diff --git a/core/java/android/view/WindowManager.java b/core/java/android/view/WindowManager.java
index eddd04ebd3144..7cb4671b4ae26 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/WindowManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/WindowManager.java
@@ -611,6 +611,19 @@ public interface WindowManager extends ViewManager {
          * {@hide} */
         public static final int FLAG_SPLIT_TOUCH = 0x00800000;
 
+        /**
+         * Flag for a window belonging to an activity that responds to {@link KeyEvent#KEYCODE_MENU}
+         * and therefore needs a Menu key. For devices where Menu is a physical button this flag is
+         * ignored, but on devices where the Menu key is drawn in software it may be hidden unless
+         * this flag is set.
+         *
+         * (Note that Action Bars, when available, are the preferred way to offer additional
+         * functions otherwise accessed via an options menu.)
+         *
+         * {@hide}
+         */
+        public static final int FLAG_NEEDS_MENU_KEY = 0x01000000;
+
         /** Window flag: *sigh* The lock screen wants to continue running its
          * animation while it is fading.  A kind-of hack to allow this.  Maybe
          * in the future we just make this the default behavior.
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/statusbar/IStatusBar.aidl b/core/java/com/android/internal/statusbar/IStatusBar.aidl
index e884af824eb29..34a5b118626ed 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/statusbar/IStatusBar.aidl
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/statusbar/IStatusBar.aidl
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ oneway interface IStatusBar
     void animateExpand();
     void animateCollapse();
     void setLightsOn(boolean on);
+    void setMenuKeyVisible(boolean visible);
 }
 
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/statusbar/IStatusBarService.aidl b/core/java/com/android/internal/statusbar/IStatusBarService.aidl
index 0763f5e6938ac..90f4d480ff2ee 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/statusbar/IStatusBarService.aidl
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/statusbar/IStatusBarService.aidl
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ interface IStatusBarService
     void setIconVisibility(String slot, boolean visible);
     void removeIcon(String slot);
     void setActiveWindowIsFullscreen(boolean fullscreen);
+    void setMenuKeyVisible(boolean visible);
 
     // ---- Methods below are for use by the status bar policy services ----
     // You need the STATUS_BAR_SERVICE permission
     void registerStatusBar(IStatusBar callbacks, out StatusBarIconList iconList,
             out List<IBinder> notificationKeys, out List<StatusBarNotification> notifications,
-            out boolean[] lightsOn);
+            out boolean[] switches);
     void onPanelRevealed();
     void onNotificationClick(String pkg, String tag, int id);
     void onNotificationError(String pkg, String tag, int id,
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-xlarge/status_bar.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-xlarge/status_bar.xml
index 494dfa88b727b..295c79b72a5d9 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-xlarge/status_bar.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout-xlarge/status_bar.xml
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
                 android:paddingLeft="4dip"
                 android:paddingRight="4dip"
                 systemui:keyCode="82"
+                android:visibility="invisible"
                 />
             <ImageButton android:id="@+id/recent"
                 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/CommandQueue.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/CommandQueue.java
index 81091e3f79ee9..c164eb41d1fc7 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/CommandQueue.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/CommandQueue.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public class CommandQueue extends IStatusBar.Stub {
 
     private static final int MSG_SET_LIGHTS_ON = 0x00070000;
 
+    private static final int MSG_SHOW_MENU = 0x00080000;
+
     private StatusBarIconList mList;
     private Callbacks mCallbacks;
     private Handler mHandler = new H();
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ public class CommandQueue extends IStatusBar.Stub {
         public void animateExpand();
         public void animateCollapse();
         public void setLightsOn(boolean on);
+        public void setMenuKeyVisible(boolean visible);
     }
 
     public CommandQueue(Callbacks callbacks, StatusBarIconList list) {
@@ -153,6 +156,13 @@ public class CommandQueue extends IStatusBar.Stub {
         }
     }
 
+    public void setMenuKeyVisible(boolean visible) {
+        synchronized (mList) {
+            mHandler.removeMessages(MSG_SHOW_MENU);
+            mHandler.obtainMessage(MSG_SHOW_MENU, visible ? 1 : 0, 0, null).sendToTarget();
+        }
+    }
+
     private final class H extends Handler {
         public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
             final int what = msg.what & MSG_MASK;
@@ -210,6 +220,9 @@ public class CommandQueue extends IStatusBar.Stub {
                 case MSG_SET_LIGHTS_ON:
                     mCallbacks.setLightsOn(msg.arg1 != 0);
                     break;
+                case MSG_SHOW_MENU:
+                    mCallbacks.setMenuKeyVisible(msg.arg1 != 0);
+                    break;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/PhoneStatusBarService.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/PhoneStatusBarService.java
index 57ebd275e8c66..9fbfc64f49497 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/PhoneStatusBarService.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/PhoneStatusBarService.java
@@ -1013,6 +1013,9 @@ public class PhoneStatusBarService extends StatusBarService {
         }
     }
 
