diff --git a/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java b/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
index 7a031e33e542c..635aa4e2e72a0 100644
--- a/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
+++ b/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
@@ -10220,6 +10220,13 @@ public final class Settings {
         public static final String DEVICE_STATE_ROTATION_LOCK =
                 "device_state_rotation_lock";
 
+        /**
+         * Control whether communal mode is allowed on this device.
+         *
+         * @hide
+         */
+        public static final String COMMUNAL_MODE_ENABLED = "communal_mode_enabled";
+
         /**
          * These entries are considered common between the personal and the managed profile,
          * since the managed profile doesn't get to change them.