diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index eb89493..0ef3b91 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@
 	return c.config.productVariables.ReleaseAconfigValueSets
 }
 
+// The flag default permission value passed to aconfig
+// derived from RELEASE_ACONFIG_FLAG_DEFAULT_PERMISSION
+func (c Config) ReleaseAconfigFlagDefaultPermission() string {
+	return c.config.productVariables.ReleaseAconfigFlagDefaultPermission
+}
+
 // A DeviceConfig object represents the configuration for a particular device
 // being built. For now there will only be one of these, but in the future there
 // may be multiple devices being built.