diff --git a/core/api/module-lib-current.txt b/core/api/module-lib-current.txt
index 24b9233..13d64d3 100644
--- a/core/api/module-lib-current.txt
+++ b/core/api/module-lib-current.txt
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@
     field public static final int DEVICE_INITIAL_SDK_INT;
   }
 
+  public class Environment {
+    method @FlaggedApi("android.crashrecovery.flags.enable_crashrecovery") @NonNull public static java.io.File getDataSystemDeDirectory();
+  }
+
   public class IpcDataCache<Query, Result> {
     ctor public IpcDataCache(int, @NonNull String, @NonNull String, @NonNull String, @NonNull android.os.IpcDataCache.QueryHandler<Query,Result>);
     method public void disableForCurrentProcess();
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/Environment.java b/core/java/android/os/Environment.java
index 536ef31..a459aaa 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/Environment.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/Environment.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package android.os;
 
 import android.Manifest;
+import android.annotation.FlaggedApi;
 import android.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
@@ -412,7 +413,9 @@
      * Returns the base directory for per-user system directory, device encrypted.
      * {@hide}
      */
-    public static File getDataSystemDeDirectory() {
+    @SystemApi(client = SystemApi.Client.MODULE_LIBRARIES)
+    @FlaggedApi(android.crashrecovery.flags.Flags.FLAG_ENABLE_CRASHRECOVERY)
+    public static @NonNull File getDataSystemDeDirectory() {
         return buildPath(getDataDirectory(), "system_de");
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/CrashRecovery/aconfig/flags.aconfig b/packages/CrashRecovery/aconfig/flags.aconfig
index 5636266..572a669 100644
--- a/packages/CrashRecovery/aconfig/flags.aconfig
+++ b/packages/CrashRecovery/aconfig/flags.aconfig
@@ -6,4 +6,11 @@
     description: "Feature flag for recoverability detection"
     bug: "310236690"
     is_fixed_read_only: true
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+flag {
+    name: "enable_crashrecovery"
+    namespace: "crashrecovery"
+    description: "Enables various dependencies of crashrecovery module"
+    bug: "289203818"
+}