diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/shared/src/com/android/systemui/flags/FlagManager.kt b/packages/SystemUI/shared/src/com/android/systemui/flags/FlagManager.kt
index d172690e2488a..d85292a90d633 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/shared/src/com/android/systemui/flags/FlagManager.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/shared/src/com/android/systemui/flags/FlagManager.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class FlagManager constructor(
         const val ACTION_SET_FLAG = "com.android.systemui.action.SET_FLAG"
         const val ACTION_GET_FLAGS = "com.android.systemui.action.GET_FLAGS"
         const val FLAGS_PERMISSION = "com.android.systemui.permission.FLAGS"
+        const val ACTION_SYSUI_STARTED = "com.android.systemui.STARTED"
         const val EXTRA_ID = "id"
         const val EXTRA_VALUE = "value"
         const val EXTRA_FLAGS = "flags"
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/FeatureFlagsDebugStartable.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/FeatureFlagsDebugStartable.kt
index 7189f00457a44..b94d781154dd0 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/FeatureFlagsDebugStartable.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/FeatureFlagsDebugStartable.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 
 package com.android.systemui.flags
 
+import android.content.Intent
 import com.android.systemui.CoreStartable
+import com.android.systemui.broadcast.BroadcastSender
 import com.android.systemui.dump.DumpManager
 import com.android.systemui.statusbar.commandline.CommandRegistry
 import dagger.Binds
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ constructor(
     dumpManager: DumpManager,
     private val commandRegistry: CommandRegistry,
     private val flagCommand: FlagCommand,
-    private val featureFlags: FeatureFlagsDebug
+    private val featureFlags: FeatureFlagsDebug,
+    private val broadcastSender: BroadcastSender
 ) : CoreStartable {
 
     init {
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@ constructor(
     override fun start() {
         featureFlags.init()
         commandRegistry.registerCommand(FlagCommand.FLAG_COMMAND) { flagCommand }
+        val intent = Intent(FlagManager.ACTION_SYSUI_STARTED)
+        broadcastSender.sendBroadcast(intent)
     }
 }