diff --git a/libhwcomposer/hwc_copybit.cpp b/libhwcomposer/hwc_copybit.cpp
index 2799d51..c3044a6 100644
--- a/libhwcomposer/hwc_copybit.cpp
+++ b/libhwcomposer/hwc_copybit.cpp
@@ -276,6 +276,13 @@
         // No copybit device found - cannot use copybit
         return false;
     }
+
+    if(ctx->mThermalBurstMode) {
+        ALOGD_IF (DEBUG_COPYBIT, "%s:Copybit failed,"
+                "Running in Thermal Burst mode",__FUNCTION__);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     int compositionType = qdutils::QCCompositionType::
                                     getInstance().getCompositionType();
 
diff --git a/libhwcomposer/hwc_utils.h b/libhwcomposer/hwc_utils.h
index d2d1846..f7352cb 100644
--- a/libhwcomposer/hwc_utils.h
+++ b/libhwcomposer/hwc_utils.h
@@ -595,6 +595,8 @@
     bool enableABC;
     // PTOR Info
     qhwc::PtorInfo mPtorInfo;
+    //Running in Thermal burst mode
+    bool mThermalBurstMode;
 };
 
 namespace qhwc {
diff --git a/libhwcomposer/hwc_vsync.cpp b/libhwcomposer/hwc_vsync.cpp
index ca93ad2..9dfd125 100644
--- a/libhwcomposer/hwc_vsync.cpp
+++ b/libhwcomposer/hwc_vsync.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #define MAX_SYSFS_FILE_PATH             255
 #define PANEL_ON_STR "panel_power_on ="
 #define ARRAY_LENGTH(array) (sizeof((array))/sizeof((array)[0]))
+#define MAX_THERMAL_LEVEL 3
 const int MAX_DATA = 64;
 bool logvsync = false;
 
@@ -77,6 +78,20 @@
     }
 }
 
+static void handle_thermal_event(hwc_context_t* ctx, int dpy, char *data)
+{
+    // extract thermal level
+    uint64_t thermalLevel = 0;
+    if (!strncmp(data, "thermal_level=", strlen("thermal_level="))) {
+        thermalLevel = strtoull(data + strlen("thermal_level="), NULL, 0);
+    }
+
+    if (thermalLevel >= MAX_THERMAL_LEVEL)
+        ctx->mThermalBurstMode = true;
+    else
+        ctx->mThermalBurstMode = false;
+}
+
 struct event {
     const char* name;
     void (*callback)(hwc_context_t* ctx, int dpy, char *data);
@@ -85,6 +100,7 @@
 struct event event_list[] =  {
     { "vsync_event", handle_vsync_event },
     { "show_blank_event", handle_blank_event },
+    { "msm_fb_thermal_level", handle_thermal_event },
 };
 
 #define num_events ARRAY_LENGTH(event_list)