diff --git a/audio/aidl/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/Android.bp
index d6e6f50..4871058 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/Android.bp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
         "android/hardware/audio/core/MmapBufferDescriptor.aidl",
         "android/hardware/audio/core/ModuleDebug.aidl",
         "android/hardware/audio/core/StreamDescriptor.aidl",
+        "android/hardware/audio/core/SurroundSoundConfig.aidl",
     ],
     imports: [
         "android.hardware.common-V2",
diff --git a/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.core/current/android/hardware/audio/core/IConfig.aidl b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.core/current/android/hardware/audio/core/IConfig.aidl
index fd80715..163b7a0 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.core/current/android/hardware/audio/core/IConfig.aidl
+++ b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.core/current/android/hardware/audio/core/IConfig.aidl
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@
 package android.hardware.audio.core;
 @VintfStability
 interface IConfig {
+  android.hardware.audio.core.SurroundSoundConfig getSurroundSoundConfig();
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.core/current/android/hardware/audio/core/SurroundSoundConfig.aidl b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.core/current/android/hardware/audio/core/SurroundSoundConfig.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08a1537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/aidl_api/android.hardware.audio.core/current/android/hardware/audio/core/SurroundSoundConfig.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// THIS FILE IS IMMUTABLE. DO NOT EDIT IN ANY CASE.                          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// This file is a snapshot of an AIDL file. Do not edit it manually. There are
+// two cases:
+// 1). this is a frozen version file - do not edit this in any case.
+// 2). this is a 'current' file. If you make a backwards compatible change to
+//     the interface (from the latest frozen version), the build system will
+//     prompt you to update this file with `m <name>-update-api`.
+//
+// You must not make a backward incompatible change to any AIDL file built
+// with the aidl_interface module type with versions property set. The module
+// type is used to build AIDL files in a way that they can be used across
+// independently updatable components of the system. If a device is shipped
+// with such a backward incompatible change, it has a high risk of breaking
+// later when a module using the interface is updated, e.g., Mainline modules.
+
+package android.hardware.audio.core;
+@JavaDerive(equals=true, toString=true) @VintfStability
+parcelable SurroundSoundConfig {
+  android.hardware.audio.core.SurroundSoundConfig.SurroundFormatFamily[] formatFamilies;
+  @VintfStability
+  parcelable SurroundFormatFamily {
+    android.media.audio.common.AudioFormatDescription primaryFormat;
+    android.media.audio.common.AudioFormatDescription[] subFormats;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/core/IConfig.aidl b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/core/IConfig.aidl
index c7bb414..c8ba6be 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/core/IConfig.aidl
+++ b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/core/IConfig.aidl
@@ -16,9 +16,22 @@
 
 package android.hardware.audio.core;
 
+import android.hardware.audio.core.SurroundSoundConfig;
+
 /**
  * This interface provides system-wide configuration parameters for audio I/O
  * (by "system" here we mean the device running Android).
  */
 @VintfStability
-interface IConfig {}
+interface IConfig {
+    /**
+     * Returns the surround sound configuration used for the Audio Policy
+     * Manager initial configuration.
+     *
+     * This method will only be called during the initialization of the Audio
+     * Policy Manager, and must always return the same result.
+     *
+     * @return The surround sound configuration
+     */
+    SurroundSoundConfig getSurroundSoundConfig();
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/core/SurroundSoundConfig.aidl b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/core/SurroundSoundConfig.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeda12a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/android/hardware/audio/core/SurroundSoundConfig.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.hardware.audio.core;
+
+import android.media.audio.common.AudioFormatDescription;
+
+/**
+ * SurroundSoundConfig defines the multi-channel formats that can be enabled on
+ * (primarily TV) devices.
+ */
+@JavaDerive(equals=true, toString=true)
+@VintfStability
+parcelable SurroundSoundConfig {
+    @VintfStability
+    parcelable SurroundFormatFamily {
+        /**
+         * A primaryFormat shall get an entry in the Surround Settings dialog on TV
+         * devices. There must be a corresponding Java ENCODING_... constant
+         * defined in AudioFormat.java, and a display name defined in
+         * AudioFormat.toDisplayName.
+         */
+        AudioFormatDescription primaryFormat;
+        /**
+         * List of formats that shall be equivalent to the primaryFormat from the
+         * users' point of view and don't need a dedicated Surround Settings
+         * dialog entry.
+         */
+        AudioFormatDescription[] subFormats;
+    }
+    SurroundFormatFamily[] formatFamilies;
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/Config.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/Config.cpp
index 3f7a3d3..0fdd5b4 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/Config.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/Config.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,17 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+#define LOG_TAG "AHAL_Module"
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
 
 #include "core-impl/Config.h"
 
-namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::core {}  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::core
+namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::core {
+ndk::ScopedAStatus Config::getSurroundSoundConfig(SurroundSoundConfig* _aidl_return) {
+    SurroundSoundConfig surroundSoundConfig;
+    // TODO: parse from XML; for now, use empty config as default
+    *_aidl_return = std::move(surroundSoundConfig);
+    LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": returning " << _aidl_return->toString();
+    return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
+}
+}  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::core
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/Config.h b/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/Config.h
index b62a14b..4555efd 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/Config.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/include/core-impl/Config.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::core {
 
-class Config : public BnConfig {};
+class Config : public BnConfig {
+    ndk::ScopedAStatus getSurroundSoundConfig(SurroundSoundConfig* _aidl_return) override;
+};
 
 }  // namespace aidl::android::hardware::audio::core