diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/Android.mk b/services/camera/libcameraservice/Android.mk
index 87975af..b52fc69 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/Android.mk
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/Android.mk
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
     libcutils \
     libmedia \
     libcamera_client \
-    libsurfaceflinger_client
+    libsurfaceflinger_client \
+    libgui
 
 LOCAL_MODULE:= libcameraservice
 
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
index 15f6a44..3d8ca7a 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <binder/MemoryHeapBase.h>
 #include <cutils/atomic.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
+#include <gui/SurfaceTextureClient.h>
 #include <hardware/hardware.h>
 #include <media/AudioSystem.h>
 #include <media/mediaplayer.h>
@@ -306,6 +307,8 @@
     mCameraFacing = cameraFacing;
     mClientPid = clientPid;
     mMsgEnabled = 0;
+    mSurface = 0;
+    mPreviewWindow = 0;
     mHardware->setCallbacks(notifyCallback,
                             dataCallback,
                             dataCallbackTimestamp,
@@ -470,19 +473,16 @@
 
     // return if no change in surface.
     // asBinder() is safe on NULL (returns NULL)
-    if (getISurface(surface)->asBinder() == mSurface->asBinder()) {
+    if (getISurface(surface)->asBinder() == mSurface) {
         return result;
     }
 
     if (mSurface != 0) {
         LOG1("clearing old preview surface %p", mSurface.get());
     }
-    if (surface != 0) {
-        mSurface = getISurface(surface);
-    } else {
-        mSurface = 0;
-    }
+    mSurface = getISurface(surface)->asBinder();
     mPreviewWindow = surface;
+
     // If preview has been already started, register preview
     // buffers now.
     if (mHardware->previewEnabled()) {
@@ -496,6 +496,45 @@
     return result;
 }
 
+// set the SurfaceTexture that the preview will use
+status_t CameraService::Client::setPreviewTexture(
+        const sp<ISurfaceTexture>& surfaceTexture) {
+    LOG1("setPreviewTexture(%p) (pid %d)", surfaceTexture.get(),
+            getCallingPid());
+    Mutex::Autolock lock(mLock);
+    status_t result = checkPidAndHardware();
+    if (result != NO_ERROR) return result;
+
+    // return if no change in surface.
+    // asBinder() is safe on NULL (returns NULL)
+    if (surfaceTexture->asBinder() == mSurface) {
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    if (mSurface != 0) {
+        LOG1("clearing old preview surface %p", mSurface.get());
+    }
+    mSurface = surfaceTexture->asBinder();
+    if (surfaceTexture != 0) {
+        mPreviewWindow = new SurfaceTextureClient(surfaceTexture);
+    } else {
+        mPreviewWindow = 0;
+    }
+
+    // If preview has been already started, set overlay or register preview
+    // buffers now.
+    if (mHardware->previewEnabled()) {
+        // XXX: What if the new preview window is 0?
+        if (mPreviewWindow != 0) {
+            native_window_set_buffers_transform(mPreviewWindow.get(),
+                                                mOrientation);
+            result = mHardware->setPreviewWindow(mPreviewWindow);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 // set the preview callback flag to affect how the received frames from
 // preview are handled.
 void CameraService::Client::setPreviewCallbackFlag(int callback_flag) {
@@ -960,23 +999,6 @@
     }
     disableMsgType(CAMERA_MSG_SHUTTER);
 
-    // It takes some time before yuvPicture callback to be called.
-    // Register the buffer for raw image here to reduce latency.
-    if (mSurface != 0) {
-        int w, h;
-        CameraParameters params(mHardware->getParameters());
-        if (size == NULL) {
-            params.getPictureSize(&w, &h);
-        } else {
-            w = size->width;
-            h = size->height;
-            w &= ~1;
-            h &= ~1;
-            LOG1("Snapshot image width=%d, height=%d", w, h);
-        }
-        IPCThreadState::self()->flushCommands();
-    }
-
     mLock.unlock();
 }
 
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.h b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.h
index d78d7e5..ccb9cf7 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.h
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
         virtual status_t        lock();
         virtual status_t        unlock();
         virtual status_t        setPreviewDisplay(const sp<Surface>& surface);
+        virtual status_t        setPreviewTexture(const sp<ISurfaceTexture>& surfaceTexture);
         virtual void            setPreviewCallbackFlag(int flag);
         virtual status_t        startPreview();
         virtual void            stopPreview();
@@ -180,7 +181,8 @@
 
         // Ensures atomicity among the public methods
         mutable Mutex                   mLock;
-        sp<ISurface>                    mSurface;
+        // This is a binder of Surface or SurfaceTexture.
+        sp<IBinder>                     mSurface;
         sp<ANativeWindow>               mPreviewWindow;
 
         // If the user want us to return a copy of the preview frame (instead