diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java b/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java
index e61354105e8e5..dfb971e7aa595 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java
@@ -808,6 +808,22 @@ public class AutoCompleteTextView extends EditText implements Filter.FilterListe
         return result;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Set the horizontal offset with respect to {@link #setDropDownAnchor(int)}
+     * @hide pending API council review
+     */
+    public void setDropDownHorizontalOffset(int horizontalOffset) {
+        mDropDownHorizontalOffset = horizontalOffset;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Set the vertical offset with respect to {@link #setDropDownAnchor(int)}
+     * @hide pending API council review
+     */
+    public void setDropDownVerticalOffset(int verticalOffset) {
+        mDropDownVerticalOffset = verticalOffset;
+    }
+
     /**
      * <p>Used for lazy instantiation of the anchor view from the id we have. If the value of
      * the id is NO_ID or we can't find a view for the given id, we return this TextView as