diff --git a/filament/backend/include/backend/platforms/PlatformEGLAndroid.h b/filament/backend/include/backend/platforms/PlatformEGLAndroid.h
index 3a8b412e0b..607d6cfb39 100644
--- a/filament/backend/include/backend/platforms/PlatformEGLAndroid.h
+++ b/filament/backend/include/backend/platforms/PlatformEGLAndroid.h
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@ private:
     using clock = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock;
     clock::time_point mStartTimeOfActualWork;
 
+    int32_t (*ANativeWindow_setProducerThrottlingEnabled)(ANativeWindow* window, bool enabled) = nullptr;
+    int32_t (*ANativeWindow_isProducerThrottlingEnabled)(ANativeWindow* window, bool* outEnabled) = nullptr;
     bool mAssertNativeWindowIsValid = false;
+    bool mHasProducerThrottlingControl = false;
 };
 
 } // namespace filament::backend
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/opengl/platforms/PlatformEGLAndroid.cpp b/filament/backend/src/opengl/platforms/PlatformEGLAndroid.cpp
index 5fc9b68299..77a201c969 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/opengl/platforms/PlatformEGLAndroid.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/opengl/platforms/PlatformEGLAndroid.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "ExternalStreamManagerAndroid.h"
 
 #include <android/api-level.h>
+#include <android/native_window.h>
 #include <android/hardware_buffer.h>
 
 #include <utils/android/PerformanceHintManager.h>
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 #include <new>
 #include <string_view>
 
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -114,9 +116,30 @@ PlatformEGLAndroid::PlatformEGLAndroid() noexcept
     if (mOSVersion < 0) {
         mOSVersion = __ANDROID_API_FUTURE__;
     }
+
+    // TODO: remove this code one the new NDK is available
+    void* nativeWindowLibHandle = dlopen("libnativewindow.so", RTLD_LOCAL | RTLD_NOW);
+    if (nativeWindowLibHandle) {
+        ANativeWindow_setProducerThrottlingEnabled =
+                (int32_t(*)(ANativeWindow*, bool))dlsym(nativeWindowLibHandle,
+                        "ANativeWindow_setProducerThrottlingEnabled");
+
+        ANativeWindow_isProducerThrottlingEnabled =
+                (int32_t(*)(ANativeWindow*, bool*))dlsym(nativeWindowLibHandle,
+                        "ANativeWindow_isProducerThrottlingEnabled");
+
+        if (ANativeWindow_setProducerThrottlingEnabled &&
+                ANativeWindow_isProducerThrottlingEnabled) {
+            mHasProducerThrottlingControl = true;
+            LOG(INFO) << "Producer Throttling API available";
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 PlatformEGLAndroid::~PlatformEGLAndroid() noexcept {
+    // note: we don't need to dlclose() mNativeWindowLib here, because the library will be cleaned
+    // when the process ends and dlopen() are ref-counted. dlclose() NDK documentation documents
+    // not to call dlclose().
 }
 
 void PlatformEGLAndroid::terminate() noexcept {
@@ -649,6 +672,16 @@ AcquiredImage PlatformEGLAndroid::transformAcquiredImage(AcquiredImage const sou
 PlatformEGLAndroid::SwapChainEGLAndroid::SwapChainEGLAndroid(PlatformEGLAndroid const& platform,
         void* nativeWindow, uint64_t const flags)
     : SwapChainEGL(platform, nativeWindow, flags) {
+
+    if (nativeWindow && platform.mHasProducerThrottlingControl) {
+        // Disable Producer Throttling when supported. This allows eglSwapBuffers() to not stall
+        int32_t const result = platform.ANativeWindow_setProducerThrottlingEnabled(
+                EGLNativeWindowType(nativeWindow), false);
+        if (UTILS_UNLIKELY(result < 0)) {
+            LOG(WARNING) << "ANativeWindow_setProducerThrottlingEnabled(false) failed: " << result;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (UTILS_LIKELY(platform.ext.egl.ANDROID_get_frame_timestamps)) {
         if (sur != EGL_NO_SURFACE) {
             // we ignore the result, it doesn't matter much if it fails