+    // Not supported
+    public void setMenuKeyVisible(boolean visible) { }
+
     private class Launcher implements View.OnClickListener {
         private PendingIntent mIntent;
         private String mPkg;
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarService.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarService.java
index 695fdbac9b641..5594a47fb7b31 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarService.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarService.java
@@ -72,15 +72,16 @@ public abstract class StatusBarService extends Service implements CommandQueue.C
         mCommandQueue = new CommandQueue(this, iconList);
         mBarService = IStatusBarService.Stub.asInterface(
                 ServiceManager.getService(Context.STATUS_BAR_SERVICE));
-        boolean[] lightsOn = new boolean[1];
+        boolean[] switches = new boolean[2];
         try {
             mBarService.registerStatusBar(mCommandQueue, iconList, notificationKeys, notifications,
-                    lightsOn);
+                    switches);
         } catch (RemoteException ex) {
             // If the system process isn't there we're doomed anyway.
         }
 
-        setLightsOn(lightsOn[0]);
+        setLightsOn(switches[0]);
+        setMenuKeyVisible(switches[1]);
 
         // Set up the initial icon state
         int N = iconList.size();
@@ -120,7 +121,11 @@ public abstract class StatusBarService extends Service implements CommandQueue.C
         // TODO lp.windowAnimations = R.style.Animation_StatusBar;
         WindowManagerImpl.getDefault().addView(sb, lp);
 
-        Slog.d(TAG, "Added status bar view w/ gravity 0x" + Integer.toHexString(lp.gravity));
+        Slog.d(TAG, "Added status bar view: gravity=0x" + Integer.toHexString(lp.gravity) 
+                    + " icons=" + iconList.size()
+                    + " lights=" + (switches[0]?"on":"off")
+                    + " menu=" + (switches[1]?"visible":"invisible")
+                    );
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/tablet/TabletStatusBarService.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/tablet/TabletStatusBarService.java
index 0e26f5241678d..69e9a94a3078f 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/tablet/TabletStatusBarService.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/tablet/TabletStatusBarService.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public class TabletStatusBarService extends StatusBarService {
     View mNotificationButtons;
     View mSystemInfo;
     View mNavigationArea;
+    View mMenuButton;
 
     NotificationPanel mNotificationPanel;
     SystemPanel mSystemPanel;
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ public class TabletStatusBarService extends StatusBarService {
 
         // The navigation buttons
         mNavigationArea = sb.findViewById(R.id.navigationArea);
+        mMenuButton = mNavigationArea.findViewById(R.id.menu);
 
         // set the initial view visibility
         setAreThereNotifications();
@@ -503,6 +505,15 @@ public class TabletStatusBarService extends StatusBarService {
         }
     }
 
+    public void setMenuKeyVisible(boolean visible) {
+        if (DEBUG) {
+            Slog.d(TAG, (visible?"showing":"hiding") + " the MENU button");
+        }
+        setViewVisibility(mMenuButton,
+                visible ? View.VISIBLE : View.INVISIBLE,
+                visible ? R.anim.navigation_in : R.anim.navigation_out);
+    }
+
     private void setAreThereNotifications() {
         final boolean hasClearable = mNotns.hasClearableItems();
 
diff --git a/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindow.java b/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindow.java
index 24c9443ea98e1..db5f6c15d323f 100644
--- a/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindow.java
+++ b/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindow.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN;
 import static android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_INSET_DECOR;
 import static android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN;
 import static android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WALLPAPER;
+import static android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NEEDS_MENU_KEY;
 
 import com.android.internal.view.BaseSurfaceHolder;
 import com.android.internal.view.RootViewSurfaceTaker;
@@ -2324,6 +2325,11 @@ public class PhoneWindow extends Window implements MenuBuilder.Callback {
             setFlags(FLAG_SHOW_WALLPAPER, FLAG_SHOW_WALLPAPER&(~getForcedWindowFlags()));
         }
 
+        if (getContext().getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion
+                < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
+            addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NEEDS_MENU_KEY);
+        }
+        
         WindowManager.LayoutParams params = getAttributes();
 
         if (!hasSoftInputMode()) {
diff --git a/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindowManager.java b/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindowManager.java
index 449bd4c45741e..ec5b09842fa6d 100755
--- a/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindowManager.java
+++ b/policy/src/com/android/internal/policy/impl/PhoneWindowManager.java
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
     Intent mDeskDockIntent;
     boolean mSearchKeyPressed;
     boolean mConsumeSearchKeyUp;
+    boolean mShowMenuKey = false; // track FLAG_NEEDS_MENU_KEY on frontmost window
 
