diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 3e11cda0903ce..144f2923b757e 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -31435,6 +31435,7 @@ package android.util {
     method public boolean equals(android.util.DisplayMetrics);
     method public void setTo(android.util.DisplayMetrics);
     method public void setToDefaults();
+    field public static final int DENSITY_280 = 280; // 0x118
     field public static final int DENSITY_400 = 400; // 0x190
     field public static final int DENSITY_560 = 560; // 0x230
     field public static final int DENSITY_DEFAULT = 160; // 0xa0
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index d84b1dc979080..1ec77b12944a4 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -33666,6 +33666,7 @@ package android.util {
     method public boolean equals(android.util.DisplayMetrics);
     method public void setTo(android.util.DisplayMetrics);
     method public void setToDefaults();
+    field public static final int DENSITY_280 = 280; // 0x118
     field public static final int DENSITY_400 = 400; // 0x190
     field public static final int DENSITY_560 = 560; // 0x230
     field public static final int DENSITY_DEFAULT = 160; // 0xa0
diff --git a/core/java/android/util/DisplayMetrics.java b/core/java/android/util/DisplayMetrics.java
index c855e579650b6..d0e5b9e5aa333 100644
--- a/core/java/android/util/DisplayMetrics.java
+++ b/core/java/android/util/DisplayMetrics.java
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ public class DisplayMetrics {
      */
     public static final int DENSITY_HIGH = 240;
 
+    /**
+     * Intermediate density for screens that sit between {@link #DENSITY_HIGH} (240dpi) and
+     * {@link #DENSITY_XHIGH} (320dpi). This is not a density that applications should target,
+     * instead relying on the system to scale their {@link #DENSITY_XHIGH} assets for them.
+     */
+    public static final int DENSITY_280 = 280;
+
     /**
      * Standard quantized DPI for extra-high-density screens.
      */