diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
index f302d5949feb4..7509065a34b1b 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
@@ -2856,6 +2856,14 @@ public abstract class PackageManager {
     public static final String FEATURE_STRONGBOX_KEYSTORE =
             "android.hardware.strongbox_keystore";
 
+    /**
+     * Feature for {@link #getSystemAvailableFeatures} and {@link #hasSystemFeature}:
+     * The device does not have slices implementation.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @SdkConstant(SdkConstantType.FEATURE)
+    public static final String FEATURE_SLICES_DISABLED = "android.software.slices_disabled";
+
     /**
      * Feature for {@link #getSystemAvailableFeatures} and {@link #hasSystemFeature}:
      * The device supports device-unique Keystore attestations.  Only available on devices that
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
index 4cf98d32f8de8..88859a71d1358 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
@@ -921,7 +921,6 @@ public final class SystemServer {
                 false);
         boolean disableCameraService = SystemProperties.getBoolean("config.disable_cameraservice",
                 false);
-        boolean disableSlices = SystemProperties.getBoolean("config.disable_slices", false);
         boolean enableLeftyService = SystemProperties.getBoolean("config.enable_lefty", false);
 
         boolean isEmulator = SystemProperties.get("ro.kernel.qemu").equals("1");
@@ -1856,7 +1855,7 @@ public final class SystemServer {
             t.traceEnd();
         }
 
-        if (!disableSlices) {
+        if (!mPackageManager.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_SLICES_DISABLED)) {
             t.traceBegin("StartSliceManagerService");
             mSystemServiceManager.startService(SLICE_MANAGER_SERVICE_CLASS);
             t.traceEnd();