diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java
index b0be4a9799bb7..55b194078a696 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageDexOptimizer.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import android.util.Slog;
 import com.android.internal.annotations.GuardedBy;
 import com.android.internal.util.IndentingPrintWriter;
 import com.android.server.pm.Installer.InstallerException;
+import com.android.server.pm.dex.ArtManagerService;
 import com.android.server.pm.dex.DexManager;
 import com.android.server.pm.dex.DexoptOptions;
 import com.android.server.pm.dex.DexoptUtils;
@@ -289,7 +290,8 @@ public class PackageDexOptimizer {
             mInstaller.dexopt(path, uid, pkg.packageName, isa, dexoptNeeded, oatDir, dexoptFlags,
                     compilerFilter, pkg.volumeUuid, classLoaderContext, pkg.applicationInfo.seInfo,
                     false /* downgrade*/, pkg.applicationInfo.targetSdkVersion,
-                    profileName, dexMetadataPath, getReasonName(compilationReason));
+                    profileName, dexMetadataPath,
+                    getAugmentedReasonName(compilationReason, dexMetadataPath != null));
 
             if (packageStats != null) {
                 long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -302,6 +304,12 @@ public class PackageDexOptimizer {
         }
     }
 
+    private String getAugmentedReasonName(int compilationReason, boolean useDexMetadata) {
+        String annotation = useDexMetadata
+                ? ArtManagerService.DEXOPT_REASON_WITH_DEX_METADATA_ANNOTATION : "";
+        return getReasonName(compilationReason) + annotation;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Performs dexopt on the secondary dex {@code path} belonging to the app {@code info}.
      *
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/dex/ArtManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/dex/ArtManagerService.java
index 0ba78226a38f4..21daa39e05e04 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/dex/ArtManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/dex/ArtManagerService.java
@@ -519,6 +519,11 @@ public class ArtManagerService extends android.content.pm.dex.IArtManager.Stub {
     private static final int TRON_COMPILATION_REASON_AB_OTA = 6;
     private static final int TRON_COMPILATION_REASON_INACTIVE = 7;
     private static final int TRON_COMPILATION_REASON_SHARED = 8;
+    private static final int TRON_COMPILATION_REASON_INSTALL_WITH_DEX_METADATA = 9;
+
+    // The annotation to add as a suffix to the compilation reason when dexopt was
+    // performed with dex metadata.
+    public static final String DEXOPT_REASON_WITH_DEX_METADATA_ANNOTATION = "-dm";
 
     /**
      * Convert the compilation reason to an int suitable to be logged to TRON.
@@ -534,6 +539,10 @@ public class ArtManagerService extends android.content.pm.dex.IArtManager.Stub {
             case "ab-ota" : return TRON_COMPILATION_REASON_AB_OTA;
             case "inactive" : return TRON_COMPILATION_REASON_INACTIVE;
             case "shared" : return TRON_COMPILATION_REASON_SHARED;
+            // This is a special marker for dex metadata installation that does not
+            // have an equivalent as a system property.
+            case "install" + DEXOPT_REASON_WITH_DEX_METADATA_ANNOTATION :
+                return TRON_COMPILATION_REASON_INSTALL_WITH_DEX_METADATA;
             default: return TRON_COMPILATION_REASON_UNKNOWN;
         }
     }