diff --git a/core/java/android/os/Process.java b/core/java/android/os/Process.java
index 355ec8c..009649f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/Process.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/Process.java
@@ -634,6 +634,9 @@
             if ((debugFlags & Zygote.DEBUG_ENABLE_JIT) != 0) {
                 argsForZygote.add("--enable-jit");
             }
+            if ((debugFlags & Zygote.DEBUG_GENERATE_CFI) != 0) {
+                argsForZygote.add("--generate-cfi");
+            }
             if ((debugFlags & Zygote.DEBUG_ENABLE_ASSERT) != 0) {
                 argsForZygote.add("--enable-assert");
             }
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/Zygote.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/Zygote.java
index 75b6446..1e7ee5a 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/Zygote.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/Zygote.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
     public static final int DEBUG_ENABLE_JNI_LOGGING = 1 << 4;
     /** enable the JIT compiler */
     public static final int DEBUG_ENABLE_JIT         = 1 << 5;
+    /** Force generation of CFI code */
+    public static final int DEBUG_GENERATE_CFI       = 1 << 6;
 
     /** No external storage should be mounted. */
     public static final int MOUNT_EXTERNAL_NONE = 0;
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
index 9106ccd..969d236 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
 
         /**
          * From --enable-debugger, --enable-checkjni, --enable-assert,
-         * --enable-safemode, --enable-jit, and --enable-jni-logging.
+         * --enable-safemode, --enable-jit, --generate-cfi and --enable-jni-logging.
          */
         int debugFlags;
 
@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@
                     debugFlags |= Zygote.DEBUG_ENABLE_CHECKJNI;
                 } else if (arg.equals("--enable-jit")) {
                     debugFlags |= Zygote.DEBUG_ENABLE_JIT;
+                } else if (arg.equals("--generate-cfi")) {
+                    debugFlags |= Zygote.DEBUG_GENERATE_CFI;
                 } else if (arg.equals("--enable-jni-logging")) {
                     debugFlags |= Zygote.DEBUG_ENABLE_JNI_LOGGING;
                 } else if (arg.equals("--enable-assert")) {
diff --git a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
index 88f0697..7c2b28d 100644
--- a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
@@ -875,6 +875,19 @@
     parseRuntimeOption("dalvik.vm.zygote.max-boot-retry", cachePruneBuf,
                        "-Xzygote-max-boot-retry=");
 
+    /*
+     * When running with debug.gencfi, add --include-cfi to the compiler options so that the boot
+     * image, if it is compiled on device, will include CFI info, as well as other compilations
+     * started by the runtime.
+     */
+    property_get("debug.gencfi", propBuf, "");
+    if (strcmp(propBuf, "true") == 0) {
+        addOption("-Xcompiler-option");
+        addOption("--include-cfi");
+        addOption("-Ximage-compiler-option");
+        addOption("--include-cfi");
+    }
+
     initArgs.version = JNI_VERSION_1_4;
     initArgs.options = mOptions.editArray();
     initArgs.nOptions = mOptions.size();
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
index 15d7367..756f5fc 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerService.java
@@ -3179,6 +3179,10 @@
                     debugFlags |= Zygote.DEBUG_ENABLE_JIT;
                 }
             }
+            String genCFIDebugProperty = SystemProperties.get("debug.gencfi");
+            if ("true".equals(genCFIDebugProperty)) {
+                debugFlags |= Zygote.DEBUG_GENERATE_CFI;
+            }
             if ("1".equals(SystemProperties.get("debug.jni.logging"))) {
                 debugFlags |= Zygote.DEBUG_ENABLE_JNI_LOGGING;
             }