diff --git a/core/java/android/hardware/Camera.java b/core/java/android/hardware/Camera.java
index 829620b460596..652356c02c37f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/hardware/Camera.java
+++ b/core/java/android/hardware/Camera.java
@@ -1145,6 +1145,31 @@ public class Camera {
      */
     public native final void setDisplayOrientation(int degrees);
 
+    /**
+     * Enable or disable the default shutter sound when taking a picture.
+     *
+     * By default, the camera plays the system-defined camera shutter sound when
+     * {@link #takePicture} is called. Using this method, the shutter sound can
+     * be disabled. It is strongly recommended that an alternative shutter sound
+     * is played in the {@link ShutterCallback} when the system shutter sound is
+     * disabled.
+     *
+     * Note that devices may not always allow control of the camera shutter
+     * sound. If the shutter sound cannot be controlled, this method will return
+     * false.
+     *
+     * @param enabled whether the camera should play the system shutter sound
+     *                when {@link #takePicture takePicture} is called.
+     * @return true if the shutter sound state was successfully changed. False
+     *         if the shutter sound cannot be controlled; in this case, the
+     *         application should not play its own shutter sound since the
+     *         system shutter sound will play when a picture is taken.
+     * @see #takePicture
+     * @see ShutterCallback
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public native final boolean enableShutterSound(boolean enabled);
+
     /**
      * Callback interface for zoom changes during a smooth zoom operation.
      *
diff --git a/core/jni/android_hardware_Camera.cpp b/core/jni/android_hardware_Camera.cpp
index 6cd8955d366ba..e1e97a19cf0fe 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_hardware_Camera.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_hardware_Camera.cpp
@@ -781,6 +781,25 @@ static void android_hardware_Camera_setDisplayOrientation(JNIEnv *env, jobject t
     }
 }
 
+static jboolean android_hardware_Camera_enableShutterSound(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz,
+        jboolean enabled)
+{
+    ALOGV("enableShutterSound");
+    sp<Camera> camera = get_native_camera(env, thiz, NULL);
+    if (camera == 0) return JNI_FALSE;
+
+    int32_t value = (enabled == JNI_TRUE) ? 1 : 0;
+    status_t rc = camera->sendCommand(CAMERA_CMD_ENABLE_SHUTTER_SOUND, value, 0);
+    if (rc == NO_ERROR) {
+        return JNI_TRUE;
+    } else if (rc == PERMISSION_DENIED) {
+        return JNI_FALSE;
+    } else {
+        jniThrowRuntimeException(env, "enable shutter sound failed");
+        return JNI_FALSE;
+    }
+}
+
 static void android_hardware_Camera_startFaceDetection(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz,
         jint type)
 {
@@ -890,6 +909,9 @@ static JNINativeMethod camMethods[] = {
   { "setDisplayOrientation",
     "(I)V",
     (void *)android_hardware_Camera_setDisplayOrientation },
+  { "enableShutterSound",
+    "(Z)Z",
+    (void *)android_hardware_Camera_enableShutterSound },
   { "_startFaceDetection",
     "(I)V",
     (void *)android_hardware_Camera_startFaceDetection },