diff --git a/media/libmediatranscoding/TranscodingUidPolicy.cpp b/media/libmediatranscoding/TranscodingUidPolicy.cpp
index f0d4945..9763921 100644
--- a/media/libmediatranscoding/TranscodingUidPolicy.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediatranscoding/TranscodingUidPolicy.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 #include <android/content/pm/IPackageManagerNative.h>
 #include <binder/ActivityManager.h>
 #include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
+#include <binder/PermissionController.h>
 #include <cutils/misc.h>  // FIRST_APPLICATION_UID
+#include <cutils/multiuser.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <media/TranscodingUidPolicy.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
@@ -133,6 +135,19 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+//static
+status_t TranscodingUidPolicy::getUidForPackage(String16 packageName, /*inout*/ uid_t& uid) {
+    PermissionController pc;
+    uid = pc.getPackageUid(packageName, 0);
+    if (uid <= 0) {
+        ALOGE("Unknown package: '%s'", String8(packageName).string());
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+
+    uid = multiuser_get_uid(0 /*userId*/, uid);
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
 TranscodingUidPolicy::TranscodingUidPolicy()
       : mAm(std::make_shared<ActivityManager>()),
         mUidObserver(new UidObserver(this)),