diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index 1e1b94d662393..af0a739bffaaf 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -48100,6 +48100,7 @@ package android.view {
   }
 
   public static final class SurfaceControlViewHost.SurfacePackage implements android.os.Parcelable {
+    ctor public SurfaceControlViewHost.SurfacePackage(@NonNull android.view.SurfaceControlViewHost.SurfacePackage);
     method public int describeContents();
     method public void release();
     method public void writeToParcel(@NonNull android.os.Parcel, int);
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControlViewHost.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControlViewHost.java
index 870fd8cc4f5d8..11b161ad3cb26 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControlViewHost.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControlViewHost.java
@@ -79,6 +79,26 @@ public class SurfaceControlViewHost {
             mInputToken = inputToken;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Constructs a copy of {@code SurfacePackage} with an independent lifetime.
+         *
+         * The caller can use this to create an independent copy in situations where ownership of
+         * the {@code SurfacePackage} would be transferred elsewhere, such as attaching to a
+         * {@code SurfaceView}, returning as {@code Binder} result value, etc. The caller is
+         * responsible for releasing this copy when its done.
+         *
+         * @param other {@code SurfacePackage} to create a copy of.
+         */
+        public SurfacePackage(@NonNull SurfacePackage other) {
+            SurfaceControl otherSurfaceControl = other.mSurfaceControl;
+            if (otherSurfaceControl != null && otherSurfaceControl.isValid()) {
+                mSurfaceControl = new SurfaceControl();
+                mSurfaceControl.copyFrom(otherSurfaceControl, "SurfacePackage");
+            }
+            mAccessibilityEmbeddedConnection = other.mAccessibilityEmbeddedConnection;
+            mInputToken = other.mInputToken;
+        }
+
         private SurfacePackage(Parcel in) {
             mSurfaceControl = new SurfaceControl();
             mSurfaceControl.readFromParcel(in);