diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
index 5b8dc4055509f..1121133892051 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
     private static native int nativeGetGPUContextPriority();
     private static native void nativeSetTransformHint(long nativeObject, int transformHint);
     private static native int nativeGetTransformHint(long nativeObject);
+    private static native int nativeGetLayerId(long nativeObject);
 
     @Nullable
     @GuardedBy("mLock")
@@ -357,8 +358,6 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
     @GuardedBy("mLock")
     private int mHeight;
 
-    private int mTransformHint;
-
     private WeakReference<View> mLocalOwnerView;
 
     static GlobalTransactionWrapper sGlobalTransaction;
@@ -3675,4 +3674,15 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
     public void setTransformHint(@Surface.Rotation int transformHint) {
         nativeSetTransformHint(mNativeObject, transformHint);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public int getLayerId() {
+        if (mNativeObject != 0) {
+            return nativeGetLayerId(mNativeObject);
+        }
+
+        return -1;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
index 5ce43df538199..65ff7c7f5a0fd 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
@@ -1827,6 +1827,12 @@ static jint nativeGetTransformHint(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jlong nativeSurfac
     return toRotationInt(ui::Transform::toRotation((transformHintRotationFlags)));
 }
 
+static jint nativeGetLayerId(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jlong nativeSurfaceControl) {
+    sp<SurfaceControl> surface(reinterpret_cast<SurfaceControl*>(nativeSurfaceControl));
+
+    return surface->getLayerId();
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 static const JNINativeMethod sSurfaceControlMethods[] = {
@@ -2026,6 +2032,8 @@ static const JNINativeMethod sSurfaceControlMethods[] = {
             (void*)nativeSetTrustedOverlay },
     {"nativeSetDropInputMode", "(JJI)V",
              (void*)nativeSetDropInputMode },
+    {"nativeGetLayerId", "(J)I",
+            (void*)nativeGetLayerId },
         // clang-format on
 };