diff --git a/core/java/android/permission/PermissionManager.java b/core/java/android/permission/PermissionManager.java
index 7669586cfc1fd..baa25f07f514d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/permission/PermissionManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/permission/PermissionManager.java
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ import java.util.Set;
 public final class PermissionManager {
     private static final String LOG_TAG = PermissionManager.class.getName();
 
+    /** @hide */
+    public static final String LOG_TAG_TRACE_GRANTS = "PermissionGrantTrace";
+
     /** @hide */
     public static final String KILL_APP_REASON_PERMISSIONS_REVOKED =
             "permissions revoked";
@@ -103,6 +106,8 @@ public final class PermissionManager {
      * Note: Changing this won't do anything on its own - you should also change the filtering in
      * {@link #shouldTraceGrant}.
      *
+     * See log output for tag {@link #LOG_TAG_TRACE_GRANTS}
+     *
      * @hide
      */
     public static final boolean DEBUG_TRACE_GRANTS = false;
@@ -319,8 +324,10 @@ public final class PermissionManager {
     }
 
     /** @hide */
-    public static boolean shouldTraceGrant(String packageName, String permissionName, int userId) {
+    public static boolean shouldTraceGrant(
+            @NonNull String packageName, @NonNull String permissionName, int userId) {
         // To be modified when debugging
+        // template: if ("".equals(packageName) && "".equals(permissionName)) return true;
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -348,7 +355,8 @@ public final class PermissionManager {
             @NonNull String permissionName, @NonNull UserHandle user) {
         if (DEBUG_TRACE_GRANTS
                 && shouldTraceGrant(packageName, permissionName, user.getIdentifier())) {
-            Log.i(LOG_TAG, "App " + mContext.getPackageName() + " is granting " + packageName + " "
+            Log.i(LOG_TAG_TRACE_GRANTS, "App " + mContext.getPackageName() + " is granting "
+                    + packageName + " "
                     + permissionName + " for user " + user.getIdentifier(), new RuntimeException());
         }
         try {
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/DefaultPermissionGrantPolicy.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/DefaultPermissionGrantPolicy.java
index f0d54b4c06174..e16c67f070208 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/DefaultPermissionGrantPolicy.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/DefaultPermissionGrantPolicy.java
@@ -1729,6 +1729,14 @@ final class DefaultPermissionGrantPolicy {
         @Override
         public void grantPermission(@NonNull String permission, @NonNull PackageInfo pkg,
                 @NonNull UserHandle user) {
+            if (PermissionManager.DEBUG_TRACE_GRANTS
+                    && PermissionManager.shouldTraceGrant(
+                    pkg.packageName, permission, user.getIdentifier())) {
+                Log.i(PermissionManager.LOG_TAG_TRACE_GRANTS,
+                        "PregrantPolicy is granting " + pkg.packageName + " "
+                                + permission + " for user " + user.getIdentifier(),
+                        new RuntimeException());
+            }
             PermissionState state = getPermissionState(permission, pkg, user);
             state.initGranted();
             state.newGranted = true;
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerService.java
index 3244c44004349..e63426f8a4db1 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerService.java
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ public class PermissionManagerService extends IPermissionManager.Stub {
             boolean overridePolicy, int callingUid, final int userId, PermissionCallback callback) {
         if (PermissionManager.DEBUG_TRACE_GRANTS
                 && PermissionManager.shouldTraceGrant(packageName, permName, userId)) {
-            Log.i(TAG, "System is granting " + packageName + " "
+            Log.i(PermissionManager.LOG_TAG_TRACE_GRANTS, "System is granting " + packageName + " "
                     + permName + " for user " + userId + " on behalf of uid " + callingUid
                     + " " + mPackageManagerInt.getNameForUid(callingUid),
                     new RuntimeException());