diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/Phone.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/Phone.java
index 0bb2df156c750..769226ecb8b50 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/Phone.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/Phone.java
@@ -1265,6 +1265,13 @@ public interface Phone {
      */
     boolean disableDataConnectivity();
 
+    /**
+     * Report the current state of data connectivity (enabled or disabled)
+     * @return {@code false} if data connectivity has been explicitly disabled,
+     * {@code true} otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean isDataConnectivityEnabled();
+
     /**
      * Enables the specified APN type. Only works for "special" APN types,
      * i.e., not the default APN.
diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneProxy.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneProxy.java
index 979f0cdca574f..30d56dad26e04 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneProxy.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneProxy.java
@@ -614,6 +614,10 @@ public class PhoneProxy extends Handler implements Phone {
         return mActivePhone.disableApnType(type);
     }
 
+    public boolean isDataConnectivityEnabled() {
+        return mActivePhone.isDataConnectivityEnabled();
+    }
+
     public boolean isDataConnectivityPossible() {
         return mActivePhone.isDataConnectivityPossible();
     }
diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/CDMAPhone.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/CDMAPhone.java
index bdcea92089ce2..aec7aee6aa03b 100755
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/CDMAPhone.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/CDMAPhone.java
@@ -508,6 +508,10 @@ public class CDMAPhone extends PhoneBase {
         return false;
     }
 
+    public boolean isDataConnectivityEnabled() {
+        return mDataConnection.getDataEnabled();
+    }
+
     public boolean isDataConnectivityPossible() {
         boolean noData = mDataConnection.getDataEnabled() &&
                 getDataConnectionState() == DataState.DISCONNECTED;
diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/GSMPhone.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/GSMPhone.java
index ebbf096e14dca..6f8928830a9b3 100755
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/GSMPhone.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/GSMPhone.java
@@ -1169,6 +1169,10 @@ public class GSMPhone extends PhoneBase {
         return mDataConnection.getDnsServers(apnType);
     }
 
+    public boolean isDataConnectivityEnabled() {
+        return mDataConnection.getDataEnabled();
+    }
+
     /**
      * The only circumstances under which we report that data connectivity is not
      * possible are