diff --git a/core/java/android/bluetooth/BluetoothHeadset.java b/core/java/android/bluetooth/BluetoothHeadset.java
index 251813eed6f10..fff75ca9aff23 100644
--- a/core/java/android/bluetooth/BluetoothHeadset.java
+++ b/core/java/android/bluetooth/BluetoothHeadset.java
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ public final class BluetoothHeadset {
     /** Default priority when not set or when the device is unpaired */
     public static final int PRIORITY_UNDEFINED = -1;
 
-    /** Set this to true to prevent the bluetooth headset from
-     * activating the VoiceDialer. */
-    public static final boolean DISABLE_BT_VOICE_DIALING = false;
-
     /**
      * An interface for notifying BluetoothHeadset IPC clients when they have
      * been connected to the BluetoothHeadset service.
@@ -384,6 +380,16 @@ public final class BluetoothHeadset {
         return -1;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates if current platform supports voice dialing over bluetooth SCO.
+     * @return true if voice dialing over bluetooth is supported, false otherwise.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static boolean isBluetoothVoiceDialingEnabled(Context context) {
+        return context.getResources().getBoolean(
+                com.android.internal.R.bool.config_bluetooth_sco_off_call);
+    }
+
     private ServiceConnection mConnection = new ServiceConnection() {
         public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName className, IBinder service) {
             if (DBG) Log.d(TAG, "Proxy object connected");
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/config.xml b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
index 84cd4c3e0c7d5..29a815f3494b2 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
@@ -282,4 +282,8 @@
 
     <!-- Component name of the service providing geocoder API support. -->
     <string name="config_geocodeProvider">@null</string>
+
+    <!-- Boolean indicating if current platform supports bluetooth SCO for off call
+    use cases -->
+    <bool name="config_bluetooth_sco_off_call">true</bool>
 </resources>