diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/RenderEngine/RenderEngine.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/RenderEngine/RenderEngine.cpp
index cb1d14c74..ba9403029 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/RenderEngine/RenderEngine.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/RenderEngine/RenderEngine.cpp
@@ -378,11 +378,11 @@ static status_t selectEGLConfig(EGLDisplay display, EGLint format,
         attribs[EGL_RECORDABLE_ANDROID]         = EGL_TRUE;
         attribs[EGL_SURFACE_TYPE]               = EGL_WINDOW_BIT|EGL_PBUFFER_BIT;
         attribs[EGL_FRAMEBUFFER_TARGET_ANDROID] = EGL_TRUE;
-        attribs[EGL_RED_SIZE]                   = 8;
-        attribs[EGL_GREEN_SIZE]                 = 8;
-        attribs[EGL_BLUE_SIZE]                  = 8;
-        wantedAttribute                         = EGL_NONE;
-        wantedAttributeValue                    = EGL_NONE;
+        attribs[EGL_RED_SIZE]                   = 5;
+        attribs[EGL_GREEN_SIZE]                 = 6;
+        attribs[EGL_BLUE_SIZE]                  = 5;
+        wantedAttribute                         = EGL_NATIVE_VISUAL_ID;
+        wantedAttributeValue                    = format;
     } else {
         // if no renderable type specified, fallback to a simplified query
         wantedAttribute                         = EGL_NATIVE_VISUAL_ID;