diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
index 03ed373b91c11..5a56b0e508534 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
@@ -3022,6 +3022,18 @@ public abstract class PackageManager {
     @SdkConstant(SdkConstantType.FEATURE)
     public static final String FEATURE_TUNER = "android.hardware.tv.tuner";
 
+    /**
+     * Feature for {@link #getSystemAvailableFeatures} and {@link #hasSystemFeature}: The device has
+     * the necessary changes to support app enumeration.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @SdkConstant(SdkConstantType.FEATURE)
+    public static final String FEATURE_APP_ENUMERATION = "android.software.app_enumeration";
+
+    /** @hide */
+    public static final boolean APP_ENUMERATION_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT = true;
+
     /**
      * Extra field name for the URI to a verification file. Passed to a package
      * verifier.
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/server/SystemConfig.java b/core/java/com/android/server/SystemConfig.java
index 578c0cc23a741..3378c073eacea 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/server/SystemConfig.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/server/SystemConfig.java
@@ -1160,6 +1160,10 @@ public class SystemConfig {
             addFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_INCREMENTAL_DELIVERY, 0);
         }
 
+        if (PackageManager.APP_ENUMERATION_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT) {
+            addFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_APP_ENUMERATION, 0);
+        }
+
         for (String featureName : mUnavailableFeatures) {
             removeFeature(featureName);
         }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/AppsFilter.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/AppsFilter.java
index 0fb889c8da220..a1250cb8849f9 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/AppsFilter.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/AppsFilter.java
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public class AppsFilter {
     // Logs all filtering instead of enforcing
     private static final boolean DEBUG_ALLOW_ALL = false;
     private static final boolean DEBUG_LOGGING = false;
-    private static final boolean FEATURE_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT = true;
 
     /**
      * This contains a list of app UIDs that are implicitly queryable because another app explicitly
@@ -135,7 +134,8 @@ public class AppsFilter {
     private static class FeatureConfigImpl implements FeatureConfig {
         private static final String FILTERING_ENABLED_NAME = "package_query_filtering_enabled";
         private final PackageManagerService.Injector mInjector;
-        private volatile boolean mFeatureEnabled = FEATURE_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT;
+        private volatile boolean mFeatureEnabled =
+                PackageManager.APP_ENUMERATION_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT;
 
         private FeatureConfigImpl(PackageManagerService.Injector injector) {
             mInjector = injector;
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ public class AppsFilter {
         public void onSystemReady() {
             mFeatureEnabled = DeviceConfig.getBoolean(
                     NAMESPACE_PACKAGE_MANAGER_SERVICE, FILTERING_ENABLED_NAME,
-                    FEATURE_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT);
+                    PackageManager.APP_ENUMERATION_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT);
             DeviceConfig.addOnPropertiesChangedListener(
                     NAMESPACE_PACKAGE_MANAGER_SERVICE, FgThread.getExecutor(),
                     properties -> {
                         if (properties.getKeyset().contains(FILTERING_ENABLED_NAME)) {
                             synchronized (FeatureConfigImpl.this) {
                                 mFeatureEnabled = properties.getBoolean(FILTERING_ENABLED_NAME,
-                                        FEATURE_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT);
+                                        PackageManager.APP_ENUMERATION_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT);
                             }
                         }
                     });