diff --git a/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp b/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp
index a8bb57e..a88f214 100644
--- a/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp
+++ b/libgralloc/alloc_controller.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ static bool canFallback(int compositionType, int usage, bool triedSystem)
         return false;
     if(triedSystem)
         return false;
-    if(usage & (GRALLOC_HEAP_MASK | GRALLOC_USAGE_PROTECTED))
+    if(usage & (GRALLOC_HEAP_MASK | GRALLOC_USAGE_PROTECTED |
+                GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_CP_BUFFER))
         return false;
     if(usage & (GRALLOC_HEAP_MASK | GRALLOC_USAGE_EXTERNAL_ONLY))
         return false;
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ int IonController::allocate(alloc_data& data, int usage,
     if(usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_CAMERA_HEAP)
         ionFlags |= ION_HEAP(ION_CAMERA_HEAP_ID);
 
-    if(usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PROTECTED)
+    if(usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_CP_BUFFER)
         ionFlags |= ION_SECURE;
 
     if(usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_DO_NOT_MAP)
diff --git a/libgralloc/gpu.cpp b/libgralloc/gpu.cpp
index 7e3d9c2..7832121 100755
--- a/libgralloc/gpu.cpp
+++ b/libgralloc/gpu.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ int gpu_context_t::alloc_impl(int w, int h, int format, int usage,
     // All buffers marked as protected or for external
     // display need to go to overlay
     if ((usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_EXTERNAL_DISP) ||
-        (usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PROTECTED)) {
+        (usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PROTECTED) ||
+        (usage & GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_CP_BUFFER)) {
             bufferType = BUFFER_TYPE_VIDEO;
     }
     int err;
diff --git a/libgralloc/gralloc_priv.h b/libgralloc/gralloc_priv.h
index 0d1be56..19b03e0 100644
--- a/libgralloc/gralloc_priv.h
+++ b/libgralloc/gralloc_priv.h
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ enum {
      * other EXTERNAL_ONLY buffers are available. Used during suspend.
      */
     GRALLOC_USAGE_EXTERNAL_BLOCK          =       0x00020000,
+
+    /* Use this flag to request content protected buffers. Please note
+     * that this flag is different from the GRALLOC_USAGE_PROTECTED flag
+     * which can be used for buffers that are not secured for DRM
+     * but still need to be protected from screen captures
+     * 0x00040000 is reserved and these values are subject to change.
+     */
+    GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_CP_BUFFER       =       0x00080000,
 };
 
 enum {
diff --git a/liboverlay/overlayLib.cpp b/liboverlay/overlayLib.cpp
index 2d972f2..29e3269 100755
--- a/liboverlay/overlayLib.cpp
+++ b/liboverlay/overlayLib.cpp
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@ bool OverlayDataChannel::mapRotatorMemory(int num_buffers, bool uiChannel, int r
                      GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_DO_NOT_MAP;
 
     if(mSecure) {
-        allocFlags |= GRALLOC_USAGE_PROTECTED;
+        allocFlags |= GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_CP_BUFFER;
     } else {
         allocFlags |= GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_ADSP_HEAP        |
                       GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_IOMMU_HEAP;