diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 9624cb2f6dd7b..ce5146234dc1d 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -23045,6 +23045,7 @@ package android.media {
   public final class AudioAttributes implements android.os.Parcelable {
     method public boolean areHapticChannelsMuted();
     method public int describeContents();
+    method public int getAllowedCapturePolicy();
     method public int getContentType();
     method public int getFlags();
     method public int getUsage();
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/AudioAttributes.java b/media/java/android/media/AudioAttributes.java
index 1ccaa0fe1795c..e655460c2ba12 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/AudioAttributes.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/AudioAttributes.java
@@ -534,6 +534,23 @@ public final class AudioAttributes implements Parcelable {
         return (mFlags & FLAG_MUTE_HAPTIC) != 0;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the capture policy.
+     * @return the capture policy set by {@link Builder#setAllowedCapturePolicy(int)} or
+     *         the default if it was not called.
+     */
+    @CapturePolicy
+    public int getAllowedCapturePolicy() {
+        if ((mFlags & FLAG_NO_SYSTEM_CAPTURE) == FLAG_NO_SYSTEM_CAPTURE) {
+            return ALLOW_CAPTURE_BY_NONE;
+        }
+        if ((mFlags & FLAG_NO_MEDIA_PROJECTION) == FLAG_NO_MEDIA_PROJECTION) {
+            return ALLOW_CAPTURE_BY_SYSTEM;
+        }
+        return ALLOW_CAPTURE_BY_ALL;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Builder class for {@link AudioAttributes} objects.
      * <p> Here is an example where <code>Builder</code> is used to define the