diff --git a/services/audiopolicy/engine/common/src/EngineDefaultConfig.h b/services/audiopolicy/engine/common/src/EngineDefaultConfig.h
index 60b16ac..f132ced 100644
--- a/services/audiopolicy/engine/common/src/EngineDefaultConfig.h
+++ b/services/audiopolicy/engine/common/src/EngineDefaultConfig.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <EngineConfig.h>
+
 #include <system/audio.h>
 
 namespace android {
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@
      {
          {AUDIO_STREAM_REROUTING, "AUDIO_STREAM_REROUTING",
           {{AUDIO_CONTENT_TYPE_UNKNOWN, AUDIO_USAGE_VIRTUAL_SOURCE, AUDIO_SOURCE_DEFAULT,
-            AUDIO_FLAG_NONE, ""}}
+            AUDIO_FLAG_NONE, AUDIO_TAG_APM_RESERVED_INTERNAL}}
          }
      },
     },
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@
      {
          {AUDIO_STREAM_PATCH, "AUDIO_STREAM_PATCH",
           {{AUDIO_CONTENT_TYPE_UNKNOWN, AUDIO_USAGE_UNKNOWN, AUDIO_SOURCE_DEFAULT,
-            AUDIO_FLAG_NONE, ""}}
+            AUDIO_FLAG_NONE, AUDIO_TAG_APM_RESERVED_INTERNAL}}
          }
      },
     }
diff --git a/services/audiopolicy/engine/config/include/EngineConfig.h b/services/audiopolicy/engine/config/include/EngineConfig.h
index d3f701a..119dbd6 100644
--- a/services/audiopolicy/engine/config/include/EngineConfig.h
+++ b/services/audiopolicy/engine/config/include/EngineConfig.h
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 struct _xmlNode;
 struct _xmlDoc;
 
+/**
+ * AudioAttributes custom tag to identify internal strategies, whose volumes are exclusively
+ * controlled by AudioPolicyManager
+ */
+#define AUDIO_TAG_APM_RESERVED_INTERNAL "reserved_internal_strategy"
+
 namespace android {
 namespace engineConfig {