diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index f2f7d7d..74fba6b 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@
 		Bool(c.config.productVariables.HiddenapiExportableStubs)
 }
 
+// Enable read flag from new storage
+func (c Config) ReleaseReadFromNewStorage() bool {
+	return c.config.productVariables.GetBuildFlagBool("RELEASE_READ_FROM_NEW_STORAGE")
+}
+
 // 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.