diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/meson.build b/src/panfrost/vulkan/meson.build
index 97c93bd084d..49319e1bfbc 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/meson.build
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/meson.build
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ if with_platform_wayland
   panvk_deps += dep_wayland_client
 endif
 
+if with_platform_android
+  libpanvk_files += files('panvk_android.c')
+endif
+
 libvulkan_panfrost = shared_library(
   'vulkan_panfrost',
   [libpanvk_files, panvk_entrypoints, panvk_tracepoints],
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_android.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_android.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..363e8130cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_android.c
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+#include "panvk_android.h"
+
+#include "vulkan/vk_android_native_buffer.h"
+
+#include "vk_util.h"
+
+bool
+panvk_android_is_gralloc_image(const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo)
+{
+   vk_foreach_struct_const(ext, pCreateInfo->pNext) {
+      switch ((uint32_t)ext->sType) {
+      case VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_NATIVE_BUFFER_ANDROID:
+         return true;
+      case VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_SWAPCHAIN_CREATE_INFO_KHR: {
+         const VkImageSwapchainCreateInfoKHR *swapchain_info = (void *)ext;
+         if (swapchain_info->swapchain != VK_NULL_HANDLE)
+            return true;
+         break;
+      }
+      case VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_IMAGE_CREATE_INFO: {
+         const VkExternalMemoryImageCreateInfo *external_info = (void *)ext;
+         if (external_info->handleTypes &
+             VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_ANDROID_HARDWARE_BUFFER_BIT_ANDROID)
+            return true;
+         break;
+      }
+      default:
+         break;
+      }
+   }
+   return false;
+}
+
+static VkResult
+panvk_android_create_deferred_image(VkDevice device,
+                                    const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
+                                    const VkAllocationCallbacks *pAllocator,
+                                    VkImage *pImage)
+{
+   return VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT;
+}
+
+VkResult
+panvk_android_create_gralloc_image(VkDevice device,
+                                   const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
+                                   const VkAllocationCallbacks *pAllocator,
+                                   VkImage *pImage)
+{
+   const VkNativeBufferANDROID *anb =
+      vk_find_struct_const(pCreateInfo->pNext, NATIVE_BUFFER_ANDROID);
+   if (!anb) {
+      return panvk_android_create_deferred_image(device, pCreateInfo,
+                                                 pAllocator, pImage);
+   }
+
+   return VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT;
+}
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_android.h b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_android.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24bc7af8a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_android.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+#ifndef PANVK_ANDROID_H
+#define PANVK_ANDROID_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include "util/detect_os.h"
+#include "vulkan/vulkan.h"
+
+#ifdef VK_USE_PLATFORM_ANDROID_KHR
+
+bool panvk_android_is_gralloc_image(const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo);
+
+VkResult panvk_android_create_gralloc_image(
+   VkDevice device, const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
+   const VkAllocationCallbacks *pAllocator, VkImage *pImage);
+
+#else /* VK_USE_PLATFORM_ANDROID_KHR */
+
+static inline bool
+panvk_android_is_gralloc_image(const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo)
+{
+   return false;
+}
+
+static inline VkResult
+panvk_android_create_gralloc_image(VkDevice device,
+                                   const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
+                                   const VkAllocationCallbacks *pAllocator,
+                                   VkImage *pImage)
+{
+   return VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT;
+}
+
+#endif /* VK_USE_PLATFORM_ANDROID_KHR */
+
+#endif /* PANVK_ANDROID_H */
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_image.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_image.c
index 36184cd8582..b4213807ff8 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_image.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_image.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "pan_afbc.h"
 #include "pan_props.h"
 
+#include "panvk_android.h"
 #include "panvk_device.h"
 #include "panvk_device_memory.h"
 #include "panvk_entrypoints.h"
@@ -431,6 +432,11 @@ panvk_CreateImage(VkDevice device, const VkImageCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
    struct panvk_physical_device *phys_dev =
       to_panvk_physical_device(dev->vk.physical);
 
+   if (panvk_android_is_gralloc_image(pCreateInfo)) {
+      return panvk_android_create_gralloc_image(device, pCreateInfo, pAllocator,
+                                                pImage);
+   }
+
    const VkImageSwapchainCreateInfoKHR *swapchain_info =
       vk_find_struct_const(pCreateInfo->pNext, IMAGE_SWAPCHAIN_CREATE_INFO_KHR);
    if (swapchain_info && swapchain_info->swapchain != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {