diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageInstallerSession.aidl b/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageInstallerSession.aidl
index fc20263fe00a5..de76a68e1d929 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageInstallerSession.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageInstallerSession.aidl
@@ -51,4 +51,5 @@ interface IPackageInstallerSession {
     int getParentSessionId();
 
     boolean isStaged();
+    int getInstallFlags();
 }
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageInstaller.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageInstaller.java
index 191c4655c7088..d56f19909dc7c 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageInstaller.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageInstaller.java
@@ -1358,6 +1358,18 @@ public class PackageInstaller {
             }
         }
 
+        /**
+         * @return Session's {@link SessionParams#installFlags}.
+         * @hide
+         */
+        public int getInstallFlags() {
+            try {
+                return mSession.getInstallFlags();
+            } catch (RemoteException e) {
+                throw e.rethrowFromSystemServer();
+            }
+        }
+
         /**
          * @return the session ID of the multi-package session that this belongs to or
          * {@link SessionInfo#INVALID_ID} if it does not belong to a multi-package session.
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageInstallerSession.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageInstallerSession.java
index a253b509abb9e..016ee328fbeef 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageInstallerSession.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageInstallerSession.java
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ import android.system.OsConstants;
 import android.system.StructStat;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.ArraySet;
+import android.util.EventLog;
 import android.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import android.util.MathUtils;
 import android.util.Slog;
@@ -2223,6 +2224,11 @@ public class PackageInstallerSession extends IPackageInstallerSession.Stub {
                     resolveInheritedFile(baseDexMetadataFile);
                 }
                 baseApk = existingBase;
+            } else if ((params.installFlags & PackageManager.INSTALL_DONT_KILL_APP) != 0) {
+                EventLog.writeEvent(0x534e4554, "219044664");
+
+                // Installing base.apk. Make sure the app is restarted.
+                params.setDontKillApp(false);
             }
 
             // Inherit splits if not overridden
@@ -2676,6 +2682,11 @@ public class PackageInstallerSession extends IPackageInstallerSession.Stub {
         return params.isStaged;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getInstallFlags() {
+        return params.installFlags;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public DataLoaderParamsParcel getDataLoaderParams() {
         mContext.enforceCallingOrSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.USE_INSTALLER_V2, null);