diff --git a/libs/hwui/Android.bp b/libs/hwui/Android.bp
index 2c299fa..2b31bcf7 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/hwui/Android.bp
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@
                 "renderthread/DrawFrameTask.cpp",
                 "renderthread/EglManager.cpp",
                 "renderthread/ReliableSurface.cpp",
+                "renderthread/RenderEffectCapabilityQuery.cpp",
                 "renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp",
                 "renderthread/VulkanSurface.cpp",
                 "renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp",
@@ -696,6 +697,7 @@
         "tests/unit/MatrixTests.cpp",
         "tests/unit/OpBufferTests.cpp",
         "tests/unit/PathInterpolatorTests.cpp",
+        "tests/unit/RenderEffectCapabilityQueryTests.cpp",
         "tests/unit/RenderNodeDrawableTests.cpp",
         "tests/unit/RenderNodeTests.cpp",
         "tests/unit/RenderPropertiesTests.cpp",
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Properties.cpp b/libs/hwui/Properties.cpp
index 3544987..475fd70 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Properties.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/Properties.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
 bool Properties::skipEmptyFrames = true;
 bool Properties::useBufferAge = true;
 bool Properties::enablePartialUpdates = true;
-bool Properties::enableRenderEffectCache = false;
+// Default true unless otherwise specified in RenderThread Configuration
+bool Properties::enableRenderEffectCache = true;
 
 DebugLevel Properties::debugLevel = kDebugDisabled;
 OverdrawColorSet Properties::overdrawColorSet = OverdrawColorSet::Default;
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/EglManager.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/EglManager.cpp
index 383c79b..c7d7a17 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/EglManager.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/EglManager.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include "Frame.h"
 #include "Properties.h"
+#include "RenderEffectCapabilityQuery.h"
 #include "utils/Color.h"
 #include "utils/StringUtils.h"
 
@@ -148,7 +149,11 @@
     mHasWideColorGamutSupport = EglExtensions.glColorSpace && hasWideColorSpaceExtension;
 
     auto* vendor = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VENDOR));
-    Properties::enableRenderEffectCache = (strcmp(vendor, "Qualcomm") != 0);
+    auto* version = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VERSION));
+    Properties::enableRenderEffectCache = supportsRenderEffectCache(
+        vendor, version);
+    ALOGV("RenderEffectCache supported %d on driver version %s",
+          Properties::enableRenderEffectCache, version);
 }
 
 EGLConfig EglManager::load8BitsConfig(EGLDisplay display, EglManager::SwapBehavior swapBehavior) {
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderEffectCapabilityQuery.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderEffectCapabilityQuery.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a003988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderEffectCapabilityQuery.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+bool supportsRenderEffectCache(const char* vendor, const char* version) {
+    if (strcmp(vendor, "Qualcomm") != 0) {
+       return true;
+    }
+
+    int major;
+    int minor;
+    int driverMajor;
+    int driverMinor;
+    int n = sscanf(version,"OpenGL ES %d.%d V@%d.%d",
+                           &major,
+                           &minor,
+                           &driverMajor,
+                           &driverMinor);
+    // Ensure we have parsed the vendor string properly and we have either
+    // a newer major driver version, or the minor version is rev'ed
+    // Based on b/198227600#comment5 it appears that the corresponding fix
+    // is in driver version 571.0
+    return n == 4 && driverMajor >= 571;
+}
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diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderEffectCapabilityQuery.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderEffectCapabilityQuery.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea673dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderEffectCapabilityQuery.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+/**
+ * Verify if the provided vendor and version supports RenderEffect caching
+ * behavior.
+ *
+ * Certain Open GL Driver implementations run into blocking scenarios
+ * with Fence::waitForever without a corresponding signal to unblock
+ * This happens during attempts to cache SkImage instances across frames
+ * especially in circumstances using RenderEffect/SkImageFilter internally.
+ * So detect the corresponding GL Vendor and driver version to determine if
+ * caching SkImage instances across frames is supported.
+ * See b/197263715 & b/193145089
+ * @param vendor Vendor of the GL driver
+ * @param version Version of the GL driver from the given vendor
+ * @return True if a RenderEffect result can be cached across frames,
+ * false otherwise
+ */
+bool supportsRenderEffectCache(const char* vendor, const char* version);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/EglManagerTests.cpp b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/EglManagerTests.cpp
index f7f2406..7f2e158 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/EglManagerTests.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/EglManagerTests.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include "renderthread/EglManager.h"
+#include "renderthread/RenderEffectCapabilityQuery.h"
 #include "tests/common/TestContext.h"
 
 using namespace android;
@@ -41,4 +42,17 @@
     }
 
     eglManager.destroy();
+}
+
+TEST(EglManager, verifyRenderEffectCacheSupported) {
+    EglManager eglManager;
+    eglManager.initialize();
+    auto* vendor = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VENDOR));
+    auto* version = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VERSION));
+    // Make sure that EglManager initializes Properties::enableRenderEffectCache
+    // based on the given gl vendor and version within EglManager->initialize()
+    bool renderEffectCacheSupported = supportsRenderEffectCache(vendor, version);
+    EXPECT_EQ(renderEffectCacheSupported,
+              Properties::enableRenderEffectCache);
+    eglManager.destroy();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/hwui/tests/unit/RenderEffectCapabilityQueryTests.cpp b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/RenderEffectCapabilityQueryTests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ee6549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/hwui/tests/unit/RenderEffectCapabilityQueryTests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "renderthread/RenderEffectCapabilityQuery.h"
+#include "tests/common/TestContext.h"
+
+TEST(RenderEffectCapabilityQuery, testSupportedVendor) {
+  ASSERT_TRUE(supportsRenderEffectCache("Google", "OpenGL ES 1.4 V@0.0"));
+}
+
+TEST(RenderEffectCapabilityQuery, testSupportedVendorWithDifferentVersion) {
+  ASSERT_TRUE(supportsRenderEffectCache("Google", "OpenGL ES 1.3 V@571.0"));
+}
+
+TEST(RenderEffectCapabilityQuery, testVendorWithSupportedVersion) {
+  ASSERT_TRUE(supportsRenderEffectCache("Qualcomm", "OpenGL ES 1.5 V@571.0"));
+}
+
+TEST(RenderEffectCapabilityQuery, testVendorWithSupportedPatchVersion) {
+  ASSERT_TRUE(supportsRenderEffectCache("Qualcomm", "OpenGL ES 1.5 V@571.1"));
+}
+
+TEST(RenderEffectCapabilityQuery, testVendorWithNewerThanSupportedMajorVersion) {
+  ASSERT_TRUE(supportsRenderEffectCache("Qualcomm", "OpenGL ES 1.5 V@572.0"));
+}
+
+TEST(RenderEffectCapabilityQuery, testVendorWithNewerThanSupportedMinorVersion) {
+  ASSERT_TRUE(supportsRenderEffectCache("Qualcomm", "OpenGL ES 1.5 V@571.2"));
+}
+
+TEST(RenderEffectCapabilityQuery, testVendorWithUnsupportedMajorVersion) {
+  ASSERT_FALSE(supportsRenderEffectCache("Qualcomm", "OpenGL ES 1.0 V@570.1"));
+}
+
+TEST(RenderEffectCapabilityQuery, testVendorWithUnsupportedVersion) {
+  ASSERT_FALSE(supportsRenderEffectCache("Qualcomm", "OpenGL ES 1.1 V@570.0"));
+}
+