diff --git a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
index d04295f116801..a4be784ce4e46 100644
--- a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ int AndroidRuntime::startVm(JavaVM** pJavaVM, JNIEnv** pEnv, bool zygote)
     char lockProfThresholdBuf[sizeof("-Xlockprofthreshold:")-1 + PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     char nativeBridgeLibrary[sizeof("-XX:NativeBridge=") + PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     char cpuAbiListBuf[sizeof("--cpu-abilist=") + PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
+    char corePlatformApiPolicyBuf[sizeof("-Xcore-platform-api-policy:") + PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     char methodTraceFileBuf[sizeof("-Xmethod-trace-file:") + PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     char methodTraceFileSizeBuf[sizeof("-Xmethod-trace-file-size:") + PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     std::string fingerprintBuf;
@@ -1010,6 +1011,16 @@ int AndroidRuntime::startVm(JavaVM** pJavaVM, JNIEnv** pEnv, bool zygote)
         addOption("--generate-mini-debug-info");
     }
 
+    // If set, the property below can be used to enable core platform API violation reporting.
+    property_get("persist.debug.dalvik.vm.core_platform_api_policy", propBuf, "");
+    if (propBuf[0] != '\0') {
+      snprintf(corePlatformApiPolicyBuf,
+               sizeof(corePlatformApiPolicyBuf),
+               "-Xcore-platform-api-policy:%s",
+               propBuf);
+      addOption(corePlatformApiPolicyBuf);
+    }
+
     /*
      * Retrieve the build fingerprint and provide it to the runtime. That way, ANR dumps will
      * contain the fingerprint and can be parsed.