diff --git a/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h b/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
index 60c224249..1853cff23 100644
--- a/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
+++ b/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
@@ -76,14 +76,18 @@ public:
                                                         BpBinder* proxy); 
 
     static  void                shutdown();
-    
+
     // Call this to disable switching threads to background scheduling when
     // receiving incoming IPC calls.  This is specifically here for the
     // Android system process, since it expects to have background apps calling
     // in to it but doesn't want to acquire locks in its services while in
     // the background.
     static  void                disableBackgroundScheduling(bool disable);
-    
+
+            // Call blocks until the number of executing binder threads is less than
+            // the maximum number of binder threads threads allowed for this process.
+            void                blockUntilThreadAvailable();
+
 private:
                                 IPCThreadState();
                                 ~IPCThreadState();
@@ -101,9 +105,9 @@ private:
             status_t            getAndExecuteCommand();
             status_t            executeCommand(int32_t command);
             void                processPendingDerefs();
-            
+
             void                clearCaller();
-            
+
     static  void                threadDestructor(void *st);
     static  void                freeBuffer(Parcel* parcel,
                                            const uint8_t* data, size_t dataSize,
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ private:
     const   pid_t               mMyThreadId;
             Vector<BBinder*>    mPendingStrongDerefs;
             Vector<RefBase::weakref_type*> mPendingWeakDerefs;
-            
+
             Parcel              mIn;
             Parcel              mOut;
             status_t            mLastError;
diff --git a/include/binder/ProcessState.h b/include/binder/ProcessState.h
index 3bc978d9e..f9edc2a69 100644
--- a/include/binder/ProcessState.h
+++ b/include/binder/ProcessState.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 #include <utils/threads.h>
 
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace android {
 
@@ -71,25 +73,33 @@ private:
                                 ProcessState(const ProcessState& o);
             ProcessState&       operator=(const ProcessState& o);
             String8             makeBinderThreadName();
-            
+
             struct handle_entry {
                 IBinder* binder;
                 RefBase::weakref_type* refs;
             };
-            
+
             handle_entry*       lookupHandleLocked(int32_t handle);
 
             int                 mDriverFD;
             void*               mVMStart;
-            
+
+            // Protects thread count variable below.
+            pthread_mutex_t     mThreadCountLock;
+            pthread_cond_t      mThreadCountDecrement;
+            // Number of binder threads current executing a command.
+            size_t              mExecutingThreadsCount;
+            // Maximum number for binder threads allowed for this process.
+            size_t              mMaxThreads;
+
     mutable Mutex               mLock;  // protects everything below.
-            
+
             Vector<handle_entry>mHandleToObject;
 
             bool                mManagesContexts;
             context_check_func  mBinderContextCheckFunc;
             void*               mBinderContextUserData;
-            
+
             KeyedVector<String16, sp<IBinder> >
                                 mContexts;
 
diff --git a/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp b/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
index 9f68aa8a0..2baf474f3 100644
--- a/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
@@ -399,6 +399,17 @@ void IPCThreadState::flushCommands()
     talkWithDriver(false);
 }
 
+void IPCThreadState::blockUntilThreadAvailable()
+{
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&mProcess->mThreadCountLock);
+    while (mProcess->mExecutingThreadsCount >= mProcess->mMaxThreads) {
+        ALOGW("Waiting for thread to be free. mExecutingThreadsCount=%i mMaxThreads=%i\n",
+                mProcess->mExecutingThreadsCount, mProcess->mMaxThreads);
+        pthread_cond_wait(&mProcess->mThreadCountDecrement, &mProcess->mThreadCountLock);
+    }
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&mProcess->mThreadCountLock);
+}
+
 status_t IPCThreadState::getAndExecuteCommand()
 {
     status_t result;
@@ -414,8 +425,17 @@ status_t IPCThreadState::getAndExecuteCommand()
                  << getReturnString(cmd) << endl;
         }
 
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&mProcess->mThreadCountLock);
+        mProcess->mExecutingThreadsCount++;
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&mProcess->mThreadCountLock);
+
         result = executeCommand(cmd);
 
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&mProcess->mThreadCountLock);
+        mProcess->mExecutingThreadsCount--;
+        pthread_cond_broadcast(&mProcess->mThreadCountDecrement);
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&mProcess->mThreadCountLock);
+
         // After executing the command, ensure that the thread is returned to the
         // foreground cgroup before rejoining the pool.  The driver takes care of
         // restoring the priority, but doesn't do anything with cgroups so we
diff --git a/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp b/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
index 303d6cf3a..016d3c54b 100644
--- a/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #define BINDER_VM_SIZE ((1*1024*1024) - (4096 *2))
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_BINDER_THREADS 15
 
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 namespace android {
- 
+
 class PoolThread : public Thread
 {
 public:
@@ -294,7 +295,9 @@ void ProcessState::spawnPooledThread(bool isMain)
 
 status_t ProcessState::setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(size_t maxThreads) {
     status_t result = NO_ERROR;
-    if (ioctl(mDriverFD, BINDER_SET_MAX_THREADS, &maxThreads) == -1) {
+    if (ioctl(mDriverFD, BINDER_SET_MAX_THREADS, &maxThreads) != -1) {
+        mMaxThreads = maxThreads;
+    } else {
         result = -errno;
         ALOGE("Binder ioctl to set max threads failed: %s", strerror(-result));
     }
@@ -322,7 +325,7 @@ static int open_driver()
             close(fd);
             fd = -1;
         }
-        size_t maxThreads = 15;
+        size_t maxThreads = DEFAULT_MAX_BINDER_THREADS;
         result = ioctl(fd, BINDER_SET_MAX_THREADS, &maxThreads);
         if (result == -1) {
             ALOGE("Binder ioctl to set max threads failed: %s", strerror(errno));
@@ -336,6 +339,10 @@ static int open_driver()
 ProcessState::ProcessState()
     : mDriverFD(open_driver())
     , mVMStart(MAP_FAILED)
+    , mThreadCountLock(PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER)
+    , mThreadCountDecrement(PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER)
+    , mExecutingThreadsCount(0)
+    , mMaxThreads(DEFAULT_MAX_BINDER_THREADS)
     , mManagesContexts(false)
     , mBinderContextCheckFunc(NULL)
     , mBinderContextUserData(NULL)