diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/AndroidHardwareBuffer.cpp b/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/AndroidHardwareBuffer.cpp
index 0cb77949a6e..0c19b2ee9ce 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/AndroidHardwareBuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/AndroidHardwareBuffer.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ VkResult getAndroidHardwareBufferPropertiesANDROID(
     const auto format = grallocHelper->getFormat(buffer);
     if (ahbFormatProps) {
         switch (format) {
+            case AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8_UNORM:
+                ahbFormatProps->format = VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM;
+                break;
             case AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM:
                 ahbFormatProps->format = VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
                 break;
diff --git a/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/vk_format_info.h b/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/vk_format_info.h
index 2d5d84ebafa..12e523f3bd0 100644
--- a/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/vk_format_info.h
+++ b/src/gfxstream/guest/vulkan_enc/vk_format_info.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ namespace vk {
 // VK_FORMAT_G8_B8R8_2PLANE_420_UNORM.
 static inline VkFormat vk_format_from_android(unsigned android_format) {
     switch (android_format) {
+        case AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8_UNORM:
+            return VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM;
         case AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM:
             return VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
         case AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8G8B8X8_UNORM:
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ static inline VkFormat vk_format_from_android(unsigned android_format) {
 
 static inline unsigned android_format_from_vk(VkFormat vk_format) {
     switch (vk_format) {
+        case VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM:
+            return AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8_UNORM;
         case VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM:
             return AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
         case VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_UNORM:
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ static inline unsigned android_format_from_vk(VkFormat vk_format) {
 static inline bool android_format_is_yuv(unsigned android_format) {
     switch (android_format) {
         case AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_BLOB:
+        case AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8_UNORM:
         case AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM:
         case AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8G8B8X8_UNORM:
         case AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8G8B8_UNORM: