diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl b/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
index d27b0df08b18e..46b981ecf3555 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
@@ -509,6 +509,11 @@ interface IPackageManager {
 
     void forceDexOpt(String packageName);
 
+    /**
+     * Execute the background dexopt job immediately.
+     */
+    boolean runBackgroundDexoptJob();
+
     /**
      * Reconcile the information we have about the secondary dex files belonging to
      * {@code packagName} and the actual dex files. For all dex files that were
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/BackgroundDexOptService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/BackgroundDexOptService.java
index 28151abe9a6b5..a2f29c9e48fa1 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/BackgroundDexOptService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/BackgroundDexOptService.java
@@ -280,6 +280,17 @@ public class BackgroundDexOptService extends JobService {
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Execute the idle optimizations immediately.
+     */
+    public static boolean runIdleOptimizationsNow(PackageManagerService pm, Context context) {
+        // Create a new object to make sure we don't interfere with the scheduled jobs.
+        // Note that this may still run at the same time with the job scheduled by the
+        // JobScheduler but the scheduler will not be able to cancel it.
+        BackgroundDexOptService bdos = new BackgroundDexOptService();
+        return bdos.idleOptimization(pm, pm.getOptimizablePackages(), context);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean onStartJob(JobParameters params) {
         if (DEBUG_DEXOPT) {
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
index 0fefcf52318ea..e57121e2c12cf 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
@@ -7559,6 +7559,14 @@ public class PackageManagerService extends IPackageManager.Stub {
         mDexManager.reconcileSecondaryDexFiles(packageName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Execute the background dexopt job immediately.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean runBackgroundDexoptJob() {
+        return BackgroundDexOptService.runIdleOptimizationsNow(this, mContext);
+    }
+
     Collection<PackageParser.Package> findSharedNonSystemLibraries(PackageParser.Package p) {
         if (p.usesLibraries != null || p.usesOptionalLibraries != null) {
             ArrayList<PackageParser.Package> retValue = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerShellCommand.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerShellCommand.java
index b234848101853..1bfc157e1ff84 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerShellCommand.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerShellCommand.java
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ class PackageManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
                     return runCompile();
                 case "reconcile-secondary-dex-files":
                     return runreconcileSecondaryDexFiles();
+                case "bg-dexopt-job":
+                    return runDexoptJob();
                 case "dump-profiles":
                     return runDumpProfiles();
                 case "list":
@@ -431,6 +433,11 @@ class PackageManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
         return 0;
     }
 
+    private int runDexoptJob() throws RemoteException {
+        boolean result = mInterface.runBackgroundDexoptJob();
+        return result ? 0 : -1;
+    }
+
     private int runDumpProfiles() throws RemoteException {
         String packageName = getNextArg();
         mInterface.dumpProfiles(packageName);
@@ -1463,7 +1470,13 @@ class PackageManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
         }
         pw.println("      --reset: restore package to its post-install state");
         pw.println("      --check-prof (true | false): look at profiles when doing dexopt?");
-        pw.println("      --secondary-dex: copmile app secondary dex files");
+        pw.println("      --secondary-dex: compile app secondary dex files");
+        pw.println("  bg-dexopt-job");
+        pw.println("    Execute the background optimizations immediately.");
+        pw.println("    Note that the command only runs the background optimizer logic. It may");
+        pw.println("    overlap with the actual job but the job scheduler will not be able to");
+        pw.println("    cancel it. It will also run even if the device is not in the idle");
+        pw.println("    maintenance mode.");
         pw.println("  list features");
         pw.println("    Prints all features of the system.");
         pw.println("  list instrumentation [-f] [TARGET-PACKAGE]");