diff --git a/apex/blobstore/service/java/com/android/server/blob/BlobStoreManagerService.java b/apex/blobstore/service/java/com/android/server/blob/BlobStoreManagerService.java
index 05c661127eab1..49adaa8efd4bd 100644
--- a/apex/blobstore/service/java/com/android/server/blob/BlobStoreManagerService.java
+++ b/apex/blobstore/service/java/com/android/server/blob/BlobStoreManagerService.java
@@ -939,6 +939,12 @@ public class BlobStoreManagerService extends SystemService {
         }
     }
 
+    void runIdleMaintenance() {
+        synchronized (mBlobsLock) {
+            handleIdleMaintenanceLocked();
+        }
+    }
+
     @GuardedBy("mBlobsLock")
     private void dumpSessionsLocked(IndentingPrintWriter fout, DumpArgs dumpArgs) {
         for (int i = 0, userCount = mSessions.size(); i < userCount; ++i) {
@@ -1408,9 +1414,7 @@ public class BlobStoreManagerService extends SystemService {
     private class LocalService extends BlobStoreManagerInternal {
         @Override
         public void onIdleMaintenance() {
-            synchronized (mBlobsLock) {
-                handleIdleMaintenanceLocked();
-            }
+            runIdleMaintenance();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/apex/blobstore/service/java/com/android/server/blob/BlobStoreManagerShellCommand.java b/apex/blobstore/service/java/com/android/server/blob/BlobStoreManagerShellCommand.java
index d58294b8b941d..72af323e9d5fe 100644
--- a/apex/blobstore/service/java/com/android/server/blob/BlobStoreManagerShellCommand.java
+++ b/apex/blobstore/service/java/com/android/server/blob/BlobStoreManagerShellCommand.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class BlobStoreManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
                 return runClearAllBlobs(pw);
             case "delete-blob":
                 return runDeleteBlob(pw);
+            case "idle-maintenance":
+                return runIdleMaintenance(pw);
             default:
                 return handleDefaultCommands(cmd);
         }
@@ -84,6 +86,11 @@ class BlobStoreManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
         return 0;
     }
 
+    private int runIdleMaintenance(PrintWriter pw) {
+        mService.runIdleMaintenance();
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onHelp() {
         final PrintWriter pw = getOutPrintWriter();
@@ -112,6 +119,8 @@ class BlobStoreManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
         pw.println("      --expiry: Expiry time of the blob to delete, in milliseconds.");
         pw.println("      --label: Label of the blob to delete.");
         pw.println("      --tag: Tag of the blob to delete.");
+        pw.println("idle-maintenance");
+        pw.println("    Run idle maintenance which takes care of removing stale data.");
         pw.println();
     }