diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index 3fdd6c4444c24..81b3af0e0e60e 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -6907,7 +6907,7 @@
          @hide
     -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_AMBIENT_CONTEXT_EVENT"
-                android:protectionLevel="internal|role"/>
+                android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|role"/>
 
     <!-- @SystemApi Required by a AmbientContextEventDetectionService
          to ensure that only the service with this permission can bind to it.
diff --git a/data/etc/com.android.systemui.xml b/data/etc/com.android.systemui.xml
index fc199440e7827..0aad0a8e290db 100644
--- a/data/etc/com.android.systemui.xml
+++ b/data/etc/com.android.systemui.xml
@@ -83,5 +83,6 @@
         <permission name="android.permission.READ_SAFETY_CENTER_STATUS" />
         <permission name="android.permission.SET_UNRESTRICTED_KEEP_CLEAR_AREAS" />
         <permission name="android.permission.READ_SEARCH_INDEXABLES" />
+        <permission name="android.permission.ACCESS_AMBIENT_CONTEXT_EVENT"/>
     </privapp-permissions>
 </permissions>
diff --git a/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml b/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml
index 1070841b543e4..5040a8668ae69 100644
--- a/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml
+++ b/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ applications that come with the platform
         <permission name="android.permission.MODIFY_CELL_BROADCASTS" />
         <!-- Permission required for CTS test - CtsBroadcastRadioTestCases -->
         <permission name="android.permission.ACCESS_BROADCAST_RADIO"/>
+        <!-- Permission required for CTS test - CtsAmbientContextServiceTestCases -->
+        <permission name="android.permission.ACCESS_AMBIENT_CONTEXT_EVENT"/>
     </privapp-permissions>
 
     <privapp-permissions package="com.android.statementservice">