     // support for activating the lock screen while the screen is on
     boolean mAllowLockscreenWhenOn;
@@ -1603,8 +1604,12 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     public int finishAnimationLw() {
         int changes = 0;
-
         boolean topIsFullscreen = false;
+
+        final WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = (mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState != null)
+                ? mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState.getAttrs()
+                : null;
+
         if (mStatusBar != null) {
             if (localLOGV) Log.i(TAG, "force=" + mForceStatusBar
                     + " top=" + mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState);
@@ -1612,7 +1617,6 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
                 if (DEBUG_LAYOUT) Log.v(TAG, "Showing status bar");
                 if (mStatusBar.showLw(true)) changes |= FINISH_LAYOUT_REDO_LAYOUT;
             } else if (mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState != null) {
-                final WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState.getAttrs();
                 if (localLOGV) {
                     Log.d(TAG, "frame: " + mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState.getFrameLw()
                             + " shown frame: " + mTopFullscreenOpaqueWindowState.getShownFrameLw());
@@ -1637,10 +1641,26 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
                 }
             }
         }
-        
-        if (topIsFullscreen != mTopIsFullscreen) {
+
+        boolean topNeedsMenu = mShowMenuKey;
+        if (lp != null) {
+            topNeedsMenu = (lp.flags & WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NEEDS_MENU_KEY) != 0;
+        }
+
+        if (DEBUG_LAYOUT) Log.v(TAG, "Top window " 
+                + (topNeedsMenu ? "needs" : "does not need")
+                + " the MENU key");
+
+        final boolean changedFullscreen = (mTopIsFullscreen != topIsFullscreen);
+        final boolean changedMenu = (topNeedsMenu != mShowMenuKey);
+
+        if (changedFullscreen || changedMenu) {
             final boolean topIsFullscreenF = topIsFullscreen;
+            final boolean topNeedsMenuF = topNeedsMenu;
+
             mTopIsFullscreen = topIsFullscreen;
+            mShowMenuKey = topNeedsMenu;
+
             mHandler.post(new Runnable() {
                     public void run() {
                         if (mStatusBarService == null) {
@@ -1654,7 +1674,12 @@ public class PhoneWindowManager implements WindowManagerPolicy {
                         final IStatusBarService sbs = mStatusBarService;
                         if (mStatusBarService != null) {
                             try {
-                                sbs.setActiveWindowIsFullscreen(topIsFullscreenF);
+                                if (changedFullscreen) {
+                                    sbs.setActiveWindowIsFullscreen(topIsFullscreenF);
+                                }
+                                if (changedMenu) {
+                                    sbs.setMenuKeyVisible(topNeedsMenuF);
+                                }
                             } catch (RemoteException e) {
                                 // This should be impossible because we're in the same process.
                                 mStatusBarService = null;
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/StatusBarManagerService.java b/services/java/com/android/server/StatusBarManagerService.java
index b1baec5156f5a..66e021463f4c7 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/StatusBarManagerService.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/StatusBarManagerService.java
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public class StatusBarManagerService extends IStatusBarService.Stub
     // We usually call it lights out mode, but double negatives are annoying
     boolean mLightsOn = true;
 
+    boolean mMenuVisible = false;
+
     private class DisableRecord implements IBinder.DeathRecipient {
         String pkg;
         int what;
@@ -246,6 +248,32 @@ public class StatusBarManagerService extends IStatusBarService.Stub
         }
     }
 
+    /** 
+     * Hide or show the on-screen Menu key. Only call this from the window manager, typically in
+     * response to a window with FLAG_NEEDS_MENU_KEY set.
+     */
+    public void setMenuKeyVisible(final boolean visible) {
+        enforceStatusBar();
+
+        if (SPEW) Slog.d(TAG, (visible?"showing":"hiding") + " MENU key");
+
+        synchronized(mLock) {
+            if (mMenuVisible != visible) {
+                mMenuVisible = visible;
+                mHandler.post(new Runnable() {
+                        public void run() {
+                            if (mBar != null) {
+                                try {
+                                    mBar.setMenuKeyVisible(visible);
+                                } catch (RemoteException ex) {
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * This is used for the automatic version of lights-out mode.  Only call this from
      * the window manager.
@@ -317,7 +345,7 @@ public class StatusBarManagerService extends IStatusBarService.Stub
     // ================================================================================
     public void registerStatusBar(IStatusBar bar, StatusBarIconList iconList,
             List<IBinder> notificationKeys, List<StatusBarNotification> notifications,
-            boolean lightsOn[]) {
+            boolean switches[]) {
         enforceStatusBarService();
 
         Slog.i(TAG, "registerStatusBar bar=" + bar);
@@ -332,7 +360,8 @@ public class StatusBarManagerService extends IStatusBarService.Stub
             }
         }
         synchronized (mLock) {
-            lightsOn[0] = mLightsOn;
+            switches[0] = mLightsOn;
+            switches[1] = mMenuVisible;
         }
     }