diff --git a/src/com/android/dialer/settings/AppCompatPreferenceActivity.java b/src/com/android/dialer/settings/AppCompatPreferenceActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e5d9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/dialer/settings/AppCompatPreferenceActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 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 com.android.dialer.settings;
+
+import android.content.res.Configuration;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;
+import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
+import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate;
+import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
+import android.view.MenuInflater;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link android.preference.PreferenceActivity} which implements and proxies the necessary calls
+ * to be used with AppCompat.
+ */
+public class AppCompatPreferenceActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
+    private AppCompatDelegate mDelegate;
+
+    private boolean mIsSafeToCommitTransactions;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        getDelegate().installViewFactory();
+        getDelegate().onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        mIsSafeToCommitTransactions = true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        getDelegate().onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
+    }
+
+    public ActionBar getSupportActionBar() {
+        return getDelegate().getSupportActionBar();
+    }
+
+    public void setSupportActionBar(Toolbar toolbar) {
+        getDelegate().setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MenuInflater getMenuInflater() {
+        return getDelegate().getMenuInflater();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setContentView(int layoutResID) {
+        getDelegate().setContentView(layoutResID);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setContentView(View view) {
+        getDelegate().setContentView(view);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setContentView(View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
+        getDelegate().setContentView(view, params);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addContentView(View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
+        getDelegate().addContentView(view, params);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onPostResume() {
+        super.onPostResume();
+        getDelegate().onPostResume();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onTitleChanged(CharSequence title, int color) {
+        super.onTitleChanged(title, color);
+        getDelegate().setTitle(title);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
+        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
+        getDelegate().onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onStop() {
+        super.onStop();
+        getDelegate().onStop();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onDestroy() {
+        super.onDestroy();
+        getDelegate().onDestroy();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void invalidateOptionsMenu() {
+        getDelegate().invalidateOptionsMenu();
+    }
+
+    private AppCompatDelegate getDelegate() {
+        if (mDelegate == null) {
+            mDelegate = AppCompatDelegate.create(this, null);
+        }
+        return mDelegate;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onStart() {
+        super.onStart();
+        mIsSafeToCommitTransactions = true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onResume() {
+        super.onResume();
+        mIsSafeToCommitTransactions = true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
+        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
+        mIsSafeToCommitTransactions = false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if it is safe to commit {@link FragmentTransaction}s at this time, based on
+     * whether {@link Activity#onSaveInstanceState} has been called or not.
+     *
+     * Make sure that the current activity calls into
+     * {@link super.onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState)} (if that method is overridden),
+     * so the flag is properly set.
+     */
+    public boolean isSafeToCommitTransactions() {
+        return mIsSafeToCommitTransactions;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/com/android/dialer/settings/DialerSettingsActivity.java b/src/com/android/dialer/settings/DialerSettingsActivity.java
index b25c5a6..a187157 100644
--- a/src/com/android/dialer/settings/DialerSettingsActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/dialer/settings/DialerSettingsActivity.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
-import com.android.contacts.common.activity.AppCompatPreferenceActivity;
 import com.android.contacts.common.compat.CompatUtils;
 import com.android.contacts.common.compat.SdkVersionOverride;
 import com.android.contacts.common.compat.TelephonyManagerCompat;