diff --git a/core/api/system-current.txt b/core/api/system-current.txt
index ea86c0f047928..ac6943c3915eb 100644
--- a/core/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/core/api/system-current.txt
@@ -9187,6 +9187,7 @@ package android.provider {
     field public static final String NAMESPACE_SYSTEMUI = "systemui";
     field public static final String NAMESPACE_SYSTEM_TIME = "system_time";
     field public static final String NAMESPACE_TELEPHONY = "telephony";
+    field public static final String NAMESPACE_TETHERING = "tethering";
     field public static final String NAMESPACE_TEXTCLASSIFIER = "textclassifier";
     field public static final String NAMESPACE_WINDOW_MANAGER_NATIVE_BOOT = "window_manager_native_boot";
   }
diff --git a/core/java/android/provider/DeviceConfig.java b/core/java/android/provider/DeviceConfig.java
index 4145d27887208..8ac5c03977343 100644
--- a/core/java/android/provider/DeviceConfig.java
+++ b/core/java/android/provider/DeviceConfig.java
@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ public final class DeviceConfig {
     @SystemApi
     public static final String NAMESPACE_CAPTIVEPORTALLOGIN = "captive_portal_login";
 
+    /**
+     * Namespace for Tethering module.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @SystemApi
+    public static final String NAMESPACE_TETHERING = "tethering";
+
     /**
      * Namespace for content capture feature used by on-device machine intelligence
      * to provide suggestions in a privacy-safe manner.