diff --git a/minuitwrp/Android.mk b/minuitwrp/Android.mk
index f429744..188de9d 100644
--- a/minuitwrp/Android.mk
+++ b/minuitwrp/Android.mk
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DRECOVERY_GRAPHICS_USE_LINELENGTH
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(TW_DISABLE_DOUBLE_BUFFERING), true)
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DTW_DISABLE_DOUBLE_BUFFERING
+endif
+
 #Remove the # from the line below to enable event logging
 #TWRP_EVENT_LOGGING := true
 ifeq ($(TWRP_EVENT_LOGGING), true)
diff --git a/minuitwrp/graphics.c b/minuitwrp/graphics.c
index 704389f..04c41fb 100644
--- a/minuitwrp/graphics.c
+++ b/minuitwrp/graphics.c
@@ -295,8 +295,12 @@
 
     fb++;
 
+#ifndef TW_DISABLE_DOUBLE_BUFFERING
     /* check if we can use double buffering */
     if (vi.yres * fi.line_length * 2 > fi.smem_len)
+#else
+    printf("TW_DISABLE_DOUBLE_BUFFERING := true\n");
+#endif
         return fd;
 
     double_buffering = 1;