diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 9db6cb516c5fb..a78bd2ef72842 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -4265,6 +4265,7 @@ package android.app {
 
   public class Application extends android.content.ContextWrapper implements android.content.ComponentCallbacks2 {
     ctor public Application();
+    method public static java.lang.String getProcessName();
     method public void onConfigurationChanged(android.content.res.Configuration);
     method public void onCreate();
     method public void onLowMemory();
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Application.java b/core/java/android/app/Application.java
index 81cbbcafe8c42..41eeb9acb5ec5 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Application.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Application.java
@@ -191,6 +191,16 @@ public class Application extends ContextWrapper implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the current process. A package's default process name
+     * is the same as its package name. Non-default processes will look like
+     * "$PACKAGE_NAME:$NAME", where $NAME corresponds to an android:process
+     * attribute within AndroidManifest.xml.
+     */
+    public static String getProcessName() {
+        return ActivityThread.currentProcessName();
+    }
+
     // ------------------ Internal API ------------------
 
     /**
@@ -333,4 +343,4 @@ public class Application extends ContextWrapper implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
         }
         return null;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}