diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
index 93b90b410c1c1..95ca274ef5f9a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
@@ -2866,6 +2866,13 @@ public abstract class PackageManager {
     @SdkConstant(SdkConstantType.FEATURE)
     public static final String FEATURE_IPSEC_TUNNELS = "android.software.ipsec_tunnels";
 
+    /**
+     * Feature for {@link #getSystemAvailableFeatures} and {@link #hasSystemFeature}:
+     * The device does not have a slices implementation.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @SdkConstant(SdkConstantType.FEATURE)
+    public static final String FEATURE_SLICES_DISABLED = "android.software.slices_disabled";
     /**
      * Extra field name for the URI to a verification file. Passed to a package
      * verifier.
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
index b93365ad0ad5b..1b4f33e42172f 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
@@ -938,7 +938,6 @@ public final class SystemServer {
                 false);
         boolean disableCameraService = SystemProperties.getBoolean("config.disable_cameraservice",
                 false);
-        boolean disableSlices = SystemProperties.getBoolean("config.disable_slices", false);
         boolean enableLeftyService = SystemProperties.getBoolean("config.enable_lefty", false);
 
         boolean isEmulator = SystemProperties.get("ro.kernel.qemu").equals("1");
@@ -1910,7 +1909,7 @@ public final class SystemServer {
             traceEnd();
         }
 
-        if (!disableSlices) {
+        if (!mPackageManager.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_SLICES_DISABLED)) {
             traceBeginAndSlog("StartSliceManagerService");
             mSystemServiceManager.startService(SLICE_MANAGER_SERVICE_CLASS);
             traceEnd();