diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 7d9cf5f31b9db..0bc0c90332815 100755
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -1573,6 +1573,7 @@ package android.content {
     field public static final String NETD_SERVICE = "netd";
     field public static final String NETWORK_POLICY_SERVICE = "netpolicy";
     field public static final String NETWORK_SCORE_SERVICE = "network_score";
+    field public static final String NETWORK_STACK_SERVICE = "network_stack";
     field public static final String OEM_LOCK_SERVICE = "oem_lock";
     field public static final String PERMISSION_SERVICE = "permission";
     field public static final String PERSISTENT_DATA_BLOCK_SERVICE = "persistent_data_block";
diff --git a/api/test-current.txt b/api/test-current.txt
index 9b702bb6a7efe..176ecc935e676 100644
--- a/api/test-current.txt
+++ b/api/test-current.txt
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ package android.content {
     method public void setContentCaptureOptions(@Nullable android.content.ContentCaptureOptions);
     field public static final String BUGREPORT_SERVICE = "bugreport";
     field public static final String CONTENT_CAPTURE_MANAGER_SERVICE = "content_capture";
+    field public static final String NETWORK_STACK_SERVICE = "network_stack";
     field public static final String PERMISSION_SERVICE = "permission";
     field public static final String ROLLBACK_SERVICE = "rollback";
     field public static final String STATUS_BAR_SERVICE = "statusbar";
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/SystemServiceRegistry.java b/core/java/android/app/SystemServiceRegistry.java
index 82df702eb7e52..88976e182e6de 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/SystemServiceRegistry.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/SystemServiceRegistry.java
@@ -341,6 +341,14 @@ final class SystemServiceRegistry {
             }
         });
 
+        registerService(Context.NETWORK_STACK_SERVICE, IBinder.class,
+                new StaticServiceFetcher<IBinder>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public IBinder createService() {
+                        return ServiceManager.getService(Context.NETWORK_STACK_SERVICE);
+                    }
+                });
+
         registerService(Context.TETHERING_SERVICE, TetheringManager.class,
                 new CachedServiceFetcher<TetheringManager>() {
             @Override
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/Context.java b/core/java/android/content/Context.java
index 0228b10b66c76..f2f9051267152 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/Context.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/Context.java
@@ -3851,10 +3851,12 @@ public abstract class Context {
 
     /**
      * Use with {@link android.os.ServiceManager.getService()} to retrieve a
-     * {@link NetworkStackClient} IBinder for communicating with the network stack
+     * {@link INetworkStackConnector} IBinder for communicating with the network stack
      * @hide
      * @see NetworkStackClient
      */
+    @SystemApi
+    @TestApi
     public static final String NETWORK_STACK_SERVICE = "network_stack";
 
     /**