diff --git a/libs/sensorprivacy/SensorPrivacyManager.cpp b/libs/sensorprivacy/SensorPrivacyManager.cpp
index 4714469..b3537ce 100644
--- a/libs/sensorprivacy/SensorPrivacyManager.cpp
+++ b/libs/sensorprivacy/SensorPrivacyManager.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@
     return service;
 }
 
+bool SensorPrivacyManager::supportsSensorToggle(int sensor) {
+    if (mSupportedCache.find(sensor) == mSupportedCache.end()) {
+        sp<hardware::ISensorPrivacyManager> service = getService();
+        if (service != nullptr) {
+            bool result;
+            service->supportsSensorToggle(sensor, &result);
+            mSupportedCache[sensor] = result;
+            return result;
+        }
+        // if the SensorPrivacyManager is not available then assume sensor privacy feature isn't
+        // supported
+        return false;
+    }
+    return mSupportedCache[sensor];
+}
+
 void SensorPrivacyManager::addSensorPrivacyListener(
         const sp<hardware::ISensorPrivacyListener>& listener)
 {
diff --git a/libs/sensorprivacy/aidl/android/hardware/ISensorPrivacyManager.aidl b/libs/sensorprivacy/aidl/android/hardware/ISensorPrivacyManager.aidl
index 629b8c2..c8ceeb8 100644
--- a/libs/sensorprivacy/aidl/android/hardware/ISensorPrivacyManager.aidl
+++ b/libs/sensorprivacy/aidl/android/hardware/ISensorPrivacyManager.aidl
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 /** @hide */
 interface ISensorPrivacyManager {
+    boolean supportsSensorToggle(int sensor);
+
     void addSensorPrivacyListener(in ISensorPrivacyListener listener);
 
     void addIndividualSensorPrivacyListener(int userId, int sensor, in ISensorPrivacyListener listener);
diff --git a/libs/sensorprivacy/include/sensorprivacy/SensorPrivacyManager.h b/libs/sensorprivacy/include/sensorprivacy/SensorPrivacyManager.h
index 12778e1..fb4cbe9 100644
--- a/libs/sensorprivacy/include/sensorprivacy/SensorPrivacyManager.h
+++ b/libs/sensorprivacy/include/sensorprivacy/SensorPrivacyManager.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include <utils/threads.h>
 
+#include <unordered_map>
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace android {
 
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
 
     SensorPrivacyManager();
 
+    bool supportsSensorToggle(int sensor);
     void addSensorPrivacyListener(const sp<hardware::ISensorPrivacyListener>& listener);
     status_t addIndividualSensorPrivacyListener(int userId, int sensor,
             const sp<hardware::ISensorPrivacyListener>& listener);
@@ -50,6 +53,8 @@
     Mutex mLock;
     sp<hardware::ISensorPrivacyManager> mService;
     sp<hardware::ISensorPrivacyManager> getService();
+
+    std::unordered_map<int, bool> mSupportedCache;
 };