diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 3ec7f447e8b97..9c90ee67cdf73 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -47843,6 +47843,7 @@ package android.util {
     field public static final int DENSITY_400 = 400; // 0x190
     field public static final int DENSITY_420 = 420; // 0x1a4
     field public static final int DENSITY_440 = 440; // 0x1b8
+    field public static final int DENSITY_450 = 450; // 0x1c2
     field public static final int DENSITY_560 = 560; // 0x230
     field public static final int DENSITY_600 = 600; // 0x258
     field public static final int DENSITY_DEFAULT = 160; // 0xa0
diff --git a/core/java/android/util/DisplayMetrics.java b/core/java/android/util/DisplayMetrics.java
index 1bcfc05224caa..7c7223c04b593 100755
--- a/core/java/android/util/DisplayMetrics.java
+++ b/core/java/android/util/DisplayMetrics.java
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ public class DisplayMetrics {
      */
     public static final int DENSITY_440 = 440;
 
+    /**
+     * Intermediate density for screens that sit somewhere between
+     * {@link #DENSITY_XHIGH} (320 dpi) and {@link #DENSITY_XXHIGH} (480 dpi).
+     * This is not a density that applications should target, instead relying
+     * on the system to scale their {@link #DENSITY_XXHIGH} assets for them.
+     */
+    public static final int DENSITY_450 = 450;
+
     /**
      * Standard quantized DPI for extra-extra-high-density screens.
      */