diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneConstants.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneConstants.java
index 572cc6fb4bb9f..a183de5c73963 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneConstants.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/PhoneConstants.java
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ public class PhoneConstants {
     public static final int PHONE_TYPE_SIP = RILConstants.SIP_PHONE;
     public static final int PHONE_TYPE_THIRD_PARTY = RILConstants.THIRD_PARTY_PHONE;
     public static final int PHONE_TYPE_IMS = RILConstants.IMS_PHONE;
+    // Currently this is used only to differentiate CDMA and CDMALTE Phone in GsmCdma* files. For
+    // anything outside of that, a cdma + lte phone is still CDMA_PHONE
+    public static final int PHONE_TYPE_CDMA_LTE = RILConstants.CDMA_LTE_PHONE;
 
     // Modes for LTE_ON_CDMA
     public static final int LTE_ON_CDMA_UNKNOWN = RILConstants.LTE_ON_CDMA_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RILConstants.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RILConstants.java
index 7088be8284083..3c4c04b36ae90 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RILConstants.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/RILConstants.java
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public interface RILConstants {
     int SIP_PHONE  = 3;
     int THIRD_PARTY_PHONE = 4;
     int IMS_PHONE = 5;
+    int CDMA_LTE_PHONE = 6;
 
     int LTE_ON_CDMA_UNKNOWN = -1;
     int LTE_ON_CDMA_FALSE = 0;