diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index a78a4e3b71628..a52c1cc1cd41c 100755
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -1403,6 +1403,7 @@ package android {
     field public static final int textFilterEnabled = 16843007; // 0x10100ff
     field public static final int textFontWeight = 16844165; // 0x1010585
     field public static final int textIsSelectable = 16843542; // 0x1010316
+    field public static final int textLocale = 16844178; // 0x1010592
     field public static final int textOff = 16843045; // 0x1010125
     field public static final int textOn = 16843044; // 0x1010124
     field public static final int textScaleX = 16843089; // 0x1010151
@@ -45266,6 +45267,7 @@ package android.text.style {
     method public int getSpanTypeId();
     method public android.content.res.ColorStateList getTextColor();
     method public int getTextFontWeight();
+    method public android.os.LocaleList getTextLocales();
     method public int getTextSize();
     method public int getTextStyle();
     method public android.graphics.Typeface getTypeface();
diff --git a/core/java/android/text/style/TextAppearanceSpan.java b/core/java/android/text/style/TextAppearanceSpan.java
index 648bd1bba20c0..f846a356d8fa4 100644
--- a/core/java/android/text/style/TextAppearanceSpan.java
+++ b/core/java/android/text/style/TextAppearanceSpan.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.graphics.LeakyTypefaceStorage;
 import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.graphics.fonts.Font;
+import android.os.LocaleList;
 import android.os.Parcel;
 import android.text.ParcelableSpan;
 import android.text.TextPaint;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ public class TextAppearanceSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements Parcelabl
     private final Typeface mTypeface;
 
     private final int mTextFontWeight;
+    private final LocaleList mTextLocales;
 
     private final float mShadowRadius;
     private final float mShadowDx;
@@ -149,6 +151,19 @@ public class TextAppearanceSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements Parcelabl
         mTextFontWeight = a.getInt(com.android.internal.R.styleable
                 .TextAppearance_textFontWeight, -1);
 
+        final String localeString = a.getString(com.android.internal.R.styleable
+                .TextAppearance_textLocale);
+        if (localeString != null) {
+            LocaleList localeList = LocaleList.forLanguageTags(localeString);
+            if (!localeList.isEmpty()) {
+                mTextLocales = localeList;
+            } else {
+                mTextLocales = null;
+            }
+        } else {
+            mTextLocales = null;
+        }
+
         mShadowRadius = a.getFloat(com.android.internal.R.styleable
                 .TextAppearance_shadowRadius, 0.0f);
         mShadowDx = a.getFloat(com.android.internal.R.styleable
@@ -201,6 +216,7 @@ public class TextAppearanceSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements Parcelabl
         mTypeface = null;
 
         mTextFontWeight = -1;
+        mTextLocales = null;
 
         mShadowRadius = 0.0f;
         mShadowDx = 0.0f;
@@ -233,6 +249,7 @@ public class TextAppearanceSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements Parcelabl
         mTypeface = LeakyTypefaceStorage.readTypefaceFromParcel(src);
 
         mTextFontWeight = src.readInt();
+        mTextLocales = src.readParcelable(LocaleList.class.getClassLoader());
 
         mShadowRadius = src.readFloat();
         mShadowDx = src.readFloat();
@@ -285,6 +302,7 @@ public class TextAppearanceSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements Parcelabl
         LeakyTypefaceStorage.writeTypefaceToParcel(mTypeface, dest);
 
         dest.writeInt(mTextFontWeight);
+        dest.writeParcelable(mTextLocales, flags);
 
         dest.writeFloat(mShadowRadius);
         dest.writeFloat(mShadowDx);
@@ -348,6 +366,15 @@ public class TextAppearanceSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements Parcelabl
         return mTextFontWeight;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@link android.os.LocaleList} specified by this span, or <code>null</code>
+     * if it does not specify one.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public LocaleList getTextLocales() {
+        return mTextLocales;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the typeface specified by this span, or <code>null</code>
      * if it does not specify one.
@@ -487,6 +514,10 @@ public class TextAppearanceSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements Parcelabl
             ds.setTextSize(mTextSize);
         }
 
