diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/CdmaSMSDispatcher.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/CdmaSMSDispatcher.java
index aee45bffa3e8c..ed93aea189887 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/CdmaSMSDispatcher.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/CdmaSMSDispatcher.java
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ final class CdmaSMSDispatcher extends SMSDispatcher {
         // not yet been handled and also do not correspond to the two
         // kinds that are processed below.
         if ((SmsEnvelope.TELESERVICE_WMT != teleService) &&
-                (SmsEnvelope.TELESERVICE_WEMT != teleService)) {
+                (SmsEnvelope.TELESERVICE_WEMT != teleService) &&
+                (SmsEnvelope.MESSAGE_TYPE_BROADCAST != sms.getMessageType())) {
             return Intents.RESULT_SMS_UNSUPPORTED;
         }
 
diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/SmsMessage.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/SmsMessage.java
index 3e491d1442dcf..403b7a1d16d3e 100755
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/SmsMessage.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/cdma/SmsMessage.java
@@ -458,10 +458,21 @@ public class SmsMessage extends SmsMessageBase {
      *  {@link com.android.internal.telephony.cdma.sms.SmsEnvelope#TELESERVICE_VMN},
      *  {@link com.android.internal.telephony.cdma.sms.SmsEnvelope#TELESERVICE_WAP}
     */
-    public int getTeleService() {
+    /* package */ int getTeleService() {
         return mEnvelope.teleService;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the message type of the message.
+     * @return the message type:
+     *  {@link com.android.internal.telephony.cdma.sms.SmsEnvelope#MESSAGE_TYPE_POINT_TO_POINT},
+     *  {@link com.android.internal.telephony.cdma.sms.SmsEnvelope#MESSAGE_TYPE_BROADCAST},
+     *  {@link com.android.internal.telephony.cdma.sms.SmsEnvelope#MESSAGE_TYPE_ACKNOWLEDGE},
+    */
+    /* package */ int getMessageType() {
+        return mEnvelope.messageType;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Decodes pdu to an empty SMS object.
      * In the CDMA case the pdu is just an internal byte stream representation