diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 12fa844d78bd8..83cbd7a8345a8 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -13916,6 +13916,7 @@ package android.os {
     method public int describeContents();
     method public int detachFd();
     method public static android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor dup(java.io.FileDescriptor) throws java.io.IOException;
+    method public static android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor fromDatagramSocket(java.net.DatagramSocket);
     method public static android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor fromSocket(java.net.Socket);
     method public int getFd();
     method public java.io.FileDescriptor getFileDescriptor();
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/ParcelFileDescriptor.java b/core/java/android/os/ParcelFileDescriptor.java
index f7661b61f5394..727fcca019d35 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/ParcelFileDescriptor.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/ParcelFileDescriptor.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.DatagramSocket;
 import java.net.Socket;
 
 /**
@@ -141,6 +142,20 @@ public class ParcelFileDescriptor implements Parcelable {
         return fd != null ? new ParcelFileDescriptor(fd) : null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a new ParcelFileDescriptor from the specified DatagramSocket.
+     *
+     * @param datagramSocket The DatagramSocket whose FileDescriptor is used
+     *               to create a new ParcelFileDescriptor.
+     *
+     * @return A new ParcelFileDescriptor with the FileDescriptor of the
+     *         specified DatagramSocket.
+     */
+    public static ParcelFileDescriptor fromDatagramSocket(DatagramSocket datagramSocket) {
+        FileDescriptor fd = datagramSocket.getFileDescriptor$();
+        return fd != null ? new ParcelFileDescriptor(fd) : null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create two ParcelFileDescriptors structured as a data pipe.  The first
      * ParcelFileDescriptor in the returned array is the read side; the second