diff --git a/include/hardware/nvram.h b/include/hardware/nvram.h
index 535a95b..d73b839 100644
--- a/include/hardware/nvram.h
+++ b/include/hardware/nvram.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 
 #include <hardware/hardware.h>
+#include <hardware/nvram_defs.h>
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 
@@ -32,29 +33,6 @@
 #define NVRAM_MODULE_API_VERSION_0_1 HARDWARE_MODULE_API_VERSION(0, 1)
 #define NVRAM_DEVICE_API_VERSION_0_1 HARDWARE_DEVICE_API_VERSION(0, 1)
 
-/* Values returned by nvram_device methods. */
-typedef uint32_t nvram_result_t;
-
-const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_SUCCESS = 0;
-const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_INTERNAL_ERROR = 1;
-const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_ACCESS_DENIED = 2;
-const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_INVALID_PARAMETER = 3;
-const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_SPACE_DOES_NOT_EXIST = 4;
-const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_SPACE_ALREADY_EXISTS = 5;
-const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_OPERATION_DISABLED = 6;
-
-/* Values describing available access controls. */
-typedef uint32_t nvram_control_t;
-
-const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_PERSISTENT_WRITE_LOCK = 1;
-const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_BOOT_WRITE_LOCK = 2;
-const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_BOOT_READ_LOCK = 3;
-const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_WRITE_AUTHORIZATION = 4;
-const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_READ_AUTHORIZATION = 5;
-const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_WRITE_EXTEND = 6;
-
-const uint32_t NV_UNLIMITED_SPACES = 0xFFFFFFFF;
-
 struct nvram_module {
     /**
      * Common methods of the nvram_module. This *must* be the first member of
diff --git a/include/hardware/nvram_defs.h b/include/hardware/nvram_defs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0256a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hardware/nvram_defs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 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 contains data type definitions and constants that are useful to
+ * code interacting with and implementing the NVRAM HAL, even though it doesn't
+ * use the actual NVRAM HAL module interface. Keeping this in a separate file
+ * simplifies inclusion in low-level code which can't easily include the heavier
+ * hardware.h due to lacking standard headers.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_HARDWARE_NVRAM_DEFS_H
+#define ANDROID_HARDWARE_NVRAM_DEFS_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif  // __cplusplus
+
+/* Values returned by nvram_device methods. */
+typedef uint32_t nvram_result_t;
+
+const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_SUCCESS = 0;
+const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_INTERNAL_ERROR = 1;
+const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_ACCESS_DENIED = 2;
+const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_INVALID_PARAMETER = 3;
+const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_SPACE_DOES_NOT_EXIST = 4;
+const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_SPACE_ALREADY_EXISTS = 5;
+const nvram_result_t NV_RESULT_OPERATION_DISABLED = 6;
+
+/* Values describing available access controls. */
+typedef uint32_t nvram_control_t;
+
+const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_PERSISTENT_WRITE_LOCK = 1;
+const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_BOOT_WRITE_LOCK = 2;
+const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_BOOT_READ_LOCK = 3;
+const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_WRITE_AUTHORIZATION = 4;
+const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_READ_AUTHORIZATION = 5;
+const nvram_control_t NV_CONTROL_WRITE_EXTEND = 6;
+
+const uint32_t NV_UNLIMITED_SPACES = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}  // extern "C"
+#endif  // __cplusplus
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_HARDWARE_NVRAM_DEFS_H