diff --git a/core/java/android/os/HwBinder.java b/core/java/android/os/HwBinder.java
index 7c42c36e77477..64ab1d7117654 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/HwBinder.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/HwBinder.java
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ public abstract class HwBinder implements IHwBinder {
             boolean retry)
         throws RemoteException, NoSuchElementException;
 
+    /**
+     * This allows getService to bypass the VINTF manifest for testing only.
+     *
+     * Disabled on user builds.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static native final void setTrebleTestingOverride(
+            boolean testingOverride);
+
     /**
      * Configures how many threads the process-wide hwbinder threadpool
      * has to process incoming requests.
diff --git a/core/jni/android_os_HwBinder.cpp b/core/jni/android_os_HwBinder.cpp
index b6427c9aa01c0..48f33a6a3d77e 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_os_HwBinder.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_os_HwBinder.cpp
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ static jobject JHwBinder_native_getService(
     return JHwRemoteBinder::NewObject(env, service);
 }
 
+void JHwBinder_native_setTrebleTestingOverride(JNIEnv*, jclass, jboolean testingOverride) {
+    hardware::details::setTrebleTestingOverride(testingOverride);
+}
+
 void JHwBinder_native_configureRpcThreadpool(JNIEnv *, jclass,
         jlong maxThreads, jboolean callerWillJoin) {
     CHECK(maxThreads > 0);
@@ -368,6 +372,9 @@ static JNINativeMethod gMethods[] = {
     { "getService", "(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Z)L" PACKAGE_PATH "/IHwBinder;",
         (void *)JHwBinder_native_getService },
 
+    { "setTrebleTestingOverride", "(Z)V",
+        (void *)JHwBinder_native_setTrebleTestingOverride },
+
     { "configureRpcThreadpool", "(JZ)V",
         (void *)JHwBinder_native_configureRpcThreadpool },