diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActionBar.java b/core/java/android/app/ActionBar.java
index 4d3434970ae70..72f8c779227af 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActionBar.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActionBar.java
@@ -1056,6 +1056,11 @@ public abstract class ActionBar {
         return false;
     }
 
+    /** @hide */
+    public boolean onKeyShortcut(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /** @hide */
     public boolean collapseActionView() {
         return false;
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Activity.java b/core/java/android/app/Activity.java
index d07238aa702b4..7572799108a18 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Activity.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Activity.java
@@ -2469,7 +2469,9 @@ public class Activity extends ContextThemeWrapper
      * @return True if the key shortcut was handled.
      */
     public boolean onKeyShortcut(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
-        return false;
+        // Let the Action Bar have a chance at handling the shortcut.
+        ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
+        return (actionBar != null && actionBar.onKeyShortcut(keyCode, event));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/app/ToolbarActionBar.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/app/ToolbarActionBar.java
index 2b162af6c7efa..c1b184e12fb9e 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/app/ToolbarActionBar.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/app/ToolbarActionBar.java
@@ -463,6 +463,18 @@ public class ToolbarActionBar extends ActionBar {
         return true;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean onKeyShortcut(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
+        Menu menu = mDecorToolbar.getMenu();
+        if (menu != null) {
+            menu.performShortcut(keyCode, event, 0);
+        }
+        // This action bar always returns true for handling keyboard shortcuts.
+        // This will block the window from preparing a temporary panel to handle
+        // keyboard shortcuts.
+        return true;
+    }
+
     public void addOnMenuVisibilityListener(OnMenuVisibilityListener listener) {
         mMenuVisibilityListeners.add(listener);
     }