diff --git a/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/igl/sample/SampleActivity.java b/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/igl/sample/SampleActivity.java
index 822ed8fede2..d1ae9a651e8 100644
--- a/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/igl/sample/SampleActivity.java
+++ b/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/igl/sample/SampleActivity.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public class SampleActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener {
   private final int selectedTabColor = Color.BLUE;
   private final int unSelectedTabColor = Color.GRAY;
 
+  protected boolean mEnableStencilBuffer = false;
+
   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
     super.onCreate(icicle);
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
       } else if (mConfigs[i].version.flavor == SampleLib.BackendFlavor.OpenGL_ES) {
         backendView =
             new SampleView(
-                getApplication(), mConfigs[i].version, mConfigs[i].swapchainColorTextureFormat);
+                getApplication(), mConfigs[i].version, mConfigs[i].swapchainColorTextureFormat, mEnableStencilBuffer);
         ((SampleView) backendView).onPause();
       }