diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java b/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java
index 644a87d850df4..18ac45fc0ff8a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ActivityManager.java
@@ -3661,6 +3661,9 @@ public class ActivityManager {
      * processes to reclaim memory; the system will take care of restarting
      * these processes in the future as needed.
      *
+     * <p class="note">Third party applications can only use this API to kill their own processes.
+     * </p>
+     *
      * @param packageName The name of the package whose processes are to
      * be killed.
      */
diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index 0c50e0d5bfa48..cb9160d896179 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -2812,7 +2812,11 @@
         android:protectionLevel="normal" />
 
     <!-- Allows an application to call
-        {@link android.app.ActivityManager#killBackgroundProcesses}.
+         {@link android.app.ActivityManager#killBackgroundProcesses}.
+
+         <p class="note">Third party applications can only use this API to kill their own
+         processes.</p>
+
          <p>Protection level: normal
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES"
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
index 66e3246bdc144..1f2c9742c4c68 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
@@ -3588,8 +3588,20 @@ public class ActivityManagerService extends IActivityManager.Stub
             Slog.w(TAG, msg);
             throw new SecurityException(msg);
         }
+        final int callingUid = Binder.getCallingUid();
+        final int callingPid = Binder.getCallingPid();
+        final int callingAppId = UserHandle.getAppId(callingUid);
 
-        userId = mUserController.handleIncomingUser(Binder.getCallingPid(), Binder.getCallingUid(),
+        ProcessRecord proc;
+        synchronized (mPidsSelfLocked) {
+            proc = mPidsSelfLocked.get(callingPid);
+        }
+        final boolean hasKillAllPermission = PERMISSION_GRANTED == checkPermission(
+                android.Manifest.permission.FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES, callingPid, callingUid)
+                || UserHandle.isCore(callingUid)
+                || (proc != null && proc.info.isSystemApp());
+
+        userId = mUserController.handleIncomingUser(callingPid, callingUid,
                 userId, true, ALLOW_FULL_ONLY, "killBackgroundProcesses", null);
         final int[] userIds = mUserController.expandUserId(userId);
 
@@ -3604,7 +3616,7 @@ public class ActivityManagerService extends IActivityManager.Stub
                                     targetUserId));
                 } catch (RemoteException e) {
                 }
-                if (appId == -1) {
+                if (appId == -1 || (!hasKillAllPermission && appId != callingAppId)) {
                     Slog.w(TAG, "Invalid packageName: " + packageName);
                     return;
                 }
@@ -3672,6 +3684,22 @@ public class ActivityManagerService extends IActivityManager.Stub
             throw new SecurityException(msg);
         }
 
+        final int callingUid = Binder.getCallingUid();
+        final int callingPid = Binder.getCallingPid();
+
+        ProcessRecord proc;
+        synchronized (mPidsSelfLocked) {
+            proc = mPidsSelfLocked.get(callingPid);
+        }
+        if (callingUid >= FIRST_APPLICATION_UID
+                && (proc == null || !proc.info.isSystemApp())) {
+            final String msg = "Permission Denial: killAllBackgroundProcesses() from pid="
+                    + callingPid + ", uid=" + callingUid + " is not allowed";
+            Slog.w(TAG, msg);
+            // Silently return to avoid existing apps from crashing.
+            return;
+        }
+
         final long callingId = Binder.clearCallingIdentity();
         try {
             synchronized (this) {