diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityClient.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityClient.java
index 668dc6b8ec63f..73678d9f2ddad 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityClient.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityClient.java
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ public class ActivityClient {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Reports the activity starts local relaunch. */
+    public void activityLocalRelaunch(IBinder token) {
+        try {
+            getActivityClientController().activityLocalRelaunch(token);
+        } catch (RemoteException e) {
+            e.rethrowFromSystemServer();
+        }
+    }
+
     /** Reports the activity has completed relaunched. */
     public void activityRelaunched(IBinder token) {
         try {
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
index 98683f0bd87a8..681be7e14f710 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityThread.java
@@ -5698,6 +5698,7 @@ public final class ActivityThread extends ClientTransactionHandler
             return;
         }
 
+        ActivityClient.getInstance().activityLocalRelaunch(r.token);
         // Initialize a relaunch request.
         final MergedConfiguration mergedConfiguration = new MergedConfiguration(
                 r.createdConfig != null
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/IActivityClientController.aidl b/core/java/android/app/IActivityClientController.aidl
index 130716122ed2f..0138186974a67 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/IActivityClientController.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/app/IActivityClientController.aidl
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ interface IActivityClientController {
     oneway void activityStopped(in IBinder token, in Bundle state,
             in PersistableBundle persistentState, in CharSequence description);
     oneway void activityDestroyed(in IBinder token);
+    oneway void activityLocalRelaunch(in IBinder token);
     oneway void activityRelaunched(in IBinder token);
 
     oneway void reportSizeConfigurations(in IBinder token,
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityClientController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityClientController.java
index d7a0ca0231d14..6113af45d6be6 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityClientController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/ActivityClientController.java
@@ -245,6 +245,18 @@ class ActivityClientController extends IActivityClientController.Stub {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void activityLocalRelaunch(IBinder token) {
+        final long origId = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
+        synchronized (mGlobalLock) {
+            final ActivityRecord r = ActivityRecord.forTokenLocked(token);
+            if (r != null) {
+                r.startRelaunching();
+            }
+        }
+        Binder.restoreCallingIdentity(origId);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void activityRelaunched(IBinder token) {
         final long origId = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();