--- a/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/Policies.jsm
+++ b/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/Policies.jsm
@@ -490,16 +490,24 @@ var Policies = {
       if (param.Locked) {
         setAndLockPref("plugin.state.flash", flashPrefVal);
       } else if (param.Default !== undefined) {
         setDefaultPref("plugin.state.flash", flashPrefVal);
       }
     }
   },
 
+  "HardwareAcceleration": {
+    onBeforeAddons(manager, param) {
+      if (!param) {
+        setAndLockPref("layers.acceleration.disabled", true);
+      }
+    }
+  },
+
   "Homepage": {
     onBeforeUIStartup(manager, param) {
       // |homepages| will be a string containing a pipe-separated ('|') list of
       // URLs because that is what the "Home page" section of about:preferences
       // (and therefore what the pref |browser.startup.homepage|) accepts.
       let homepages = param.URL.spec;
       if (param.Additional && param.Additional.length > 0) {
         homepages += "|" + param.Additional.map(url => url.spec).join("|");

--- a/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/schemas/policies-schema.json
+++ b/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/schemas/policies-schema.json
@@ -377,16 +377,23 @@
         },
 
         "Locked": {
           "type": "boolean"
         }
       }
     },
 
+    "HardwareAcceleration": {
+      "description": "If false, prevents ability to turn on hardware acceleration.",
+      "first_available": "60.0",
+
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+
     "Homepage": {
       "description": "Set and optionally lock the homepage.",
       "first_available": "60.0",
       "enterprise_only": true,
 
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
         "URL": {

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/tests/browser/hardware_acceleration/browser.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+prefs =
+  browser.policies.alternatePath='<test-root>/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/tests/browser/hardware_acceleration/disable_hardware_acceleration.json'
+support-files =
+  disable_hardware_acceleration.json
+
+[browser_policy_hardware_acceleration.js]

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/tests/browser/hardware_acceleration/browser_policy_hardware_acceleration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
+ * http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ */
+
+"use strict";
+
+add_task(async function test_policy_hardware_acceleration() {
+  let winUtils = Services.wm.getMostRecentWindow("").
+                 QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor).
+                 getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowUtils);
+  is(winUtils.layerManagerType, "Basic", "Hardware acceleration disabled");
+});

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/tests/browser/hardware_acceleration/disable_hardware_acceleration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "policies": {
+    "HardwareAcceleration": false
+  }
+}

--- a/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/tests/moz.build
+++ b/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/tests/moz.build
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 
 BROWSER_CHROME_MANIFESTS += [
     'browser/browser.ini',
     'browser/disable_app_update/browser.ini',
     'browser/disable_default_bookmarks/browser.ini',
     'browser/disable_developer_tools/browser.ini',
     'browser/disable_forget_button/browser.ini',
     'browser/disable_fxscreenshots/browser.ini',
+    'browser/hardware_acceleration/browser.ini',
 ]
 
 TESTING_JS_MODULES += [
     'EnterprisePolicyTesting.jsm',
 ]