diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index e24d667e86000..ec43ae3b43cba 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1153,8 +1153,16 @@
     <!-- Allows an application to read image or video files from external storage that a user has
       selected via the permission prompt photo picker. Apps can check this permission to verify that
       a user has decided to use the photo picker, instead of granting access to
-      {@link #READ_MEDIA_IMAGES or #READ_MEDIA_VIDEO}. It does not prevent apps from accessing the
-      standard photo picker manually.
+      {@link #READ_MEDIA_IMAGES} or {@link #READ_MEDIA_VIDEO}. It does not prevent apps from
+      accessing the standard photo picker manually. This permission should be requested alongside
+      {@link #READ_MEDIA_IMAGES} and/or {@link #READ_MEDIA_VIDEO}, depending on which type of media
+      is desired.
+      <p> This permission will be automatically added to an app's manifest if the app requests
+      {@link #READ_MEDIA_IMAGES}, {@link #READ_MEDIA_VIDEO}, or {@link #ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION}
+      regardless of target SDK. If an app does not request this permission, then the grant dialog
+      will return `PERMISSION_GRANTED` for {@link #READ_MEDIA_IMAGES} and/or
+      {@link #READ_MEDIA_VIDEO}, but the app will only have access to the media selected by the
+      user. This false grant state will persist until the app goes into the background.
    <p>Protection level: dangerous -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED"
         android:permissionGroup="android.permission-group.UNDEFINED"
diff --git a/data/etc/platform.xml b/data/etc/platform.xml
index 9a1b8a90dbfd9..6328b02cf56aa 100644
--- a/data/etc/platform.xml
+++ b/data/etc/platform.xml
@@ -288,6 +288,15 @@
                       targetSdk="33">
         <new-permission name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" />
     </split-permission>
+    <split-permission name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES">
+        <new-permission name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED" />
+    </split-permission>
+    <split-permission name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO">
+        <new-permission name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED" />
+    </split-permission>
+    <split-permission name="android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION">
+        <new-permission name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED" />
+    </split-permission>
 
     <!-- This is a list of all the libraries available for application
          code to link against. -->
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java
index ab223ef3cbeb9..5ffbbdcfbb0b5 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ public class PermissionManagerServiceImpl implements PermissionManagerServiceInt
         READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_PERMISSIONS.add(Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO);
         READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_PERMISSIONS.add(Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES);
         READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_PERMISSIONS.add(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION);
+        READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_PERMISSIONS.add(Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED);
         NEARBY_DEVICES_PERMISSIONS.add(Manifest.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE);
         NEARBY_DEVICES_PERMISSIONS.add(Manifest.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT);
         NEARBY_DEVICES_PERMISSIONS.add(Manifest.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN);