diff --git a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Android/SKGLSurfaceViewRenderer.cs b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Android/SKGLSurfaceViewRenderer.cs
index edc4bae4..0d4f04bf 100644
--- a/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Android/SKGLSurfaceViewRenderer.cs
+++ b/source/SkiaSharp.Views/SkiaSharp.Views.Android/SKGLSurfaceViewRenderer.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace SkiaSharp.Views.Android
 			{
 				Width = 0, // set later
 				Height = 0, // set later
-				Config = GRPixelConfig.Rgba8888,
+				Config = GRPixelConfig.Rgb565,
 				Origin = GRSurfaceOrigin.BottomLeft,
 				SampleCount = samples[0],
 				StencilBits = stencilbuffers[0],