diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index c738a2b3ed3ed..f267789600e64 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ package android {
     field public static final int elevation = 16843840; // 0x1010440
     field public static final int ellipsize = 16842923; // 0x10100ab
     field public static final int ems = 16843096; // 0x1010158
+    field public static final int enableVrMode = 16844072; // 0x1010528
     field public static final int enabled = 16842766; // 0x101000e
     field public static final int end = 16843996; // 0x10104dc
     field public static final int endColor = 16843166; // 0x101019e
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index 1c7248c807d12..5a62d98e2f556 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ package android {
     field public static final int elevation = 16843840; // 0x1010440
     field public static final int ellipsize = 16842923; // 0x10100ab
     field public static final int ems = 16843096; // 0x1010158
+    field public static final int enableVrMode = 16844072; // 0x1010528
     field public static final int enabled = 16842766; // 0x101000e
     field public static final int end = 16843996; // 0x10104dc
     field public static final int endColor = 16843166; // 0x101019e
diff --git a/api/test-current.txt b/api/test-current.txt
index 40505a1ce6e77..25e58e2780c2a 100644
--- a/api/test-current.txt
+++ b/api/test-current.txt
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ package android {
     field public static final int elevation = 16843840; // 0x1010440
     field public static final int ellipsize = 16842923; // 0x10100ab
     field public static final int ems = 16843096; // 0x1010158
+    field public static final int enableVrMode = 16844072; // 0x1010528
     field public static final int enabled = 16842766; // 0x101000e
     field public static final int end = 16843996; // 0x10104dc
     field public static final int endColor = 16843166; // 0x101019e
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo.java
index 0f4cbbba707b1..167befc089dd3 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo.java
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ public class ActivityInfo extends ComponentInfo
      */
     public int resizeMode;
 
+    /**
+     * Name of the VrListenerService component to run for this activity.
+     * @see android.R.attr#enableVrMode
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public String requestedVrComponent;
+
     /**
      * Bit in {@link #flags} indicating whether this activity is able to
      * run in multiple processes.  If
@@ -794,6 +801,7 @@ public class ActivityInfo extends ComponentInfo
         lockTaskLaunchMode = orig.lockTaskLaunchMode;
         windowLayout = orig.windowLayout;
         resizeMode = orig.resizeMode;
+        requestedVrComponent = orig.requestedVrComponent;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -896,6 +904,9 @@ public class ActivityInfo extends ComponentInfo
                     + windowLayout.heightFraction + ", " + windowLayout.gravity);
         }
         pw.println(prefix + "resizeMode=" + resizeModeToString(resizeMode));
+        if (requestedVrComponent != null) {
+            pw.println(prefix + "requestedVrComponent=" + requestedVrComponent);
+        }
         super.dumpBack(pw, prefix, flags);
     }
 
@@ -939,6 +950,7 @@ public class ActivityInfo extends ComponentInfo
             dest.writeInt(0);
         }
         dest.writeInt(resizeMode);
+        dest.writeString(requestedVrComponent);
     }
 
     public static final Parcelable.Creator<ActivityInfo> CREATOR
@@ -972,6 +984,7 @@ public class ActivityInfo extends ComponentInfo
             windowLayout = new WindowLayout(source);
         }
         resizeMode = source.readInt();
+        requestedVrComponent = source.readString();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageParser.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageParser.java
index 54091db797790..65020224914c7 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageParser.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageParser.java
@@ -3532,6 +3532,9 @@ public class PackageParser {
             a.info.encryptionAware = a.info.directBootAware = sa.getBoolean(
                     R.styleable.AndroidManifestActivity_directBootAware,
                     false);
+
+            a.info.requestedVrComponent =
+                sa.getString(R.styleable.AndroidManifestActivity_enableVrMode);
         } else {
             a.info.launchMode = ActivityInfo.LAUNCH_MULTIPLE;
             a.info.configChanges = 0;
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/attrs_manifest.xml b/core/res/res/values/attrs_manifest.xml
index e040bea3d9656..cd7df8713e506 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/attrs_manifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/attrs_manifest.xml
@@ -552,6 +552,15 @@
          should not be interrupted with other activities or notifications. -->
     <attr name="immersive" format="boolean" />
 
+    <!-- Flag declaring that this activity will be run in VR mode, and specifying
+         the component of the VrListenerService that should be bound while this
+         Activity is visible if installed and enabled on this device. This is
+         equivalent to calling {@link android.app.Activity#setVrModeEnabled} with the
+         the given component name within this Activity. Declaring this will prevent
+         the system from leaving VR mode during an Activity transtion one VR activity
+         to another. -->
+    <attr name="enableVrMode" format="string" />
+
     <!-- Specify the order in which content providers hosted by a process
          are instantiated when that process is created.  Not needed unless
          you have providers with dependencies between each other, to make
@@ -1884,6 +1893,7 @@
              For example, {@link android.R.attr#supportsPictureInPicture} activities are placed
              in a task/stack that isn't focusable. This flag allows them to be focusable.-->
         <attr name="alwaysFocusable" format="boolean" />
+        <attr name="enableVrMode" />
     </declare-styleable>
 
     <!-- The <code>activity-alias</code> tag declares a new
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/public.xml b/core/res/res/values/public.xml
index 80b3a6424850f..11df8e5fa5890 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/public.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/public.xml
@@ -2714,6 +2714,7 @@
     <public type="attr" name="contentInsetStartWithNavigation" />
     <public type="attr" name="contentInsetEndWithActions" />
     <public type="attr" name="numberPickerStyle" />
+    <public type="attr" name="enableVrMode" />
 
     <public type="style" name="Theme.Material.Light.DialogWhenLarge.DarkActionBar" />
     <public type="style" name="Widget.Material.SeekBar.Discrete" />
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityRecord.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityRecord.java
index a7f43140ca7c4..a41a8ef0cb131 100755
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityRecord.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityRecord.java
@@ -721,6 +721,9 @@ final class ActivityRecord {
             }
 
             immersive = (aInfo.flags & ActivityInfo.FLAG_IMMERSIVE) != 0;
+
+            requestedVrComponent = (aInfo.requestedVrComponent == null) ?
+                    null : ComponentName.unflattenFromString(aInfo.requestedVrComponent);
         } else {
             realActivity = null;
             taskAffinity = null;
@@ -732,6 +735,7 @@ final class ActivityRecord {
             noDisplay = false;
             mActivityType = APPLICATION_ACTIVITY_TYPE;
             immersive = false;
+            requestedVrComponent  = null;
         }
     }