diff --git a/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp b/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
index a8e217e..81d60dc 100644
--- a/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
+++ b/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
@@ -1191,14 +1191,6 @@
 
     CameraParameters p(params);
 
-    // The orientation parameter is actually for CameraService, not for the camera driver.
-    if (p.getOrientation() == CameraParameters::CAMERA_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) {
-        LOGV("portrait mode");
-        mOrientation = ISurface::BufferHeap::ROT_90;
-    } else {
-        mOrientation = 0;
-    }
-
     return mHardware->setParameters(p);
 }
 
@@ -1224,6 +1216,30 @@
     status_t result = checkPid();
     if (result != NO_ERROR) return result;
 
+    if (cmd == CAMERA_CMD_SET_DISPLAY_ORIENTATION) {
+        // The orientation cannot be set during preview.
+        if (mHardware->previewEnabled()) {
+            return INVALID_OPERATION;
+        }
+        switch (arg1) {
+            case 0:
+                mOrientation = ISurface::BufferHeap::ROT_0;
+                break;
+            case 90:
+                mOrientation = ISurface::BufferHeap::ROT_90;
+                break;
+            case 180:
+                mOrientation = ISurface::BufferHeap::ROT_180;
+                break;
+            case 270:
+                mOrientation = ISurface::BufferHeap::ROT_270;
+                break;
+            default:
+                return BAD_VALUE;
+        }
+        return OK;
+    }
+
     if (mHardware == 0) {
         LOGE("mHardware is NULL, returning.");
         return INVALID_OPERATION;
diff --git a/include/ui/Camera.h b/include/ui/Camera.h
index 5219772..c506fb8 100644
--- a/include/ui/Camera.h
+++ b/include/ui/Camera.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 enum {
     CAMERA_CMD_START_SMOOTH_ZOOM     = 1,
     CAMERA_CMD_STOP_SMOOTH_ZOOM      = 2,
+    CAMERA_CMD_SET_DISPLAY_ORIENTATION = 3,
 };
 
 // camera fatal errors
@@ -209,4 +210,3 @@
 }; // namespace android
 
 #endif
-
diff --git a/include/ui/CameraParameters.h b/include/ui/CameraParameters.h
index a5ea133..cae0676 100644
--- a/include/ui/CameraParameters.h
+++ b/include/ui/CameraParameters.h
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
     CameraParameters(const String8 &params) { unflatten(params); }
     ~CameraParameters();
 
-    enum {
-        CAMERA_ORIENTATION_UNKNOWN = 0,
-        CAMERA_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT = 1,
-        CAMERA_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE = 2,
-    };
-
     String8 flatten() const;
     void unflatten(const String8 &params);
 
@@ -63,9 +57,6 @@
     void setPictureFormat(const char *format);
     const char *getPictureFormat() const;
 
-    int getOrientation() const;
-    void setOrientation(int orientation);
-
     void dump() const;
     status_t dump(int fd, const Vector<String16>& args) const;
 
diff --git a/libs/ui/CameraParameters.cpp b/libs/ui/CameraParameters.cpp
index 2e0409b..a94f6b9 100644
--- a/libs/ui/CameraParameters.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/CameraParameters.cpp
@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@
 const char CameraParameters::FOCUS_MODE_MACRO[] = "macro";
 const char CameraParameters::FOCUS_MODE_FIXED[] = "fixed";
 
-static const char* portrait = "portrait";
-static const char* landscape = "landscape";
-
 CameraParameters::CameraParameters()
                 : mMap()
 {
@@ -282,23 +279,6 @@
     set(KEY_PREVIEW_FORMAT, format);
 }
 
-int CameraParameters::getOrientation() const
-{
-    const char* orientation = get("orientation");
-    if (orientation && !strcmp(orientation, portrait))
-        return CAMERA_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
-    return CAMERA_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
-}
-
-void CameraParameters::setOrientation(int orientation)
-{
-    if (orientation == CAMERA_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) {
-        set("orientation", portrait);
-    } else {
-        set("orientation", landscape);
-    }
-}
-
 const char *CameraParameters::getPreviewFormat() const
 {
     return get(KEY_PREVIEW_FORMAT);