diff --git a/media/codec2/core/include/C2Config.h b/media/codec2/core/include/C2Config.h
index f5d6529..2cc7ab7 100644
--- a/media/codec2/core/include/C2Config.h
+++ b/media/codec2/core/include/C2Config.h
@@ -2392,22 +2392,24 @@
         C2StreamTunnelStartRender;
 constexpr char C2_PARAMKEY_TUNNEL_START_RENDER[] = "output.tunnel-start-render";
 
-C2ENUM(C2PlatformConfig::encoding_quality_level_t, uint32_t,
-    NONE,
-    S_HANDHELD,
-    S_HANDHELD_PC
-);
-
-namespace android {
-
 /**
  * Encoding quality level signaling.
+ *
+ * Signal the 'minimum encoding quality' introduced in Android 12/S. It indicates
+ * whether the underlying codec is expected to take extra steps to ensure quality meets the
+ * appropriate minimum. A value of NONE indicates that the codec is not to apply
+ * any minimum quality bar requirements. Other values indicate that the codec is to apply
+ * a minimum quality bar, with the exact quality bar being decided by the parameter value.
  */
 typedef C2GlobalParam<C2Setting,
         C2SimpleValueStruct<C2EasyEnum<C2PlatformConfig::encoding_quality_level_t>>,
         kParamIndexEncodingQualityLevel> C2EncodingQualityLevel;
+constexpr char C2_PARAMKEY_ENCODING_QUALITY_LEVEL[] = "algo.encoding-quality-level";
 
-}
+C2ENUM(C2PlatformConfig::encoding_quality_level_t, uint32_t,
+    NONE = 0,
+    S_HANDHELD = 1              // corresponds to VMAF=70
+);
 
 /// @}
 
diff --git a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
index 2df0ba2..c275187 100644
--- a/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
+++ b/media/codec2/sfplugin/CCodecConfig.cpp
@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@
             }
         }));
 
+    add(ConfigMapper("android._encoding-quality-level", C2_PARAMKEY_ENCODING_QUALITY_LEVEL, "value")
+        .limitTo(D::ENCODER & (D::CONFIG | D::PARAM)));
     add(ConfigMapper(KEY_QUALITY, C2_PARAMKEY_QUALITY, "value")
         .limitTo(D::ENCODER & (D::CONFIG | D::PARAM)));
     add(ConfigMapper(KEY_FLAC_COMPRESSION_LEVEL, C2_PARAMKEY_COMPLEXITY, "value")