diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 4e5162181597e..8c58a02ca86b5 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -29056,6 +29056,7 @@ package android.telecom {
 
   public class Voicemail implements android.os.Parcelable {
     method public static android.telecom.Voicemail.Builder createForInsertion(long, java.lang.String);
+    method public static android.telecom.Voicemail.Builder createForUpdate(long, java.lang.String);
     method public int describeContents();
     method public long getDuration();
     method public long getId();
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index d0dd852804958..fa68b80447fb5 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -31374,6 +31374,7 @@ package android.telecom {
 
   public class Voicemail implements android.os.Parcelable {
     method public static android.telecom.Voicemail.Builder createForInsertion(long, java.lang.String);
+    method public static android.telecom.Voicemail.Builder createForUpdate(long, java.lang.String);
     method public int describeContents();
     method public long getDuration();
     method public long getId();
diff --git a/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Voicemail.java b/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Voicemail.java
index 864c6b1765e5a..a884c5f5ad8f9 100644
--- a/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Voicemail.java
+++ b/telecomm/java/android/telecom/Voicemail.java
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ public class Voicemail implements Parcelable {
         return new Builder().setNumber(number).setTimestamp(timestamp);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a {@link Builder} for a {@link Voicemail} to be updated (or deleted).
+     * <p>
+     * The id and source data fields are mandatory for update - id is necessary for updating the
+     * database and source data is necessary for updating the server.
+     */
+    public static Builder createForUpdate(long id, String sourceData) {
+        return new Builder().setId(id).setSourceData(sourceData);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Builder pattern for creating a {@link Voicemail}. The builder must be created with the
      * {@link #createForInsertion(long, String)} method.