diff --git a/core/res/res/values/config.xml b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
index a29e0b40bcd96..4f04d624ec76f 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
@@ -1728,4 +1728,19 @@
         <item>NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org</item>
         <item>SUPL_VER=0x20000</item>
     </string-array>
+
+    <!-- If there is no preload VM number in the sim card, carriers such as
+         Verizon require to load a default vm number from the configurantion.
+         Define config_default_vm_number for this purpose. And there are two
+         optional formats for this configuration as below:
+         (1)<item>voicemail number</item>
+         (2)<item>voicemail number;gid</item>
+         The logic to pick up the correct voicemail number:
+         (1) If the config_default_vm_number array has no gid special item, the last one will be
+         picked
+         (2) If the config_default_vm_number array has gid special item and  it matches the current
+         sim's gid, it will be picked.
+         (3) If the config_default_vm_number array has gid special item but it doesn't match the
+         current sim's gid, the last one without gid will be picked -->
+    <string-array translatable="false" name="config_default_vm_number" />
 </resources>
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
index 48740694fce1f..46eb3a32b1037 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
@@ -2009,4 +2009,5 @@
   <java-symbol type="id" name="date_picker_month_day_year_layout" />
   <java-symbol type="attr" name="closeItemLayout" />
   <java-symbol type="layout" name="resolver_different_item_header" />
+  <java-symbol type="array" name="config_default_vm_number" />
 </resources>