diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
index d6186d71331e1..2c1a83f44cc13 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ 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")
@@ -354,8 +355,6 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
     @GuardedBy("mLock")
     private int mHeight;
 
-    private int mTransformHint;
-
     private WeakReference<View> mLocalOwnerView;
 
     static GlobalTransactionWrapper sGlobalTransaction;
@@ -3652,4 +3651,15 @@ 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 b9233a087c333..eeb6ce5375476 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_SurfaceControl.cpp
@@ -1815,6 +1815,12 @@ 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[] = {
@@ -2010,6 +2016,8 @@ static const JNINativeMethod sSurfaceControlMethods[] = {
             (void*)nativeGetTransformHint },
     {"nativeSetTrustedOverlay", "(JJZ)V",
             (void*)nativeSetTrustedOverlay },
+    {"nativeGetLayerId", "(J)I",
+            (void*)nativeGetLayerId },
         // clang-format on
 };