diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 78abd5337fe8c..3c2f003ca0252 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -28372,6 +28372,7 @@ package android.view {
     method public android.view.ViewPropertyAnimator setInterpolator(android.animation.TimeInterpolator);
     method public android.view.ViewPropertyAnimator setListener(android.animation.Animator.AnimatorListener);
     method public android.view.ViewPropertyAnimator setStartDelay(long);
+    method public android.view.ViewPropertyAnimator setUpdateListener(android.animation.ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener);
     method public void start();
     method public android.view.ViewPropertyAnimator translationX(float);
     method public android.view.ViewPropertyAnimator translationXBy(float);
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ViewPropertyAnimator.java b/core/java/android/view/ViewPropertyAnimator.java
index e6bf420acccc7..cea7e49054b52 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ViewPropertyAnimator.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ViewPropertyAnimator.java
@@ -93,10 +93,15 @@ public class ViewPropertyAnimator {
     private boolean mInterpolatorSet = false;
 
     /**
-     * Listener for the lifecycle events of the underlying 
+     * Listener for the lifecycle events of the underlying ValueAnimator object.
      */
     private Animator.AnimatorListener mListener = null;
 
+    /**
+     * Listener for the update events of the underlying ValueAnimator object.
+     */
+    private ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener mUpdateListener = null;
+
     /**
      * A lazily-created ValueAnimator used in order to get some default animator properties
      * (duration, start delay, interpolator, etc.).
@@ -353,7 +358,10 @@ public class ViewPropertyAnimator {
      * Sets a listener for events in the underlying Animators that run the property
      * animations.
      *
-     * @param listener The listener to be called with AnimatorListener events.
+     * @see Animator.AnimatorListener
+     *
+     * @param listener The listener to be called with AnimatorListener events. A value of
+     * <code>null</code> removes any existing listener.
      * @return This object, allowing calls to methods in this class to be chained.
      */
     public ViewPropertyAnimator setListener(Animator.AnimatorListener listener) {
@@ -361,6 +369,25 @@ public class ViewPropertyAnimator {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets a listener for update events in the underlying ValueAnimator that runs
+     * the property animations. Note that the underlying animator is animating between
+     * 0 and 1 (these values are then turned into the actual property values internally
+     * by ViewPropertyAnimator). So the animator cannot give information on the current
+     * values of the properties being animated by this ViewPropertyAnimator, although
+     * the view object itself can be queried to get the current values.
+     *
+     * @see android.animation.ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener
+     *
+     * @param listener The listener to be called with update events. A value of
+     * <code>null</code> removes any existing listener.
+     * @return This object, allowing calls to methods in this class to be chained.
+     */
+    public ViewPropertyAnimator setUpdateListener(ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener listener) {
+        mUpdateListener = listener;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Starts the currently pending property animations immediately. Calling <code>start()</code>
      * is optional because all animations start automatically at the next opportunity. However,
@@ -1073,6 +1100,9 @@ public class ViewPropertyAnimator {
             } else {
                 mView.invalidateViewProperty(false, false);
             }
+            if (mUpdateListener != null) {
+                mUpdateListener.onAnimationUpdate(animation);
+            }
         }
     }
 }