diff --git a/include/camera/Camera.h b/include/camera/Camera.h
index 9ba5b3dcb19da..f7b3b4283909e 100644
--- a/include/camera/Camera.h
+++ b/include/camera/Camera.h
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ enum {
     // In sendCommand passing arg1 = 0 will disable,
     // while passing arg1 = 1 will enable the shutter sound.
     CAMERA_CMD_ENABLE_SHUTTER_SOUND = 4,
+
+    // cmdType to play recording sound.
+    CAMERA_CMD_PLAY_RECORDING_SOUND = 5,
 };
 
 // camera fatal errors
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
index 355763e6512c9..f943a1033af58 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
@@ -840,6 +840,8 @@ status_t CameraService::Client::sendCommand(int32_t cmd, int32_t arg1, int32_t a
                 return BAD_VALUE;
         }
         return OK;
+    } else if (cmd == CAMERA_CMD_PLAY_RECORDING_SOUND) {
+        mCameraService->playSound(SOUND_RECORDING);
     }
 
     return mHardware->sendCommand(cmd, arg1, arg2);