diff --git a/liblog/event_tag_map.cpp b/liblog/event_tag_map.cpp
index 73ed16f..5fc7e35 100644
--- a/liblog/event_tag_map.cpp
+++ b/liblog/event_tag_map.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 #include <log/event_tag_map.h>
+#include <log/log_properties.h>
 #include <private/android_logger.h>
 #include <utils/FastStrcmp.h>
 #include <utils/RWLock.h>
diff --git a/liblog/include/log/log_properties.h b/liblog/include/log/log_properties.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d398a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/include/log/log_properties.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2017, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** This file is dual licensed.  It may be redistributed and/or modified
+** under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License OR version 2 of the GNU
+** General Public License.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _LIBS_LOG_PROPERTIES_H
+#define _LIBS_LOG_PROPERTIES_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_IS_DEBUGGABLE_INTERFACE
+#ifndef __ANDROID_API__
+#define __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_IS_DEBUGGABLE_INTERFACE 1
+#elif __ANDROID_API__ > 24 /* > Nougat */
+#define __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_IS_DEBUGGABLE_INTERFACE 1
+#else
+#define __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_IS_DEBUGGABLE_INTERFACE 0
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#if __ANDROID_USE_LIBLOG_IS_DEBUGGABLE_INTERFACE
+int __android_log_is_debuggable();
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LIBS_LOG_PROPERTIES_H */
diff --git a/liblog/include/private/android_logger.h b/liblog/include/private/android_logger.h
index e3ccfcf..965de37 100644
--- a/liblog/include/private/android_logger.h
+++ b/liblog/include/private/android_logger.h
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@
 int __android_log_security_bswrite(int32_t tag, const char* payload);
 int __android_log_security(); /* Device Owner is present */
 
-int __android_log_is_debuggable();
-
 #define BOOL_DEFAULT_FLAG_TRUE_FALSE 0x1
 #define BOOL_DEFAULT_FALSE 0x0        /* false if property not present   */
 #define BOOL_DEFAULT_TRUE 0x1         /* true if property not present    */
diff --git a/liblog/include_vndk/log/log_properties.h b/liblog/include_vndk/log/log_properties.h
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..bbec426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/include_vndk/log/log_properties.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../include/log/log_properties.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/liblog/liblog.map.txt b/liblog/liblog.map.txt
index c00f2a0..58fb148 100644
--- a/liblog/liblog.map.txt
+++ b/liblog/liblog.map.txt
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@
 LIBLOG_O {
   global:
     __android_log_is_loggable_len;
+    __android_log_is_debuggable; # vndk
 };
diff --git a/liblog/pmsg_writer.c b/liblog/pmsg_writer.c
index e71c176..dc42856 100644
--- a/liblog/pmsg_writer.c
+++ b/liblog/pmsg_writer.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#include <log/log_properties.h>
 #include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
 #include <private/android_logger.h>
 
diff --git a/liblog/properties.c b/liblog/properties.c
index adf1900..c71cbcf 100644
--- a/liblog/properties.c
+++ b/liblog/properties.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
   return logLevel >= 0 && prio >= logLevel;
 }
 
-LIBLOG_ABI_PRIVATE int __android_log_is_debuggable() {
+LIBLOG_ABI_PUBLIC int __android_log_is_debuggable() {
   static uint32_t serial;
   static struct cache_char tag_cache;
   static const char key[] = "ro.debuggable";