diff --git a/libqcomui/Android.mk b/libqcomui/Android.mk
index 5a39681..c60f18b 100644
--- a/libqcomui/Android.mk
+++ b/libqcomui/Android.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
         qcom_ui.cpp
 
+ifeq ($(call is-board-platform,msm7x27a),true)
+        LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DCHECK_FOR_EXTERNAL_FORMAT
+endif
+
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
         libutils \
         libcutils \
diff --git a/libqcomui/qcom_ui.cpp b/libqcomui/qcom_ui.cpp
index e28fb02..7372c06 100644
--- a/libqcomui/qcom_ui.cpp
+++ b/libqcomui/qcom_ui.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,35 @@ bool isGPUSupportedFormat(int format) {
     return true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Checks if the format is natively supported by the GPU.
+ * For now, we use this function to check only if CHECK_FOR_EXTERNAL_FORMAT
+ * is set.
+ *
+ * @param: format to check
+ *
+ * @return true if the format is supported by the GPU.
+ */
+bool isGPUSupportedFormatInHW(int format) {
+   // For 7x27A bypass creating EGL image for formats not natively supported
+    // in GPU.
+    // This is done to save CPU utilization by SurfaceFlinger thread
+#ifdef CHECK_FOR_EXTERNAL_FORMAT
+
+    if (format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YV12){
+        return false;
+    } else if (format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YCrCb_420_SP) {
+        return false;
+    } else if (format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YCbCr_420_SP) {
+        return false;
+    } else if (format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_NV12_ENCODEABLE) {
+       return false;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Function to check if the allocated buffer is of the correct size.
  * Reallocate the buffer with the correct size, if the size doesn't
diff --git a/libqcomui/qcom_ui.h b/libqcomui/qcom_ui.h
index d54280e..32e5ceb 100644
--- a/libqcomui/qcom_ui.h
+++ b/libqcomui/qcom_ui.h
@@ -123,6 +123,17 @@ int checkBuffer(native_handle_t *buffer_handle, int size, int usage);
  */
 bool isGPUSupportedFormat(int format);
 
+/*
+ * Checks if the format is natively supported by the GPU.
+ * For now, we use this function to check only if CHECK_FOR_EXTERNAL_FORMAT
+ * is set.
+ *
+ * @param: format to check
+ *
+ * @return true if the format is supported by the GPU.
+ */
+bool isGPUSupportedFormatInHW(int format);
+
 /*
  * Gets the number of arguments required for this operation.
  *