diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 70bad4356da31..ba8e448f01579 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -48708,6 +48708,7 @@ package android.webkit {
     method public abstract int getMixedContentMode();
     method public abstract boolean getOffscreenPreRaster();
     method public abstract deprecated android.webkit.WebSettings.PluginState getPluginState();
+    method public abstract boolean getSafeBrowsingEnabled();
     method public abstract java.lang.String getSansSerifFontFamily();
     method public abstract deprecated boolean getSaveFormData();
     method public abstract deprecated boolean getSavePassword();
@@ -48757,6 +48758,7 @@ package android.webkit {
     method public abstract void setOffscreenPreRaster(boolean);
     method public abstract deprecated void setPluginState(android.webkit.WebSettings.PluginState);
     method public abstract deprecated void setRenderPriority(android.webkit.WebSettings.RenderPriority);
+    method public abstract void setSafeBrowsingEnabled(boolean);
     method public abstract void setSansSerifFontFamily(java.lang.String);
     method public abstract deprecated void setSaveFormData(boolean);
     method public abstract deprecated void setSavePassword(boolean);
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 9be556a56dfbd..d68e5f5093775 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -52342,6 +52342,7 @@ package android.webkit {
     method public abstract boolean getOffscreenPreRaster();
     method public abstract deprecated android.webkit.WebSettings.PluginState getPluginState();
     method public abstract deprecated boolean getPluginsEnabled();
+    method public abstract boolean getSafeBrowsingEnabled();
     method public abstract java.lang.String getSansSerifFontFamily();
     method public abstract deprecated boolean getSaveFormData();
     method public abstract deprecated boolean getSavePassword();
@@ -52397,6 +52398,7 @@ package android.webkit {
     method public abstract deprecated void setPluginState(android.webkit.WebSettings.PluginState);
     method public abstract deprecated void setPluginsEnabled(boolean);
     method public abstract deprecated void setRenderPriority(android.webkit.WebSettings.RenderPriority);
+    method public abstract void setSafeBrowsingEnabled(boolean);
     method public abstract void setSansSerifFontFamily(java.lang.String);
     method public abstract deprecated void setSaveFormData(boolean);
     method public abstract deprecated void setSavePassword(boolean);
diff --git a/api/test-current.txt b/api/test-current.txt
index 09bcb7f548c7e..29252a8763fed 100644
--- a/api/test-current.txt
+++ b/api/test-current.txt
@@ -49106,6 +49106,7 @@ package android.webkit {
     method public abstract int getMixedContentMode();
     method public abstract boolean getOffscreenPreRaster();
     method public abstract deprecated android.webkit.WebSettings.PluginState getPluginState();
+    method public abstract boolean getSafeBrowsingEnabled();
     method public abstract java.lang.String getSansSerifFontFamily();
     method public abstract deprecated boolean getSaveFormData();
     method public abstract deprecated boolean getSavePassword();
@@ -49155,6 +49156,7 @@ package android.webkit {
     method public abstract void setOffscreenPreRaster(boolean);
     method public abstract deprecated void setPluginState(android.webkit.WebSettings.PluginState);
     method public abstract deprecated void setRenderPriority(android.webkit.WebSettings.RenderPriority);
+    method public abstract void setSafeBrowsingEnabled(boolean);
     method public abstract void setSansSerifFontFamily(java.lang.String);
     method public abstract deprecated void setSaveFormData(boolean);
     method public abstract deprecated void setSavePassword(boolean);
diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/WebSettings.java b/core/java/android/webkit/WebSettings.java
index 61920bd5cee42..3a6de9609b3c8 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/WebSettings.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/WebSettings.java
@@ -1385,6 +1385,36 @@ public abstract class WebSettings {
      */
     public abstract boolean getOffscreenPreRaster();
 
+
+    /**
+     * Sets whether Safe Browsing is enabled. Safe browsing allows WebView to
+     * protect against malware and phishing attacks by verifying the links.
+     *
+     * Safe browsing is disabled by default. The recommended way to enable
+     * Safe browsing is using a manifest tag to change the default value to
+     * enabled for all WebViews.
+     * <p>
+     * <pre>
+     * &lt;meta-data android:name="android.webkit.WebView.EnableSafeBrowsing"
+     *            android:value="true" /&gt;
+     * </pre>
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * This API overrides the manifest tag value for this WebView.
+     *
+     * @param enabled Whether Safe browsing is enabled.
+     */
+    public abstract void setSafeBrowsingEnabled(boolean enabled);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets whether Safe browsing is enabled.
+     * See {@link #setSafeBrowsingEnabled}.
+     *
+     * @return true if Safe browsing is enabled and false otherwise.
+     */
+    public abstract boolean getSafeBrowsingEnabled();
+
+
     /**
      * @hide
      */