diff --git a/core/java/android/content/Context.java b/core/java/android/content/Context.java
index 4ab8c5fcf8207..3c5cfbe0a7436 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/Context.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/Context.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.app.IApplicationThread;
 import android.app.IServiceConnection;
 import android.app.VrManager;
+import android.compat.IPlatformCompat;
 import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
@@ -3064,6 +3065,7 @@ public abstract class Context {
             RESTRICTIONS_SERVICE,
             APP_OPS_SERVICE,
             CAMERA_SERVICE,
+            //@hide: PLATFORM_COMPAT_SERVICE,
             PRINT_SERVICE,
             CONSUMER_IR_SERVICE,
             //@hide: TRUST_SERVICE,
@@ -4225,6 +4227,13 @@ public abstract class Context {
     @SystemApi
     public static final String STATS_MANAGER = "stats";
 
+    /**
+     * Use with {@link android.os.ServiceManager.getService()} to retrieve a
+     * {@link IPlatformCompat} IBinder for communicating with the platform compat service.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final String PLATFORM_COMPAT_SERVICE = "platform_compat";
+
     /**
      * Service to capture a bugreport.
      * @see #getSystemService(String)
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
index 10db049a3e632..bbe7456853d5c 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
@@ -562,6 +562,13 @@ public final class SystemServer {
         SystemServerInitThreadPool.get().submit(SystemConfig::getInstance, TAG_SYSTEM_CONFIG);
         traceEnd();
 
+        // Platform compat service is used by ActivityManagerService, PackageManagerService, and
+        // possibly others in the future. b/135010838.
+        traceBeginAndSlog("PlatformCompat");
+        ServiceManager.addService(Context.PLATFORM_COMPAT_SERVICE,
+                new PlatformCompat(mSystemContext));
+        traceEnd();
+
         // Wait for installd to finish starting up so that it has a chance to
         // create critical directories such as /data/user with the appropriate
         // permissions.  We need this to complete before we initialize other services.
@@ -977,10 +984,6 @@ public final class SystemServer {
             mSystemServiceManager.startService(PinnerService.class);
             traceEnd();
 
-            traceBeginAndSlog("PlatformCompat");
-            ServiceManager.addService("platform_compat", new PlatformCompat(context));
-            traceEnd();
-
         } catch (RuntimeException e) {
             Slog.e("System", "******************************************");
             Slog.e("System", "************ Failure starting core service", e);