diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/flicker/src/com/android/wm/shell/flicker/pip/tv/TvPipTestBase.kt b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/flicker/src/com/android/wm/shell/flicker/pip/tv/TvPipTestBase.kt
index 05f4b0b0d918b..75f01c568b69f 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/flicker/src/com/android/wm/shell/flicker/pip/tv/TvPipTestBase.kt
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/flicker/src/com/android/wm/shell/flicker/pip/tv/TvPipTestBase.kt
@@ -16,13 +16,19 @@
 
 package com.android.wm.shell.flicker.pip.tv
 
+import android.app.ActivityManager
+import android.app.IActivityManager
+import android.app.IProcessObserver
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager.FEATURE_LEANBACK
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager.FEATURE_LEANBACK_ONLY
+import android.os.SystemClock
 import android.view.Surface.ROTATION_0
 import android.view.Surface.rotationToString
 import com.android.server.wm.flicker.helpers.wakeUpAndGoToHomeScreen
+import com.android.wm.shell.flicker.SYSTEM_UI_PACKAGE_NAME
 import com.android.wm.shell.flicker.pip.PipTestBase
 import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assume
 import org.junit.Before
 
@@ -33,21 +39,61 @@ abstract class TvPipTestBase(rotationName: String, rotation: Int)
         get() = packageManager.run {
             hasSystemFeature(FEATURE_LEANBACK) || hasSystemFeature(FEATURE_LEANBACK_ONLY)
         }
+    private val systemUiProcessObserver = SystemUiProcessObserver()
 
     @Before
     open fun setUp() {
         Assume.assumeTrue(isTelevision)
+
+        systemUiProcessObserver.start()
+
         uiDevice.wakeUpAndGoToHomeScreen()
     }
 
     @After
     open fun tearDown() {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(isTelevision)
+
         testApp.forceStop()
+
+        // Wait for 1 second, and check if the SystemUI has been alive and well since the start.
+        SystemClock.sleep(AFTER_TEXT_PROCESS_CHECK_DELAY)
+        systemUiProcessObserver.stop()
+        assertFalse("SystemUI has died during test execution", systemUiProcessObserver.hasDied)
     }
 
     protected fun fail(message: String): Nothing = throw AssertionError(message)
 
+    inner class SystemUiProcessObserver : IProcessObserver.Stub() {
+        private val activityManager: IActivityManager = ActivityManager.getService()
+        private val uiAutomation = instrumentation.uiAutomation
+        private val systemUiUid = packageManager.getPackageUid(SYSTEM_UI_PACKAGE_NAME, 0)
+        var hasDied: Boolean = false
+
+        fun start() {
+            hasDied = false
+            uiAutomation.adoptShellPermissionIdentity(
+                    android.Manifest.permission.SET_ACTIVITY_WATCHER)
+            activityManager.registerProcessObserver(this)
+        }
+
+        fun stop() {
+            activityManager.unregisterProcessObserver(this)
+            uiAutomation.dropShellPermissionIdentity()
+        }
+
+        override fun onForegroundActivitiesChanged(pid: Int, uid: Int, foreground: Boolean) {}
+
+        override fun onForegroundServicesChanged(pid: Int, uid: Int, serviceTypes: Int) {}
+
+        override fun onProcessDied(pid: Int, uid: Int) {
+            if (uid == systemUiUid) hasDied = true
+        }
+    }
+
     companion object {
+        private const val AFTER_TEXT_PROCESS_CHECK_DELAY = 1_000L // 1 sec
+
         @JvmStatic
         protected val rotationParams: Collection<Array<Any>> =
                 listOf(arrayOf(rotationToString(ROTATION_0), ROTATION_0))