply->writeInt32(result);
+            return result;
+        }
         default: {
             return BBinder::onTransact(code, data, reply, flags);
         }
diff --git a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
index 8c2538c..55a2ae5 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.cpp
@@ -1382,6 +1382,12 @@
     return ComposerService::getComposerService()->setActiveConfig(display, id);
 }
 
+status_t SurfaceComposerClient::setAllowedDisplayConfigs(
+        const sp<IBinder>& displayToken, const std::vector<int32_t>& allowedConfigs) {
+    return ComposerService::getComposerService()->setAllowedDisplayConfigs(displayToken,
+                                                                           allowedConfigs);
+}
+
 status_t SurfaceComposerClient::getDisplayColorModes(const sp<IBinder>& display,
         Vector<ColorMode>* outColorModes) {
     return ComposerService::getComposerService()->getDisplayColorModes(display, outColorModes);
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h
index e6700e7..0d5b767 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/ISurfaceComposer.h
@@ -359,6 +359,14 @@
      * Removes a listener that was streaming median luma updates from SurfaceFlinger.
      */
     virtual status_t removeRegionSamplingListener(const sp<IRegionSamplingListener>& listener) = 0;
+
+    /*
+     * Sets the allowed display configurations to be used.
+     * The allowedConfigs in a vector of indexes corresponding to the configurations
+     * returned from getDisplayConfigs().
+     */
+    virtual status_t setAllowedDisplayConfigs(const sp<IBinder>& displayToken,
+                                              const std::vector<int32_t>& allowedConfigs) = 0;
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -406,7 +414,7 @@
         GET_PHYSICAL_DISPLAY_IDS,
         ADD_REGION_SAMPLING_LISTENER,
         REMOVE_REGION_SAMPLING_LISTENER,
-
+        SET_ALLOWED_DISPLAY_CONFIGS,
         // Always append new enum to the end.
     };
 
diff --git a/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h b/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h
index cb38209..3c52b10 100644
--- a/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h
+++ b/libs/gui/include/gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@
     // returned by getDisplayInfo
     static status_t setActiveConfig(const sp<IBinder>& display, int id);
 
+    // Sets the allowed display configurations to be used.
+    // The allowedConfigs in a vector of indexes corresponding to the configurations
+    // returned from getDisplayConfigs().
+    static status_t setAllowedDisplayConfigs(const sp<IBinder>& displayToken,
+                                             const std::vector<int32_t>& allowedConfigs);
+
     // Gets the list of supported color modes for the given display
     static status_t getDisplayColorModes(const sp<IBinder>& display,
             Vector<ui::ColorMode>* outColorModes);
diff --git a/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp b/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
index f127853..dae7736 100644
--- a/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/tests/Surface_test.cpp
@@ -678,6 +678,10 @@
             const sp<IRegionSamplingListener>& /*listener*/) override {
         return NO_ERROR;
     }
+    status_t setAllowedDisplayConfigs(const sp<IBinder>& /*displayToken*/,
+                                      const std::vector<int32_t>& /*allowedConfigs*/) override {
+        return NO_ERROR;
+    }
 
 protected:
     IBinder* onAsBinder() override { return nullptr; }
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/AllowedDisplayConfigs.h b/services/surfaceflinger/AllowedDisplayConfigs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3b9c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/AllowedDisplayConfigs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+/*
+ * Used to represent the Display Configurations allowed to be set by SurfaceFlinger
+ */
+class AllowedDisplayConfigs {
+private:
+    // Defining ConstructorTag as private to prevent instantiating this class from outside
+    // while still allowing it to be constructed by std::make_unique
+    struct ConstructorTag {};
+
+public:
+    AllowedDisplayConfigs(ConstructorTag) {}
+
+    class Builder {
+    public:
+        Builder()
+              : mAllowedDisplayConfigs(std::make_unique<AllowedDisplayConfigs>(ConstructorTag{})) {}
+
+        std::unique_ptr<const AllowedDisplayConfigs> build() {
+            return std::move(mAllowedDisplayConfigs);
+        }
+
+        // add a config to the allowed config set
+        Builder& addConfig(int32_t config) {
+            mAllowedDisplayConfigs->addConfig(config);
+            return *this;
+        }
+
+    private:
+        std::unique_ptr<AllowedDisplayConfigs> mAllowedDisplayConfigs;
+    };
+
+    bool isConfigAllowed(int32_t config) const {
+        return (std::find(mConfigs.begin(), mConfigs.end(), config) != mConfigs.end());
+    }
+
+private:
+    // add a config to the allowed config set
+    void addConfig(int32_t config) { mConfigs.push_back(config); }
+
+    std::vector<int32_t> mConfigs;
+};
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 6d10986..fb59259 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -984,9 +984,11 @@
 
