diff --git a/hal/audio_hw.c b/hal/audio_hw.c
index bca6a26..bc3cd0d 100644
--- a/hal/audio_hw.c
+++ b/hal/audio_hw.c
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
 #include "voice_extn.h"
 
 #include "sound/compress_params.h"
-
+#define MAX_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE (256 * 1024)
+#define MIN_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE (8 * 1024)
 #define COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE (32 * 1024)
 #define COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_NUM_FRAGMENTS 4
 /* ToDo: Check and update a proper value in msec */
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@
 static unsigned int audio_device_ref_count;
 
 static int set_voice_volume_l(struct audio_device *adev, float volume);
+static uint32_t get_offload_buffer_size();
 
 static bool is_supported_format(audio_format_t format)
 {
@@ -2076,7 +2078,7 @@
         else
             out->compr_config.codec->id =
                 get_snd_codec_id(config->offload_info.format);
-        out->compr_config.fragment_size = COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
+        out->compr_config.fragment_size = get_offload_buffer_size();
         out->compr_config.fragments = COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_NUM_FRAGMENTS;
         out->compr_config.codec->sample_rate =
                     compress_get_alsa_rate(config->offload_info.sample_rate);
@@ -2631,6 +2633,28 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+/* Read  offload buffer size from a property.
+ * If value is not power of 2  round it to
+ * power of 2.
+ */
+static uint32_t get_offload_buffer_size()
+{
+    char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX] = {0};
+    uint32_t fragment_size = COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
+    if((property_get("audio.offload.buffer.size.kb", value, "")) &&
+            atoi(value)) {
+        fragment_size =  atoi(value) * 1024;
+        //ring buffer size needs to be 4k aligned.
+        CHECK(!(fragment_size * COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_NUM_FRAGMENTS % 4096));
+    }
+    if(fragment_size < MIN_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE)
+        fragment_size = MIN_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
+    else if(fragment_size > MAX_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE)
+        fragment_size = MAX_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
+    ALOGVV("%s: fragment_size %d", __func__, fragment_size);
+    return fragment_size;
+}
+
 static struct hw_module_methods_t hal_module_methods = {
     .open = adev_open,
 };
diff --git a/hal/audio_hw.h b/hal/audio_hw.h
index 0904137..d23c184 100644
--- a/hal/audio_hw.h
+++ b/hal/audio_hw.h
@@ -246,6 +246,12 @@
                               bool update_mixer);
 struct audio_usecase *get_usecase_from_list(struct audio_device *adev,
                                                    audio_usecase_t uc_id);
+
+#define LITERAL_TO_STRING(x) #x
+#define CHECK(condition) LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(!(condition), "%s",\
+            __FILE__ ":" LITERAL_TO_STRING(__LINE__)\
+            " ASSERT_FATAL(" #condition ") failed.")
+
 /*
  * NOTE: when multiple mutexes have to be acquired, always take the
  * stream_in or stream_out mutex first, followed by the audio_device mutex.
diff --git a/hal/msm8974/hw_info.c b/hal/msm8974/hw_info.c
index 58ca4dc..fd943ba 100644
--- a/hal/msm8974/hw_info.c
+++ b/hal/msm8974/hw_info.c
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@
 
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(a) (sizeof(a) / sizeof((a)[0]))
 
-#define LITERAL_TO_STRING(x) #x
-#define CHECK(condition) LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(!(condition), "%s",\
-            __FILE__ ":" LITERAL_TO_STRING(__LINE__)\
-            " ASSERT_FATAL(" #condition ") failed.")
-
 static const snd_device_t taiko_fluid_variant_devices[] = {
     SND_DEVICE_OUT_SPEAKER,
     SND_DEVICE_OUT_SPEAKER_AND_HEADPHONES,