diff --git a/include/android/sensor.h b/include/android/sensor.h
index 969677f6d..1be623221 100644
--- a/include/android/sensor.h
+++ b/include/android/sensor.h
@@ -192,6 +192,30 @@ typedef ASensorRef const* ASensorList;
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+/*
+ * Get a reference to the sensor manager. ASensorManager is a singleton
+ * per package as different packages may have access to different sensors.
+ *
+ * Deprecated: Use ASensorManager_getInstanceForPackage(const char*) instead.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *
+ *     ASensorManager* sensorManager = ASensorManager_getInstance();
+ *
+ */
+__attribute__ ((deprecated)) ASensorManager* ASensorManager_getInstance();
+
+/*
+ * Get a reference to the sensor manager. ASensorManager is a singleton
+ * per package as different packages may have access to different sensors.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *
+ *    ASensorManager* sensorManager = ASensorManager_getInstanceForPackage("foo.bar.baz");
+ *
+ */
+ASensorManager* ASensorManager_getInstanceForPackage(const char* packageName);
+
 /*
  * Returns the list of available sensors.
  */
diff --git a/include/gui/SensorManager.h b/include/gui/SensorManager.h
index d0c63d4bc..4c34e1247 100644
--- a/include/gui/SensorManager.h
+++ b/include/gui/SensorManager.h
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@
 #ifndef ANDROID_GUI_SENSOR_MANAGER_H
 #define ANDROID_GUI_SENSOR_MANAGER_H
 
+#include <map>
+
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include <binder/IBinder.h>
+#include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
+#include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
 
 #include <utils/Errors.h>
 #include <utils/RefBase.h>
@@ -47,6 +51,56 @@ class SensorManager :
     public ASensorManager
 {
 public:
+    static SensorManager& getInstanceForPackage(const String16& packageName) {
+        Mutex::Autolock _l(sLock);
+
+        SensorManager* sensorManager;
+        std::map<String16, SensorManager*>::iterator iterator =
+                sPackageInstances.find(packageName);
+
+        if (iterator != sPackageInstances.end()) {
+            sensorManager = iterator->second;
+        } else {
+            String16 opPackageName = packageName;
+
+            // It is possible that the calling code has no access to the package name.
+            // In this case we will get the packages for the calling UID and pick the
+            // first one for attributing the app op. This will work correctly for
+            // runtime permissions as for legacy apps we will toggle the app op for
+            // all packages in the UID. The caveat is that the operation may be attributed
+            // to the wrong package and stats based on app ops may be slightly off.
+            if (opPackageName.size() <= 0) {
+                sp<IBinder> binder = defaultServiceManager()->getService(String16("permission"));
+                if (binder != 0) {
+                    const uid_t uid = IPCThreadState::self()->getCallingUid();
+                    Vector<String16> packages;
+                    interface_cast<IPermissionController>(binder)->getPackagesForUid(uid, packages);
+                    if (!packages.isEmpty()) {
+                        opPackageName = packages[0];
+                    } else {
+                        ALOGE("No packages for calling UID");
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    ALOGE("Cannot get permission service");
+                }
+            }
+
+            sensorManager = new SensorManager(opPackageName);
+
+            // If we had no package name, we looked it up from the UID and the sensor
+            // manager instance we created should also be mapped to the empty package
+            // name, to avoid looking up the packages for a UID and get the same result.
+            if (packageName.size() <= 0) {
+                sPackageInstances.insert(std::make_pair(String16(), sensorManager));
+            }
+
+            // Stash the per package sensor manager.
+            sPackageInstances.insert(std::make_pair(opPackageName, sensorManager));
+        }
+
+        return *sensorManager;
+    }
+
     SensorManager(const String16& opPackageName);
     ~SensorManager();
 
@@ -62,6 +116,9 @@ private:
     status_t assertStateLocked() const;
 
 private:
+    static Mutex sLock;
+    static std::map<String16, SensorManager*> sPackageInstances;
+
     mutable Mutex mLock;
     mutable sp<ISensorServer> mSensorServer;
     mutable Sensor const** mSensorList;