diff --git a/include/media/openmax/OMX_Types.h b/include/media/openmax/OMX_Types.h
index 9dec372c9..71e346a5a 100644
--- a/include/media/openmax/OMX_Types.h
+++ b/include/media/openmax/OMX_Types.h
@@ -211,7 +211,25 @@ typedef enum OMX_BOOL {
     OMX_TRUE = !OMX_FALSE,
     OMX_BOOL_MAX = 0x7FFFFFFF
 } OMX_BOOL; 
- 
+
+/*
+ * Temporary Android 64 bit modification
+ *
+ * #define OMX_ANDROID_COMPILE_AS_32BIT_ON_64BIT_PLATFORMS
+ * overrides all OMX pointer types to be uint32_t.
+ *
+ * After this change, OMX codecs will work in 32 bit only, so 64 bit processes
+ * must communicate to a remote 32 bit process for OMX to work.
+ */
+
+#ifdef OMX_ANDROID_COMPILE_AS_32BIT_ON_64BIT_PLATFORMS
+
+typedef uint32_t OMX_PTR;
+typedef OMX_PTR OMX_STRING;
+typedef OMX_PTR OMX_BYTE;
+
+#else /* OMX_ANDROID_COMPILE_AS_32BIT_ON_64BIT_PLATFORMS */
+
 /** The OMX_PTR type is intended to be used to pass pointers between the OMX
     applications and the OMX Core and components.  This is a 32 bit pointer and
     is aligned on a 32 bit boundary.
@@ -232,6 +250,8 @@ typedef char* OMX_STRING;
  */
 typedef unsigned char* OMX_BYTE;
 
+#endif /* OMX_ANDROID_COMPILE_AS_32BIT_ON_64BIT_PLATFORMS */
+
 /** OMX_UUIDTYPE is a very long unique identifier to uniquely identify
     at runtime.  This identifier should be generated by a component in a way
     that guarantees that every instance of the identifier running on the system
@@ -312,7 +332,7 @@ typedef struct OMX_TICKS
 /** Define the public interface for the OMX Handle.  The core will not use
     this value internally, but the application should only use this value.
  */
-typedef void* OMX_HANDLETYPE;
+typedef OMX_PTR OMX_HANDLETYPE;
 
 typedef struct OMX_MARKTYPE
 {
@@ -328,11 +348,11 @@ typedef struct OMX_MARKTYPE
 /** OMX_NATIVE_DEVICETYPE is used to map a OMX video port to the
  *  platform & operating specific object used to reference the display 
  *  or can be used by a audio port for native audio rendering */
-typedef void* OMX_NATIVE_DEVICETYPE;
+typedef OMX_PTR OMX_NATIVE_DEVICETYPE;
 
 /** OMX_NATIVE_WINDOWTYPE is used to map a OMX video port to the
  *  platform & operating specific object used to reference the window */
-typedef void* OMX_NATIVE_WINDOWTYPE;
+typedef OMX_PTR OMX_NATIVE_WINDOWTYPE;
 
 /** The OMX_VERSIONTYPE union is used to specify the version for
     a structure or component.  For a component, the version is entirely