diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
index df5113b..b69551a 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
@@ -14642,6 +14642,17 @@
                     throw new SecurityException(msg);
                 }
             }
+            if (!Build.IS_DEBUGGABLE && callingUid != ROOT_UID && callingUid != SHELL_UID
+                    && callingUid != SYSTEM_UID && !hasActiveInstrumentationLocked(callingPid)) {
+                // If it's not debug build and not called from root/shell/system uid, reject it.
+                final String msg = "Permission Denial: instrumentation test "
+                        + className + " from pid=" + callingPid + ", uid=" + callingUid
+                        + ", pkgName=" + getPackageNameByPid(callingPid)
+                        + " not allowed because it's not started from SHELL";
+                Slog.wtfQuiet(TAG, msg);
+                reportStartInstrumentationFailureLocked(watcher, className, msg);
+                throw new SecurityException(msg);
+            }
 
             boolean disableHiddenApiChecks = ai.usesNonSdkApi()
                     || (flags & INSTR_FLAG_DISABLE_HIDDEN_API_CHECKS) != 0;
@@ -14864,6 +14875,29 @@
         }
     }
 
+    @GuardedBy("this")
+    private boolean hasActiveInstrumentationLocked(int pid) {
+        if (pid == 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        synchronized (mPidsSelfLocked) {
+            ProcessRecord process = mPidsSelfLocked.get(pid);
+            return process != null && process.getActiveInstrumentation() != null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getPackageNameByPid(int pid) {
+        synchronized (mPidsSelfLocked) {
+            final ProcessRecord app = mPidsSelfLocked.get(pid);
+
+            if (app != null && app.info != null) {
+                return app.info.packageName;
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     private boolean isCallerShell() {
         final int callingUid = Binder.getCallingUid();
         return callingUid == SHELL_UID || callingUid == ROOT_UID;