diff --git a/include/binder/ProcessState.h b/include/binder/ProcessState.h
index 64cf72e..05e9d09 100644
--- a/include/binder/ProcessState.h
+++ b/include/binder/ProcessState.h
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 {
 public:
     static  sp<ProcessState>    self();
+    /* initWithDriver() can be used to configure libbinder to use
+     * a different binder driver dev node. It must be called *before*
+     * any call to ProcessState::self(). /dev/binder remains the default.
+     */
+    static  sp<ProcessState>    initWithDriver(const char *driver);
 
             void                setContextObject(const sp<IBinder>& object);
             sp<IBinder>         getContextObject(const sp<IBinder>& caller);
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@
 private:
     friend class IPCThreadState;
     
-                                ProcessState();
+                                ProcessState(const char* driver);
                                 ~ProcessState();
 
                                 ProcessState(const ProcessState& o);