diff --git a/core/java/android/app/AlertDialog.java b/core/java/android/app/AlertDialog.java
index 782407262c198..9928512de09f0 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/AlertDialog.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/AlertDialog.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public class AlertDialog extends Dialog implements DialogInterface {
                 createContextThemeWrapper);
 
         mWindow.alwaysReadCloseOnTouchAttr();
-        mAlert = new AlertController(getContext(), this, getWindow());
+        mAlert = AlertController.create(getContext(), this, getWindow());
     }
 
     static int resolveDialogTheme(Context context, int themeResId) {
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/app/AlertActivity.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/app/AlertActivity.java
index ed48b0d1610c5..35ffa71de56f8 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/app/AlertActivity.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/app/AlertActivity.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public abstract class AlertActivity extends Activity implements DialogInterface
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
-        mAlert = new AlertController(this, this, getWindow());
+        mAlert = AlertController.create(this, this, getWindow());
         mAlertParams = new AlertController.AlertParams(this);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/app/AlertController.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/app/AlertController.java
index b7ac6008a1fdc..9ade60dcda58a 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/app/AlertController.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/app/AlertController.java
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ public class AlertController {
 
     private final Context mContext;
     private final DialogInterface mDialogInterface;
-    private final Window mWindow;
+    protected final Window mWindow;
 
     private CharSequence mTitle;
-    private CharSequence mMessage;
-    private ListView mListView;
+    protected CharSequence mMessage;
+    protected ListView mListView;
     private View mView;
 
     private int mViewLayoutResId;
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ public class AlertController {
     private CharSequence mButtonNeutralText;
     private Message mButtonNeutralMessage;
 
-    private ScrollView mScrollView;
+    protected ScrollView mScrollView;
 
     private int mIconId = 0;
     private Drawable mIcon;
 
     private ImageView mIconView;
     private TextView mTitleView;
-    private TextView mMessageView;
+    protected TextView mMessageView;
     private View mCustomTitleView;
 
     private boolean mForceInverseBackground;
@@ -176,7 +176,19 @@ public class AlertController {
         return outValue.data != 0;
     }
 
-    public AlertController(Context context, DialogInterface di, Window window) {
+    public static final AlertController create(Context context, DialogInterface di, Window window) {
+        final TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(
+                null, R.styleable.AlertDialog, R.attr.alertDialogStyle, 0);
+        int controllerType = a.getInt(R.styleable.AlertDialog_controllerType, 0);
+        a.recycle();
+
+        switch (controllerType) {
+            default:
+                return new AlertController(context, di, window);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected AlertController(Context context, DialogInterface di, Window window) {
         mContext = context;
         mDialogInterface = di;
         mWindow = window;
@@ -643,7 +655,7 @@ public class AlertController {
         }
     }
 
-    private void setupContent(ViewGroup contentPanel) {
+    protected void setupContent(ViewGroup contentPanel) {
         mScrollView = (ScrollView) contentPanel.findViewById(R.id.scrollView);
         mScrollView.setFocusable(false);
 
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml b/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
index 6af9ef2271fa1..930abb10e0666 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -2046,6 +2046,13 @@ i
         <attr name="showTitle" format="boolean" />
         <!-- @hide Whether fullDark, etc. should use default values if null. -->
         <attr name="needsDefaultBackgrounds" format="boolean" />
+        <!-- @hide Workaround until we replace AlertController with custom layout. -->
+        <attr name="controllerType">
+            <!-- The default controller. -->
+            <enum name="normal" value="0" />
+            <!-- Controller for micro specific layout. -->
+            <enum name="micro" value="1" />
+        </attr>
     </declare-styleable>
 
     <!-- @hide -->
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/GlobalActions.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/GlobalActions.java
index 5ef518e21c58c..6fc15f0216e4b 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/GlobalActions.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/policy/GlobalActions.java
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ class GlobalActions implements DialogInterface.OnDismissListener, DialogInterfac
         public GlobalActionsDialog(Context context, AlertParams params) {
             super(context, getDialogTheme(context));
             mContext = getContext();
-            mAlert = new AlertController(mContext, this, getWindow());
+            mAlert = AlertController.create(mContext, this, getWindow());
             mAdapter = (MyAdapter) params.mAdapter;
             mWindowTouchSlop = ViewConfiguration.get(context).getScaledWindowTouchSlop();
             params.apply(mAlert);