diff --git a/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Connection.java b/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Connection.java
index 795053da790a6..2932721f28b64 100644
--- a/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Connection.java
+++ b/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Connection.java
@@ -897,6 +897,13 @@ public abstract class Connection {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public final ConnectionService getConnectionService() {
+        return mConnectionService;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the conference that this connection is a part of. This will fail if the connection is
      * already part of a conference call. {@link #resetConference} to un-set the conference first.