diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_android.c b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_android.c
index 505ada00b46..361f4f79e6f 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_android.c
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_android.c
@@ -261,6 +261,91 @@ vk_android_get_anb_layout(
                                             out_layouts, max_planes);
 }
 
+VkResult
+vk_android_init_deferred_image(struct vk_device *device,
+                               struct vk_image *image,
+                               const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
+                               const VkAllocationCallbacks *pAllocator)
+{
+   /* collect all dynamic array infos */
+   uint32_t queue_family_count = 0;
+   uint32_t view_format_count = 0;
+
+   if (pCreateInfo->sharingMode == VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT)
+      queue_family_count = pCreateInfo->queueFamilyIndexCount;
+
+   const VkImageFormatListCreateInfo *raw_list =
+      vk_find_struct_const(pCreateInfo->pNext, IMAGE_FORMAT_LIST_CREATE_INFO);
+   if (raw_list)
+      view_format_count = raw_list->viewFormatCount;
+
+   /* Extend below when drivers support more extensions that interact with ANB
+    * or AHB. e.g. VK_EXT_image_compression_control
+    */
+   VK_MULTIALLOC(ma);
+   VK_MULTIALLOC_DECL(&ma, VkImageCreateInfo, create_info, 1);
+   VK_MULTIALLOC_DECL(&ma, VkImageFormatListCreateInfo, list_info, 1);
+   VK_MULTIALLOC_DECL(&ma, VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo, stencil_info, 1);
+   VK_MULTIALLOC_DECL(&ma, uint32_t, queue_families, queue_family_count);
+   VK_MULTIALLOC_DECL(&ma, VkFormat, view_formats, view_format_count);
+
+   if (!vk_multialloc_zalloc2(&ma, &device->alloc, pAllocator,
+                              VK_SYSTEM_ALLOCATION_SCOPE_OBJECT))
+      return VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY;
+
+   /* prepare the deferred VkImageCreateInfo chain */
+   *create_info = *pCreateInfo;
+   create_info->pNext = NULL;
+   /* Assign resolved AHB external format */
+   create_info->format = image->format;
+   create_info->tiling = image->tiling =
+      VK_IMAGE_TILING_DRM_FORMAT_MODIFIER_EXT;
+   if (pCreateInfo->sharingMode == VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT) {
+      typed_memcpy(queue_families, pCreateInfo->pQueueFamilyIndices,
+                   pCreateInfo->queueFamilyIndexCount);
+      create_info->pQueueFamilyIndices = queue_families;
+   }
+
+   /* Per spec section 12.3. Images
+    *
+    * - If tiling is VK_IMAGE_TILING_DRM_FORMAT_MODIFIER_EXT and flags contains
+    *   VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT, then the pNext chain must include a
+    *   VkImageFormatListCreateInfo structure with non-zero viewFormatCount.
+    *
+    * ANB and aliased ANB always chain proper format list for mutable swapchain
+    * image support, but AHB is allowed to mutate without an explicit format
+    * list due to legacy spec issue. So we chain a view format of the create
+    * format itself to satisfy VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier VUs.
+    */
+   if (view_format_count ||
+       image->create_flags & VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT) {
+      if (view_format_count) {
+         typed_memcpy(view_formats, raw_list->pViewFormats, view_format_count);
+      } else {
+         view_format_count = 1;
+         view_formats = &create_info->format;
+      }
+      *list_info = (VkImageFormatListCreateInfo){
+         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_FORMAT_LIST_CREATE_INFO,
+         .viewFormatCount = view_format_count,
+         .pViewFormats = view_formats,
+      };
+      __vk_append_struct(create_info, list_info);
+   }
+
+   if (image->stencil_usage) {
+      *stencil_info = (VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo){
+         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_STENCIL_USAGE_CREATE_INFO,
+         .stencilUsage = image->stencil_usage,
+      };
+      __vk_append_struct(create_info, stencil_info);
+   }
+
+   image->android_deferred_create_info = create_info;
+
+   return VK_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 static VkResult
 setup_gralloc0_usage(VkFormat format, VkImageUsageFlags image_usage,
                      int *out_gralloc_usage)
diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_android.h b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_android.h
index 05258786b8d..a25cc18f650 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_android.h
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_android.h
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ VkResult vk_android_get_anb_layout(
    VkImageDrmFormatModifierExplicitCreateInfoEXT *out,
    VkSubresourceLayout *out_layouts, int max_planes);
 
+VkResult vk_android_init_deferred_image(struct vk_device *device,
+                                        struct vk_image *image,
+                                        const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
+                                        const VkAllocationCallbacks *pAllocator);
+
 #else
 
 static inline struct u_gralloc *
@@ -77,6 +82,15 @@ vk_android_get_anb_layout(
    return VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT;
 }
 
+static inline VkResult
+vk_android_init_deferred_image(struct vk_device *device,
+                               struct vk_image *image,
+                               const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
+                               const VkAllocationCallbacks *pAllocator)
+{
+   return VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #if defined(VK_USE_PLATFORM_ANDROID_KHR) && ANDROID_API_LEVEL >= 26
diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_image.c b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_image.c
index 0e30c25a32e..f5e67646c61 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_image.c
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_image.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ vk_image_destroy(struct vk_device *device,
       device->dispatch_table.FreeMemory(
          (VkDevice)device, image->anb_memory, alloc);
    }
+   vk_free2(&device->alloc, alloc, image->android_deferred_create_info);
 #endif
    vk_object_free(device, alloc, image);
 }
diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_image.h b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_image.h
index dfabbcfa3c6..c8db60a1ba9 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_image.h
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_image.h
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ struct vk_image {
     * but it may be overridden by the driver as needed.
     */
    uint32_t ahb_format;
+
+   /* Deep-copied and sanitized VkImageCreateInfo for deferred ANB alias
+    * images. Set by vk_android_init_deferred_image() and freed automatically
+    * by vk_image_destroy(). NULL for non-deferred images.
+    */
+   VkImageCreateInfo *android_deferred_create_info;
 #endif
 };
 VK_DEFINE_NONDISP_HANDLE_CASTS(vk_image, base, VkImage,