+        if (mTextLocales != null) {
+            ds.setTextLocales(mTextLocales);
+        }
+
         if (mHasElegantTextHeight) {
             ds.setElegantTextHeight(mElegantTextHeight);
         }
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
index f74c2341d816a..3dd6fd1410bde 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java
@@ -3517,6 +3517,7 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
         ColorStateList mTextColorHint = null;
         ColorStateList mTextColorLink = null;
         int mTextSize = -1;
+        LocaleList mTextLocales = null;
         String mFontFamily = null;
         Typeface mFontTypeface = null;
         boolean mFontFamilyExplicit = false;
@@ -3543,6 +3544,7 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
                     + "    mTextColorHint:" + mTextColorHint + "\n"
                     + "    mTextColorLink:" + mTextColorLink + "\n"
                     + "    mTextSize:" + mTextSize + "\n"
+                    + "    mTextLocales:" + mTextLocales + "\n"
                     + "    mFontFamily:" + mFontFamily + "\n"
                     + "    mFontTypeface:" + mFontTypeface + "\n"
                     + "    mFontFamilyExplicit:" + mFontFamilyExplicit + "\n"
@@ -3579,6 +3581,8 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
                 com.android.internal.R.styleable.TextAppearance_textColorLink);
         sAppearanceValues.put(com.android.internal.R.styleable.TextView_textSize,
                 com.android.internal.R.styleable.TextAppearance_textSize);
+        sAppearanceValues.put(com.android.internal.R.styleable.TextView_textLocale,
+                com.android.internal.R.styleable.TextAppearance_textLocale);
         sAppearanceValues.put(com.android.internal.R.styleable.TextView_typeface,
                 com.android.internal.R.styleable.TextAppearance_typeface);
         sAppearanceValues.put(com.android.internal.R.styleable.TextView_fontFamily,
@@ -3652,6 +3656,15 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
                     attributes.mTextSize =
                             appearance.getDimensionPixelSize(attr, attributes.mTextSize);
                     break;
+                case com.android.internal.R.styleable.TextAppearance_textLocale:
+                    final String localeString = appearance.getString(attr);
+                    if (localeString != null) {
+                        final LocaleList localeList = LocaleList.forLanguageTags(localeString);
+                        if (!localeList.isEmpty()) {
+                            attributes.mTextLocales = localeList;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
                 case com.android.internal.R.styleable.TextAppearance_typeface:
                     attributes.mTypefaceIndex = appearance.getInt(attr, attributes.mTypefaceIndex);
                     if (attributes.mTypefaceIndex != -1 && !attributes.mFontFamilyExplicit) {
@@ -3738,6 +3751,10 @@ public class TextView extends View implements ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener
             setRawTextSize(attributes.mTextSize, true /* shouldRequestLayout */);
         }
 
+        if (attributes.mTextLocales != null) {
+            setTextLocales(attributes.mTextLocales);
+        }
+
         if (attributes.mTypefaceIndex != -1 && !attributes.mFontFamilyExplicit) {
             attributes.mFontFamily = null;
         }
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml b/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
index cdb65edd81e7c..9bedab53bb2c8 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -4551,6 +4551,11 @@
         <attr name="typeface" />
         <!-- Font family (named by string or as a font resource reference) for the text. -->
         <attr name="fontFamily" />
+        <!-- Specifies the {@link android.os.LocaleList} for the text.
+             May be a string value, which is a comma-separated language tag list, such as "ja-JP,zh-CN".
+             When not specified or an empty string is given, it will fallback to the default one.
+             {@see android.os.LocaleList#forLanguageTags(String)} -->
+        <attr name="textLocale" format="string" />
         <!-- Color of the text selection highlight. -->
         <attr name="textColorHighlight" />
         <!-- Color of the hint text. -->
@@ -4642,6 +4647,13 @@
         <attr name="textFontWeight" />
         <!-- Font family (named by string or as a font resource reference) for the text. -->
         <attr name="fontFamily" />
+        <!-- Specifies the {@link android.os.LocaleList} for the text in this TextView.
+             If not given, the system default will be used.
+             May be a string value, which is a comma-separated language tag list, such as "ja-JP,zh-CN".
+             When not specified or an empty string is given, it will fallback to the default one.
+             {@see android.os.LocaleList#forLanguageTags(String)}
+             {@see android.text.TextView#setTextLocales(android.os.LocaleList)} -->
+        <attr name="textLocale" format="string" />
         <!-- Text color for links. -->
         <attr name="textColorLink" />
         <!-- Makes the cursor visible (the default) or invisible. -->
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/public.xml b/core/res/res/values/public.xml
index 95517186fe9ef..31212a6ab28f4 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/public.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/public.xml
@@ -2915,6 +2915,7 @@
         <public name="minimumUiTimeout" />
         <public name="isLightTheme" />
         <public name="isSplitRequired" />
+        <public name="textLocale" />
     </public-group>
 
     <public-group type="drawable" first-id="0x010800b4">