diff --git a/include/log/log.h b/include/log/log.h
index 7f952ff..81885ce 100644
--- a/include/log/log.h
+++ b/include/log/log.h
@@ -531,6 +531,12 @@
 #define android_btWriteLog(tag, type, payload, len) \
     __android_log_btwrite(tag, type, payload, len)
 
+#define android_errorWriteLog(tag, subTag) \
+    __android_log_error_write(tag, subTag, -1, NULL, 0)
+
+#define android_errorWriteWithInfoLog(tag, subTag, uid, data, dataLen) \
+    __android_log_error_write(tag, subTag, uid, data, dataLen)
+
 // TODO: remove these prototypes and their users
 #define android_testLog(prio, tag) (1)
 #define android_writevLog(vec,num) do{}while(0)
@@ -553,6 +559,9 @@
 #define sizeof_log_id_t sizeof(typeof_log_id_t)
 #define typeof_log_id_t unsigned char
 
+int __android_log_error_write(int tag, const char *subTag, int32_t uid, const char *data,
+                              uint32_t dataLen);
+
 /*
  * Send a simple string to the log.
  */
diff --git a/liblog/Android.mk b/liblog/Android.mk
index 0d6c970..49efd07 100644
--- a/liblog/Android.mk
+++ b/liblog/Android.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 LOCAL_PATH := $(my-dir)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
-liblog_sources := logd_write.c
+liblog_sources := logd_write.c log_event_write.c
 
 # some files must not be compiled when building against Mingw
 # they correspond to features not used by our host development tools
diff --git a/liblog/log_event_write.c b/liblog/log_event_write.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bc42d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/liblog/log_event_write.c
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include <log/logger.h>
+
+#define MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD 512
+#define MAX_SUBTAG_LEN 32
+
+static inline void copy4LE(uint8_t *buf, size_t pos, int val)
+{
+    buf[pos] = val & 0xFF;
+    buf[pos+1] = (val >> 8) & 0xFF;
+    buf[pos+2] = (val >> 16) & 0xFF;
+    buf[pos+3] = (val >> 24) & 0xFF;
+}
+
+int __android_log_error_write(int tag, const char *subTag, int32_t uid, const char *data,
+                              uint32_t dataLen)
+{
+    uint8_t buf[MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD];
+    size_t pos = 0;
+    uint32_t subTagLen = 0;
+    uint32_t roomLeftForData = 0;
+
+    if ((subTag == NULL) || ((data == NULL) && (dataLen != 0))) return -EINVAL;
+
+    subTagLen = strlen(subTag);
+
+    // Truncate subtags that are too long.
+    subTagLen = subTagLen > MAX_SUBTAG_LEN ? MAX_SUBTAG_LEN : subTagLen;
+
+    // Truncate dataLen if it is too long.
+    roomLeftForData = MAX_EVENT_PAYLOAD -
+            (1 + // EVENT_TYPE_LIST
+             1 + // Number of elements in list
+             1 + // EVENT_TYPE_STRING
+             sizeof(subTagLen) +
+             subTagLen +
+             1 + // EVENT_TYPE_INT
+             sizeof(uid) +
+             1 + // EVENT_TYPE_STRING
+             sizeof(dataLen));
+    dataLen = dataLen > roomLeftForData ? roomLeftForData : dataLen;
+
+    buf[pos++] = EVENT_TYPE_LIST;
+    buf[pos++] = 3; // Number of elements in the list (subTag, uid, data)
+
+    // Write sub tag.
+    buf[pos++] = EVENT_TYPE_STRING;
+    copy4LE(buf, pos, subTagLen);
+    pos += 4;
+    memcpy(&buf[pos], subTag, subTagLen);
+    pos += subTagLen;
+
+    // Write UID.
+    buf[pos++] = EVENT_TYPE_INT;
+    copy4LE(buf, pos, uid);
+    pos += 4;
+
+    // Write data.
+    buf[pos++] = EVENT_TYPE_STRING;
+    copy4LE(buf, pos, dataLen);
+    pos += 4;
+    if (dataLen != 0)
+    {
+        memcpy(&buf[pos], data, dataLen);
+        pos += dataLen;
+    }
+
+    return __android_log_bwrite(tag, buf, pos);
+}