diff --git a/core/java/android/os/Process.java b/core/java/android/os/Process.java
index 28797cebde144..5b9b5b051def2 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/Process.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/Process.java
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ public class Process {
      */
     public static final int LAST_ISOLATED_UID = 99999;
 
+    /**
+     * Defines the gid shared by all applications running under the same profile.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final int SHARED_USER_GID = 9997;
+
     /**
      * First gid for applications to share resources. Used when forward-locking
      * is enabled but all UserHandles need to be able to read the resources.
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/UserHandle.java b/core/java/android/os/UserHandle.java
index 6e693a41230f6..914c170881c3e 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/UserHandle.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/UserHandle.java
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ public final class UserHandle implements Parcelable {
         return uid % PER_USER_RANGE;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the gid shared between all apps with this userId.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static final int getUserGid(int userId) {
+        return getUid(userId, Process.SHARED_USER_GID);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the shared app gid for a given uid or appId.
      * @hide
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
index 17a4d90ec03e8..baeced713fbdb 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
@@ -2735,16 +2735,17 @@ public final class ActivityManagerService extends ActivityManagerNative
                 }
 
                 /*
-                 * Add shared application GID so applications can share some
-                 * resources like shared libraries
+                 * Add shared application and profile GIDs so applications can share some
+                 * resources like shared libraries and access user-wide resources
                  */
                 if (permGids == null) {
-                    gids = new int[1];
+                    gids = new int[2];
                 } else {
-                    gids = new int[permGids.length + 1];
-                    System.arraycopy(permGids, 0, gids, 1, permGids.length);
+                    gids = new int[permGids.length + 2];
+                    System.arraycopy(permGids, 0, gids, 2, permGids.length);
                 }
                 gids[0] = UserHandle.getSharedAppGid(UserHandle.getAppId(uid));
+                gids[1] = UserHandle.getUserGid(UserHandle.getUserId(uid));
             }
             if (mFactoryTest != SystemServer.FACTORY_TEST_OFF) {
                 if (mFactoryTest == SystemServer.FACTORY_TEST_LOW_LEVEL