diff --git a/core/java/android/os/Process.java b/core/java/android/os/Process.java
index 8068c872c4bbd..54d2df865c392 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/Process.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/Process.java
@@ -969,6 +969,16 @@ public class Process {
     public static final native int getProcessGroup(int pid)
             throws IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException;
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * Create a new process group in the cgroup uid/pid hierarchy
+     *
+     * @return <0 in case of error
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final native int createProcessGroup(int uid, int pid);
+
     /**
      * On some devices, the foreground process may have one or more CPU
      * cores exclusively reserved for it. This method can be used to
diff --git a/core/jni/android_util_Process.cpp b/core/jni/android_util_Process.cpp
index c08363bbb0ba5..dcfa95054adae 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_util_Process.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_util_Process.cpp
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ jint android_os_Process_getProcessGroup(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz, jint pid)
     return (int) sp;
 }
 
+jint android_os_Process_createProcessGroup(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz, jint uid, jint pid) {
+    return createProcessGroup(uid, pid);
+}
+
 /** Sample CPUset list format:
  *  0-3,4,6-8
  */
@@ -1358,6 +1362,7 @@ static const JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
         {"setThreadGroupAndCpuset", "(II)V", (void*)android_os_Process_setThreadGroupAndCpuset},
         {"setProcessGroup", "(II)V", (void*)android_os_Process_setProcessGroup},
         {"getProcessGroup", "(I)I", (void*)android_os_Process_getProcessGroup},
+        {"createProcessGroup", "(II)I", (void*)android_os_Process_createProcessGroup},
         {"getExclusiveCores", "()[I", (void*)android_os_Process_getExclusiveCores},
         {"setSwappiness", "(IZ)Z", (void*)android_os_Process_setSwappiness},
         {"setArgV0", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V", (void*)android_os_Process_setArgV0},
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ProcessList.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ProcessList.java
index 0576345686fc2..172f7073852a4 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ProcessList.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ProcessList.java
@@ -2407,6 +2407,11 @@ public final class ProcessList {
                         app.getDisabledCompatChanges(), pkgDataInfoMap, allowlistedAppDataInfoMap,
                         false, false,
                         new String[]{PROC_START_SEQ_IDENT + app.getStartSeq()});
+
+                if (Process.createProcessGroup(uid, startResult.pid) < 0) {
+                    Slog.e(ActivityManagerService.TAG, "Unable to create process group for "
+                            + app.processName + " (" + startResult.pid + ")");
+                }
             } else {
                 startResult = Process.start(entryPoint,
                         app.processName, uid, uid, gids, runtimeFlags, mountExternal,