diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index cfb503757de16..bc0272fc4432d 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -12039,6 +12039,7 @@ package android.content.pm {
     method public boolean getSyntheticAppDetailsActivityEnabled(@NonNull String);
     method @NonNull public abstract android.content.pm.FeatureInfo[] getSystemAvailableFeatures();
     method @Nullable public abstract String[] getSystemSharedLibraryNames();
+    method @IntRange(from=0) public int getTargetSdkVersion(@NonNull String) throws android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
     method @Nullable public abstract CharSequence getText(@NonNull String, @StringRes int, @Nullable android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo);
     method @NonNull public abstract android.graphics.drawable.Drawable getUserBadgedDrawableForDensity(@NonNull android.graphics.drawable.Drawable, @NonNull android.os.UserHandle, @Nullable android.graphics.Rect, int);
     method @NonNull public abstract android.graphics.drawable.Drawable getUserBadgedIcon(@NonNull android.graphics.drawable.Drawable, @NonNull android.os.UserHandle);
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ApplicationPackageManager.java b/core/java/android/app/ApplicationPackageManager.java
index 425073c920458..17e527d7e6174 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ApplicationPackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ApplicationPackageManager.java
@@ -450,6 +450,19 @@ public class ApplicationPackageManager extends PackageManager {
         return info;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getTargetSdkVersion(@NonNull String packageName) throws NameNotFoundException {
+        try {
+            int version = mPM.getTargetSdkVersion(packageName);
+            if (version != -1) {
+                return version;
+            }
+        } catch (RemoteException e) {
+            throw e.rethrowFromSystemServer();
+        }
+        throw new PackageManager.NameNotFoundException(packageName);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ActivityInfo getActivityInfo(ComponentName className, int flags)
             throws NameNotFoundException {
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl b/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
index 5f8754efb47fc..7e082d583a1cf 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ interface IPackageManager {
     @UnsupportedAppUsage
     ApplicationInfo getApplicationInfo(String packageName, int flags ,int userId);
 
+    /**
+     * @return the target SDK for the given package name, or -1 if it cannot be retrieved
+     */
+    int getTargetSdkVersion(String packageName);
+
     @UnsupportedAppUsage
     ActivityInfo getActivityInfo(in ComponentName className, int flags, int userId);
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
index 443ae358b8cd1..8744a0e92e078 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
@@ -4255,6 +4255,15 @@ public abstract class PackageManager {
         return getApplicationInfoAsUser(packageName, flags, user.getIdentifier());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return The target SDK version for the given package name.
+     * @throws NameNotFoundException if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.
+     */
+    @IntRange(from = 0)
+    public int getTargetSdkVersion(@NonNull String packageName) throws NameNotFoundException {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular activity
      * class.
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
index febbfbce9e6c3..e0ec6bfb7a703 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
@@ -5349,6 +5349,23 @@ public class PackageManagerService extends IPackageManager.Stub
         return updateFlagsForComponent(flags, userId);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getTargetSdkVersion(String packageName)  {
+        synchronized (mLock) {
+            final AndroidPackage pkg = mPackages.get(packageName);
+            if (pkg == null) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            final PackageSetting ps = getPackageSetting(pkg.getPackageName());
+            if (shouldFilterApplicationLocked(ps, Binder.getCallingUid(),
+                    UserHandle.getCallingUserId())) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            return pkg.getTargetSdkVersion();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ActivityInfo getActivityInfo(ComponentName component, int flags, int userId) {
         return getActivityInfoInternal(component, flags, Binder.getCallingUid(), userId);
@@ -24025,15 +24042,13 @@ public class PackageManagerService extends IPackageManager.Stub
         }
 
         @Override
-        public int getTargetSdkVersionForPackage(String packageName)
-                throws RemoteException {
-            int callingUser = UserHandle.getUserId(Binder.getCallingUid());
-            ApplicationInfo info = getApplicationInfo(packageName, 0, callingUser);
-            if (info == null) {
-                throw new RemoteException(
-                        "Couldn't get ApplicationInfo for package " + packageName);
+        public int getTargetSdkVersionForPackage(String packageName) throws RemoteException {
+            int targetSdk = getTargetSdkVersion(packageName);
+            if (targetSdk != -1) {
+                return targetSdk;
             }
-            return info.targetSdkVersion;
+
+            throw new RemoteException("Couldn't get targetSdkVersion for package " + packageName);
         }
 
         @Override