diff --git a/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp b/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp
index 033c2a6..65007fa 100644
--- a/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/BufferQueue.cpp
@@ -475,10 +475,12 @@
     uint32_t transform;
     int scalingMode;
     int64_t timestamp;
+    bool isAutoTimestamp;
     bool async;
     sp<Fence> fence;
 
-    input.deflate(&timestamp, &crop, &scalingMode, &transform, &async, &fence);
+    input.deflate(&timestamp, &isAutoTimestamp, &crop, &scalingMode, &transform,
+            &async, &fence);
 
     if (fence == NULL) {
         ST_LOGE("queueBuffer: fence is NULL");
@@ -558,6 +560,7 @@
         item.mTransform = transform;
         item.mScalingMode = scalingMode;
         item.mTimestamp = timestamp;
+        item.mIsAutoTimestamp = isAutoTimestamp;
         item.mFrameNumber = mFrameCounter;
         item.mBuf = buf;
         item.mFence = fence;
@@ -860,7 +863,12 @@
         //
         // NOTE: code assumes monotonic time values from the system clock are
         // positive.
-        while (false && mQueue.size() > 1) {
+
+        // Start by checking to see if we can drop frames.  We skip this check
+        // if the timestamps are being auto-generated by Surface -- if the
+        // app isn't generating timestamps explicitly, they probably don't
+        // want frames to be discarded based on them.
+        while (mQueue.size() > 1 && !mQueue[0].mIsAutoTimestamp) {
             // If entry[1] is timely, drop entry[0] (and repeat).  We apply
             // an additional criteria here: we only drop the earlier buffer if
             // our desiredPresent falls within +/- 1 second of the expected
diff --git a/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp b/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp
index 6d65016..4db635c 100644
--- a/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferConsumer.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     mTransform(0),
     mScalingMode(NATIVE_WINDOW_SCALING_MODE_FREEZE),
     mTimestamp(0),
+    mIsAutoTimestamp(false),
     mFrameNumber(0),
     mBuf(INVALID_BUFFER_SLOT),
     mIsDroppable(false),
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
             sizeof(mTransform) +
             sizeof(mScalingMode) +
             sizeof(mTimestamp) +
+            sizeof(mIsAutoTimestamp) +
             sizeof(mFrameNumber) +
             sizeof(mBuf) +
             sizeof(mIsDroppable) +
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@
     FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, mTransform);
     FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, mScalingMode);
     FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, mTimestamp);
+    FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, mIsAutoTimestamp);
     FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, mFrameNumber);
     FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, mBuf);
     FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, mIsDroppable);
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@
     FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, mTransform);
     FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, mScalingMode);
     FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, mTimestamp);
+    FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, mIsAutoTimestamp);
     FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, mFrameNumber);
     FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, mBuf);
     FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, mIsDroppable);
diff --git a/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp b/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp
index e3d2a20..3080220 100644
--- a/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/IGraphicBufferProducer.cpp
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@
 
 size_t IGraphicBufferProducer::QueueBufferInput::getFlattenedSize() const {
     return sizeof(timestamp)
+         + sizeof(isAutoTimestamp)
          + sizeof(crop)
          + sizeof(scalingMode)
          + sizeof(transform)
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@
         return NO_MEMORY;
     }
     FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, timestamp);
+    FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, isAutoTimestamp);
     FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, crop);
     FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, scalingMode);
     FlattenableUtils::write(buffer, size, transform);
@@ -299,6 +301,7 @@
 {
     size_t minNeeded =
               sizeof(timestamp)
+            + sizeof(isAutoTimestamp)
             + sizeof(crop)
             + sizeof(scalingMode)
             + sizeof(transform)
@@ -309,6 +312,7 @@
     }
 
     FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, timestamp);
+    FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, isAutoTimestamp);
     FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, crop);
     FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, scalingMode);
     FlattenableUtils::read(buffer, size, transform);
diff --git a/libs/gui/Surface.cpp b/libs/gui/Surface.cpp
index f3a7e5e..b9a12ed 100644
--- a/libs/gui/Surface.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/Surface.cpp
@@ -262,8 +262,10 @@
     ALOGV("Surface::queueBuffer");
     Mutex::Autolock lock(mMutex);
     int64_t timestamp;
+    bool isAutoTimestamp = false;
     if (mTimestamp == NATIVE_WINDOW_TIMESTAMP_AUTO) {
         timestamp = systemTime(SYSTEM_TIME_MONOTONIC);
+        isAutoTimestamp = true;
         ALOGV("Surface::queueBuffer making up timestamp: %.2f ms",
             timestamp / 1000000.f);
     } else {
@@ -281,8 +283,8 @@
 
     sp<Fence> fence(fenceFd >= 0 ? new Fence(fenceFd) : Fence::NO_FENCE);
     IGraphicBufferProducer::QueueBufferOutput output;
-    IGraphicBufferProducer::QueueBufferInput input(timestamp, crop, mScalingMode,
-            mTransform, mSwapIntervalZero, fence);
+    IGraphicBufferProducer::QueueBufferInput input(timestamp, isAutoTimestamp,
+            crop, mScalingMode, mTransform, mSwapIntervalZero, fence);
     status_t err = mGraphicBufferProducer->queueBuffer(i, input, &output);
     if (err != OK)  {
         ALOGE("queueBuffer: error queuing buffer to SurfaceTexture, %d", err);