 status_t SurfaceFlinger::setActiveConfig(const sp<IBinder>& displayToken, int mode) {
     ATRACE_CALL();
-    postMessageSync(new LambdaMessage(
-            [&]() NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS { setDesiredActiveConfig(displayToken, mode); }));
-    return NO_ERROR;
+
+    std::vector<int32_t> allowedConfig;
+    allowedConfig.push_back(mode);
+
+    return setAllowedDisplayConfigs(displayToken, allowedConfig);
 }
 
 void SurfaceFlinger::setActiveConfigInternal() {
@@ -1048,7 +1050,14 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    // Desired active config was set, it is different than the config currently in use. Notify HWC.
+    // Desired active config was set, it is different than the config currently in use, however
+    // allowed configs might have change by the time we process the refresh.
+    // Make sure the desired config is still allowed
+    if (!isConfigAllowed(*display->getId(), desiredActiveConfig.configId)) {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mActiveConfigLock);
+        mDesiredActiveConfig.configId = display->getActiveConfig();
+        return false;
+    }
     mUpcomingActiveConfig = desiredActiveConfig;
     const auto displayId = display->getId();
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(!displayId);
@@ -1416,6 +1425,17 @@
     *compositorTiming = getBE().mCompositorTiming;
 }
 
+bool SurfaceFlinger::isConfigAllowed(const DisplayId& displayId, int32_t config) {
+    std::lock_guard lock(mAllowedConfigsLock);
+
+    // if allowed configs are not set yet for this display, every config is considered allowed
+    if (mAllowedConfigs.find(displayId) == mAllowedConfigs.end()) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return mAllowedConfigs[displayId]->isConfigAllowed(config);
+}
+
 void SurfaceFlinger::setRefreshRateTo(RefreshRateType refreshRate) {
     mPhaseOffsets->setRefreshRateType(refreshRate);
 
@@ -1451,6 +1471,11 @@
 
     auto configs = getHwComposer().getConfigs(*displayId);
     for (int i = 0; i < configs.size(); i++) {
+        if (!isConfigAllowed(*displayId, i)) {
+            ALOGV("Skipping config %d as it is not part of allowed configs", i);
+            continue;
+        }
+
         const nsecs_t vsyncPeriod = configs.at(i)->getVsyncPeriod();
         if (vsyncPeriod == 0) {
             continue;
@@ -4908,6 +4933,7 @@
         case GET_ANIMATION_FRAME_STATS:
         case GET_HDR_CAPABILITIES:
         case SET_ACTIVE_CONFIG:
+        case SET_ALLOWED_DISPLAY_CONFIGS:
         case SET_ACTIVE_COLOR_MODE:
         case INJECT_VSYNC:
         case SET_POWER_MODE:
@@ -5727,6 +5753,76 @@
     }
 }
 
