diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index e2b6a36..dbd2793 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -851,6 +851,23 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+bool Layer::setTrustedOverlay(bool isTrustedOverlay) {
+    if (mDrawingState.isTrustedOverlay == isTrustedOverlay) return false;
+    mDrawingState.isTrustedOverlay = isTrustedOverlay;
+    mDrawingState.modified = true;
+    mFlinger->mInputInfoChanged = true;
+    setTransactionFlags(eTransactionNeeded);
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool Layer::isTrustedOverlay() const {
+    if (getDrawingState().isTrustedOverlay) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    const auto& p = mDrawingParent.promote();
+    return (p != nullptr) && p->isTrustedOverlay();
+}
+
 bool Layer::setSize(uint32_t w, uint32_t h) {
     if (mDrawingState.requested_legacy.w == w && mDrawingState.requested_legacy.h == h)
         return false;
@@ -2041,6 +2058,7 @@
 
         layerInfo->set_corner_radius(getRoundedCornerState().radius);
         layerInfo->set_background_blur_radius(getBackgroundBlurRadius());
+        layerInfo->set_is_trusted_overlay(isTrustedOverlay());
         LayerProtoHelper::writeToProto(transform, layerInfo->mutable_transform());
         LayerProtoHelper::writePositionToProto(transform.tx(), transform.ty(),
                                                [&]() { return layerInfo->mutable_position(); });
@@ -2327,6 +2345,11 @@
                 toPhysicalDisplay.transform(Rect{cropLayer->mScreenBounds}));
     }
 
+    // Inherit the trusted state from the parent hierarchy, but don't clobber the trusted state
+    // if it was set by WM for a known system overlay
+    info.trustedOverlay = info.trustedOverlay || isTrustedOverlay();
+
+
     // If the layer is a clone, we need to crop the input region to cloned root to prevent
     // touches from going outside the cloned area.
     if (isClone()) {