diff --git a/core/java/android/os/Binder.java b/core/java/android/os/Binder.java
index f31130f8645d7..ab2cf86fab299 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/Binder.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/Binder.java
@@ -551,6 +551,20 @@ public class Binder implements IBinder {
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Resolves a transaction code to a human readable name.
+     *
+     * <p>Default implementation is a stub that returns null.
+     * <p>AIDL generated code will return the original method name.
+     *
+     * @param transactionCode The code to resolve.
+     * @return A human readable name.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public @Nullable String getTransactionName(int transactionCode) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Implemented to call the more convenient version
      * {@link #dump(FileDescriptor, PrintWriter, String[])}.