diff --git a/core/java/android/test/AndroidTestCase.java b/core/java/android/test/AndroidTestCase.java
index de0587a..1015506 100644
--- a/core/java/android/test/AndroidTestCase.java
+++ b/core/java/android/test/AndroidTestCase.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 public class AndroidTestCase extends TestCase {
 
     protected Context mContext;
+    private Context mTestContext;
 
     @Override
     protected void setUp() throws Exception {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
 
     public void testAndroidTestCaseSetupProperly() {
         assertNotNull("Context is null. setContext should be called before tests are run",
-                mContext);        
+                mContext);
     }
 
     public void setContext(Context context) {
@@ -55,6 +56,25 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Test context can be used to access resources from the test's own package
+     * as opposed to the resources from the test target package. Access to the
+     * latter is provided by the context set with the {@link #setContext}
+     * method.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public void setTestContext(Context context) {
+        mTestContext = context;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public Context getTestContext() {
+        return mTestContext;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Asserts that launching a given activity is protected by a particular permission by
      * attempting to start the activity and validating that a {@link SecurityException}
      * is thrown that mentions the permission in its error message.
@@ -125,9 +145,9 @@
      * to scrub out any class variables.  This protects against memory leaks in the case where a
      * test case creates a non-static inner class (thus referencing the test case) and gives it to
      * someone else to hold onto.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param testCaseClass The class of the derived TestCase implementation.
-     * 
+     *
      * @throws IllegalAccessException
      */
     protected void scrubClass(final Class<?> testCaseClass)
diff --git a/test-runner/android/test/AndroidTestRunner.java b/test-runner/android/test/AndroidTestRunner.java
index 79cedb0..00440b43 100644
--- a/test-runner/android/test/AndroidTestRunner.java
+++ b/test-runner/android/test/AndroidTestRunner.java
@@ -158,16 +158,18 @@
             mTestResult.addListener(testListener);
         }
 
+        Context testContext = mInstrumentation.getContext();
         for (TestCase testCase : mTestCases) {
-            setContextIfAndroidTestCase(testCase, mContext);
+            setContextIfAndroidTestCase(testCase, mContext, testContext);
             setInstrumentationIfInstrumentationTestCase(testCase, mInstrumentation);
             testCase.run(mTestResult);
         }
     }
 
-    private void setContextIfAndroidTestCase(Test test, Context context) {
+    private void setContextIfAndroidTestCase(Test test, Context context, Context testContext) {
         if (AndroidTestCase.class.isAssignableFrom(test.getClass())) {
             ((AndroidTestCase) test).setContext(context);
+            ((AndroidTestCase) test).setTestContext(testContext);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test-runner/android/test/TestRunner.java b/test-runner/android/test/TestRunner.java
index efa2480..012df35 100644
--- a/test-runner/android/test/TestRunner.java
+++ b/test-runner/android/test/TestRunner.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  * and you probably will not need to instantiate, extend, or call this
  * class yourself. See the full {@link android.test} package description
  * to learn more about testing Android applications.
- * 
+ *
  * {@hide} Not needed for 1.0 SDK.
  */
 public class TestRunner implements PerformanceTestCase.Intermediates {
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
             super();
         }
 
+        @Override
         public void run(TestResult result) {
             result.addListener(this);
             super.run(result);
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@
                     if (mMode == PERFORMANCE) {
                         runInPerformanceMode(test, className, false, className);
                     } else if (mMode == PROFILING) {
-                        //Need a way to mark a test to be run in profiling mode or not. 
+                        //Need a way to mark a test to be run in profiling mode or not.
                         startProfiling();
                         test.run();
                         finishProfiling();
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@
                         AndroidTestCase testcase = (AndroidTestCase) test;
                         try {
                             testcase.setContext(mContext);
+                            testcase.setTestContext(mContext);
                         } catch (Exception ex) {
                             Log.i("TestHarness", ex.toString());
                         }
@@ -700,7 +702,7 @@
             }
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
             return 1; // this gets the count right, because either this test
-            // is missing, and it will fail when run or it is a single Junit test to be run. 
+            // is missing, and it will fail when run or it is a single Junit test to be run.
         }
         return 0;
     }