diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 7cf2bc3c5d821..e5ea2c859bb40 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -5471,6 +5471,7 @@ package android.os {
   public class UpdateEngine {
     ctor public UpdateEngine();
     method public void applyPayload(String, long, long, String[]);
+    method public void applyPayload(java.io.FileDescriptor, long, long, String[]);
     method public boolean bind(android.os.UpdateEngineCallback, android.os.Handler);
     method public boolean bind(android.os.UpdateEngineCallback);
     method public void cancel();
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/UpdateEngine.java b/core/java/android/os/UpdateEngine.java
index 5cf3b970c00cf..29af17afc8721 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/UpdateEngine.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/UpdateEngine.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import android.os.IUpdateEngine;
 import android.os.IUpdateEngineCallback;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
 
+import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+
 /**
  * UpdateEngine handles calls to the update engine which takes care of A/B OTA
  * updates. It wraps up the update engine Binder APIs and exposes them as
@@ -311,6 +313,22 @@ public class UpdateEngine {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Applies the payload passed as file descriptor {@code fd} instead of
+     * using the {@code file://} scheme.
+     *
+     * <p>See {@link #applyPayload(String)} for {@code offset}, {@code size} and
+     * {@code headerKeyValuePairs} parameters.
+     */
+    public void applyPayload(FileDescriptor fd, long offset, long size,
+            String[] headerKeyValuePairs) {
+        try {
+            mUpdateEngine.applyPayloadFd(fd, offset, size, headerKeyValuePairs);
+        } catch (RemoteException e) {
+            throw e.rethrowFromSystemServer();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Permanently cancels an in-progress update.
      *