diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 2f0d64c71c963..faf88e520aa7f 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -10925,7 +10925,9 @@ package android.hardware.camera2 {
 
   public final class CaptureRequest extends android.hardware.camera2.CameraMetadata implements android.os.Parcelable {
     method public void addTarget(android.view.Surface);
+    method public java.lang.Object getTag();
     method public void removeTarget(android.view.Surface);
+    method public void setTag(java.lang.Object);
     field public static final android.hardware.camera2.CameraMetadata.Key BLACK_LEVEL_LOCK;
     field public static final android.hardware.camera2.CameraMetadata.Key COLOR_CORRECTION_GAINS;
     field public static final android.hardware.camera2.CameraMetadata.Key COLOR_CORRECTION_MODE;
diff --git a/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CaptureRequest.java b/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CaptureRequest.java
index 1a10bdd9f2952..63d61349fd414 100644
--- a/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CaptureRequest.java
+++ b/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CaptureRequest.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public final class CaptureRequest extends CameraMetadata implements Parcelable {
 
     private final Object mLock = new Object();
     private final HashSet<Surface> mSurfaceSet = new HashSet<Surface>();
+    private Object mUserTag;
 
     /**
      * @hide
@@ -89,6 +90,42 @@ public final class CaptureRequest extends CameraMetadata implements Parcelable {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set a tag for this request.
+     *
+     * <p>This tag is not used for anything by the camera device, but can be
+     * used by an application to easily identify a CaptureRequest when it is
+     * returned by
+     * {@link CameraDevice.CaptureListener#onCaptureComplete CaptureListener.onCaptureComplete}
+     *
+     * @param tag an arbitrary Object to store with this request
+     * @see #getTag
+     */
+    public void setTag(Object tag) {
+        synchronized (mLock) {
+            mUserTag = tag;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the tag for this request, if any.
+     *
+     * <p>This tag is not used for anything by the camera device, but can be
+     * used by an application to easily identify a CaptureRequest when it is
+     * returned by
+     * {@link CameraDevice.CaptureListener#onCaptureComplete CaptureListener.onCaptureComplete}
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @return the last tag Object set on this request, or {@code null} if
+     *     no tag has been set.
+     * @see #setTag
+     */
+    public Object getTag() {
+        synchronized (mLock) {
+            return mUserTag;
+        }
+    }
+
     public static final Parcelable.Creator<CaptureRequest> CREATOR =
             new Parcelable.Creator<CaptureRequest>() {
         @Override