diff --git a/core/java/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.java b/core/java/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.java
index 325a15f1cb30f..7b46ccd7dcd2a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager.java
@@ -6416,6 +6416,19 @@ public class DevicePolicyManager {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @hide
+     * @return whether {@link android.provider.Settings.Global#DEVICE_PROVISIONED} has ever been set
+     * to 1.
+     */
+    public boolean isDeviceProvisioned() {
+        try {
+            return mService.isDeviceProvisioned();
+        } catch (RemoteException re) {
+            throw re.rethrowFromSystemServer();
+        }
+    }
+
     private void throwIfParentInstance(String functionName) {
         if (mParentInstance) {
             throw new SecurityException(functionName + " cannot be called on the parent instance");
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/admin/IDevicePolicyManager.aidl b/core/java/android/app/admin/IDevicePolicyManager.aidl
index ddec412e53c14..4b793d15753a1 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/admin/IDevicePolicyManager.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/app/admin/IDevicePolicyManager.aidl
@@ -301,4 +301,6 @@ interface IDevicePolicyManager {
 
     boolean isUninstallInQueue(String packageName);
     void uninstallPackageWithActiveAdmins(String packageName);
+
+    boolean isDeviceProvisioned();
 }
diff --git a/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java b/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
index c9123fd2227f9..31b756e57037e 100644
--- a/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
+++ b/services/devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java
@@ -8975,6 +8975,11 @@ public class DevicePolicyManagerService extends IDevicePolicyManager.Stub {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isDeviceProvisioned() {
+        return !TextUtils.isEmpty(mInjector.systemPropertiesGet(PROPERTY_DEVICE_OWNER_PRESENT));
+    }
+
     private void removePackageIfRequired(final String packageName, final int userId) {
         if (!packageHasActiveAdmins(packageName, userId)) {
             // Will not do anything if uninstall was not requested or was already started.