diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/GraphicBufferAlloc.h b/include/gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.h
similarity index 100%
rename from services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/GraphicBufferAlloc.h
rename to include/gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.h
diff --git a/libs/gui/Android.mk b/libs/gui/Android.mk
index d970a33b2..04444e937 100644
--- a/libs/gui/Android.mk
+++ b/libs/gui/Android.mk
@@ -3,29 +3,30 @@ include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
 	BitTube.cpp \
+	BufferItemConsumer.cpp \
 	BufferQueue.cpp \
 	ConsumerBase.cpp \
+	CpuConsumer.cpp \
 	DisplayEventReceiver.cpp \
+	DummyConsumer.cpp \
+	GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp \
+	GuiConfig.cpp \
 	IDisplayEventConnection.cpp \
+	IGraphicBufferAlloc.cpp \
 	ISensorEventConnection.cpp \
 	ISensorServer.cpp \
+	ISurface.cpp \
+	ISurfaceComposer.cpp \
+	ISurfaceComposerClient.cpp \
 	ISurfaceTexture.cpp \
+	LayerState.cpp \
 	Sensor.cpp \
 	SensorEventQueue.cpp \
 	SensorManager.cpp \
-	SurfaceTexture.cpp \
-	SurfaceTextureClient.cpp \
-	ISurfaceComposer.cpp \
-	ISurface.cpp \
-	ISurfaceComposerClient.cpp \
-	IGraphicBufferAlloc.cpp \
-	LayerState.cpp \
 	Surface.cpp \
 	SurfaceComposerClient.cpp \
-	DummyConsumer.cpp \
-	CpuConsumer.cpp \
-	BufferItemConsumer.cpp \
-	GuiConfig.cpp
+	SurfaceTexture.cpp \
+	SurfaceTextureClient.cpp \
 
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
 	libbinder \
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp b/libs/gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp
similarity index 97%
rename from services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp
rename to libs/gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp
index 965ff01c9..b360e81d4 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <ui/GraphicBuffer.h>
 
-#include "DisplayHardware/GraphicBufferAlloc.h"
+#include <gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.h>
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace android {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Android.mk b/services/surfaceflinger/Android.mk
index f7870f49f..b4b19b426 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Android.mk
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Android.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
     LayerDim.cpp                            \
     LayerScreenshot.cpp                     \
     DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp  \
-    DisplayHardware/GraphicBufferAlloc.cpp  \
     DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp          \
     DisplayHardware/PowerHAL.cpp            \
     GLExtensions.cpp                        \
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp
index 6c86a53a3..cccb29b77 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
 
 #include <hardware/hardware.h>
 #include <gui/SurfaceTextureClient.h>
+#include <gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.h>
 #include <ui/GraphicBuffer.h>
 
 #include "DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.h"
-#include "DisplayHardware/GraphicBufferAlloc.h"
 #include "DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h"
 
 #ifndef NUM_FRAMEBUFFER_SURFACE_BUFFERS
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 41c5ccec7..f65b82fb7 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <gui/GuiConfig.h>
 #include <gui/IDisplayEventConnection.h>
 #include <gui/SurfaceTextureClient.h>
+#include <gui/GraphicBufferAlloc.h>
 
 #include <ui/GraphicBufferAllocator.h>
 #include <ui/PixelFormat.h>
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@
 #include "SurfaceFlinger.h"
 
 #include "DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.h"
-#include "DisplayHardware/GraphicBufferAlloc.h"
 #include "DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h"