diff --git a/core/java/android/os/UserHandle.java b/core/java/android/os/UserHandle.java
index e8ebf6312cdd0..f36cf1ca2befb 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/UserHandle.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/UserHandle.java
@@ -131,6 +131,19 @@ public final class UserHandle implements Parcelable {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether a UID belongs to a system core component or not.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static boolean isCore(int uid) {
+        if (uid >= 0) {
+            final int appId = getAppId(uid);
+            return appId < Process.FIRST_APPLICATION_UID;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the user for a given uid.
      * @param uid A uid for an application running in a particular user.
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
index c4a968e4d86c2..a89015b7ac997 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
@@ -7846,6 +7846,14 @@ public class ActivityManagerService extends IActivityManager.Stub
 
     @Override
     public boolean isAppForeground(int uid) throws RemoteException {
+        int callerUid = Binder.getCallingUid();
+        if (UserHandle.isCore(callerUid) || callerUid == uid) {
+            return isAppForegroundInternal(uid);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isAppForegroundInternal(int uid) {
         synchronized (this) {
             UidRecord uidRec = mActiveUids.get(uid);
             if (uidRec == null || uidRec.idle) {