diff --git a/core/java/android/content/ContentResolver.java b/core/java/android/content/ContentResolver.java
index 4ab8272f2f84a..9e406d452fa4b 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/ContentResolver.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/ContentResolver.java
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ public abstract class ContentResolver {
     public final void registerContentObserver(Uri uri, boolean notifyForDescendents,
             ContentObserver observer)
     {
-        registerContentObserver(uri, notifyForDescendents, observer, UserHandle.getCallingUserId());
+        registerContentObserver(uri, notifyForDescendents, observer, UserHandle.myUserId());
     }
 
     /** @hide - designated user version */
diff --git a/core/java/android/database/AbstractCursor.java b/core/java/android/database/AbstractCursor.java
index e7ff92d0b3e22..300b4d1982df1 100644
--- a/core/java/android/database/AbstractCursor.java
+++ b/core/java/android/database/AbstractCursor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package android.database;
 import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.UserHandle;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
@@ -350,6 +351,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractCursor implements CrossProcessCursor {
      * specific row URI, or a base URI for a whole class of content.
      */
     public void setNotificationUri(ContentResolver cr, Uri notifyUri) {
+        setNotificationUri(cr, notifyUri, UserHandle.myUserId());
+    }
+
+    /** @hide - set the notification uri but with an observer for a particular user's view */
+    public void setNotificationUri(ContentResolver cr, Uri notifyUri, int userHandle) {
         synchronized (mSelfObserverLock) {
             mNotifyUri = notifyUri;
             mContentResolver = cr;
@@ -357,7 +363,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCursor implements CrossProcessCursor {
                 mContentResolver.unregisterContentObserver(mSelfObserver);
             }
             mSelfObserver = new SelfContentObserver(this);
-            mContentResolver.registerContentObserver(mNotifyUri, true, mSelfObserver);
+            mContentResolver.registerContentObserver(mNotifyUri, true, mSelfObserver, userHandle);
             mSelfObserverRegistered = true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java b/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java
index ad35f7ff12cec..c42272b9af6ff 100644
--- a/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java
+++ b/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.IntentFilter;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
+import android.database.AbstractCursor;
 import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException;
@@ -685,7 +686,16 @@ public class SettingsProvider extends ContentProvider {
         qb.setTables(args.table);
 
         Cursor ret = qb.query(db, select, args.where, args.args, null, null, sort);
-        ret.setNotificationUri(getContext().getContentResolver(), url);
+        // the default Cursor interface does not support per-user observation
+        try {
+            AbstractCursor c = (AbstractCursor) ret;
+            c.setNotificationUri(getContext().getContentResolver(), url, forUser);
+        } catch (ClassCastException e) {
+            // details of the concrete Cursor implementation have changed and this code has
+            // not been updated to match -- complain and fail hard.
+            Log.wtf(TAG, "Incompatible cursor derivation!");
+            throw e;
+        }
         return ret;
     }