+void SurfaceFlinger::setAllowedDisplayConfigsInternal(
+        const android::sp<android::IBinder>& displayToken,
+        std::unique_ptr<const AllowedDisplayConfigs>&& allowedConfigs) {
+    const auto displayId = getPhysicalDisplayIdLocked(displayToken);
+    if (!displayId) {
+        ALOGE("setAllowedDisplayConfigsInternal: getPhysicalDisplayId failed");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ALOGV("Updating allowed configs");
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock(mAllowedConfigsLock);
+        mAllowedConfigs[*displayId] = std::move(allowedConfigs);
+    }
+
+    // make sure that the current config is still allowed
+    int currentConfigIndex = getHwComposer().getActiveConfigIndex(*displayId);
+    if (!isConfigAllowed(*displayId, currentConfigIndex)) {
+        // TODO(b/122906558): stop querying HWC for the available configs and instead use the cached
+        // configs queried on boot
+        auto configs = getHwComposer().getConfigs(*displayId);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < configs.size(); i++) {
+            if (isConfigAllowed(*displayId, i)) {
+                // TODO: we switch to the first allowed config. In the future
+                // we may want to enhance this logic to pick a similar config
+                // to the current one
+                ALOGV("Old config is not allowed - switching to config %d", i);
+                setDesiredActiveConfig(displayToken, i);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+status_t SurfaceFlinger::setAllowedDisplayConfigs(const android::sp<android::IBinder>& displayToken,
+                                                  const std::vector<int32_t>& allowedConfigs) {
+    ATRACE_CALL();
+
+    if (!displayToken) {
+        ALOGE("setAllowedDisplayConfigs: displayToken is null");
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+
+    if (!allowedConfigs.size()) {
+        ALOGE("setAllowedDisplayConfigs: empty config set provided");
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+
+    {
+        ConditionalLock lock(mStateLock, std::this_thread::get_id() != mMainThreadId);
+        const auto displayId = getPhysicalDisplayIdLocked(displayToken);
+        if (!displayId) {
+            ALOGE("setAllowedDisplayConfigs: display not found");
+            return NAME_NOT_FOUND;
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto allowedDisplayConfigsBuilder = AllowedDisplayConfigs::Builder();
+    for (int config : allowedConfigs) {
+        ALOGV("setAllowedDisplayConfigs: Adding config to the allowed configs = %d", config);
+        allowedDisplayConfigsBuilder.addConfig(config);
+    }
+    auto allowedDisplayConfigs = allowedDisplayConfigsBuilder.build();
+    postMessageSync(new LambdaMessage([&]() NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS {
+        setAllowedDisplayConfigsInternal(displayToken, std::move(allowedDisplayConfigs));
+    }));
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void SetInputWindowsListener::onSetInputWindowsFinished() {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
index 31b4fb6..dd03294 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <utils/Trace.h>
 #include <utils/threads.h>
 
+#include "AllowedDisplayConfigs.h"
 #include "Barrier.h"
 #include "BufferStateLayerCache.h"
 #include "DisplayDevice.h"
@@ -490,6 +491,9 @@
     status_t addRegionSamplingListener(const Rect& samplingArea, const sp<IBinder>& stopLayerHandle,
                                        const sp<IRegionSamplingListener>& listener) override;
     status_t removeRegionSamplingListener(const sp<IRegionSamplingListener>& listener) override;
+    status_t setAllowedDisplayConfigs(const sp<IBinder>& displayToken,
+                                      const std::vector<int32_t>& allowedConfigs) override;
+
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      * DeathRecipient interface
      */
@@ -534,6 +538,11 @@
     // called on the main thread in response to setPowerMode()
     void setPowerModeInternal(const sp<DisplayDevice>& display, int mode) REQUIRES(mStateLock);
 
+    // called on the main thread in response to setAllowedDisplayConfigs()
+    void setAllowedDisplayConfigsInternal(
+            const sp<IBinder>& displayToken,
+            std::unique_ptr<const AllowedDisplayConfigs>&& allowedConfigs) REQUIRES(mStateLock);
+
     // Returns whether the transaction actually modified any state
     bool handleMessageTransaction();
 
@@ -804,6 +813,8 @@
     // the desired refresh rate.
     void setRefreshRateTo(scheduler::RefreshRateConfigs::RefreshRateType) REQUIRES(mStateLock);
 
+    bool isConfigAllowed(const DisplayId& displayId, int32_t config);
+
     /*
      * Display identification
      */
@@ -1098,6 +1109,10 @@
     sp<Scheduler::ConnectionHandle> mSfConnectionHandle;
     std::unique_ptr<scheduler::RefreshRateStats> mRefreshRateStats;
 
+    std::mutex mAllowedConfigsLock;
+    std::unordered_map<DisplayId, std::unique_ptr<const AllowedDisplayConfigs>> mAllowedConfigs
+            GUARDED_BY(mAllowedConfigsLock);
+
     struct ActiveConfigInfo {
         int configId;
         sp<IBinder> displayToken;