diff --git a/services/audiopolicy/AudioPolicyInterface.h b/services/audiopolicy/AudioPolicyInterface.h
index c5cdc25..dd0cd9b 100644
--- a/services/audiopolicy/AudioPolicyInterface.h
+++ b/services/audiopolicy/AudioPolicyInterface.h
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@
     // return the enabled output devices for the given stream type
     virtual audio_devices_t getDevicesForStream(audio_stream_type_t stream) = 0;
 
+    // retrieves the list of enabled output devices for the given audio attributes
+    virtual status_t getDevicesForAttributes(const audio_attributes_t &attr,
+                                             AudioDeviceTypeAddrVector *devices) = 0;
+
     // Audio effect management
     virtual audio_io_handle_t getOutputForEffect(const effect_descriptor_t *desc) = 0;
     virtual status_t registerEffect(const effect_descriptor_t *desc,