diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.h b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.h
index 46b815d5b5d3..facd6252276a 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.h
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.h
@@ -3171,6 +3171,13 @@ VARCACHE_PREF(
   RelaxedAtomicBool, false
 )
 
+VARCACHE_PREF(
+  Once,
+  "gfx.core-animation.enabled",
+  gfx_core_animation_enabled,
+  bool, false
+)
+
 #if defined(MOZ_WIDGET_ANDROID)
 // Overrides the glClear color used when the surface origin is not (0, 0)
 // Used for drawing a border around the content.
diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/all.js b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
index 61e67d4064ae..1a4be930248f 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/all.js
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ pref("gfx.webrender.program-binary-disk", true);
 
 #ifdef XP_MACOSX
 pref("gfx.compositor.glcontext.opaque", false);
+pref("gfx.core-animation.enabled", false);
 #endif
 
 pref("gfx.webrender.highlight-painted-layers", false);