diff --git a/include/ui/InputDispatcher.h b/include/ui/InputDispatcher.h
index 711a658..f00f2db 100644
--- a/include/ui/InputDispatcher.h
+++ b/include/ui/InputDispatcher.h
@@ -147,9 +147,12 @@
     /* Notifies the system that an input channel recovered from ANR. */
     virtual void notifyInputChannelRecoveredFromANR(const sp<InputChannel>& inputChannel) = 0;
 
-    /* Gets the key repeat timeout or -1 if automatic key repeating is disabled. */
+    /* Gets the key repeat initial timeout or -1 if automatic key repeating is disabled. */
     virtual nsecs_t getKeyRepeatTimeout() = 0;
 
+    /* Gets the key repeat inter-key delay. */
+    virtual nsecs_t getKeyRepeatDelay() = 0;
+
     /* Waits for key event input targets to become available.
      * If the event is being injected, injectorPid and injectorUid should specify the
      * process id and used id of the injecting application, otherwise they should both
diff --git a/libs/ui/InputDispatcher.cpp b/libs/ui/InputDispatcher.cpp
index e5b7f28..df232d4 100644
--- a/libs/ui/InputDispatcher.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/InputDispatcher.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 
 void InputDispatcher::dispatchOnce() {
     nsecs_t keyRepeatTimeout = mPolicy->getKeyRepeatTimeout();
+    nsecs_t keyRepeatDelay = mPolicy->getKeyRepeatDelay();
 
     bool skipPoll = false;
     nsecs_t currentTime;
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@
             if (mInboundQueue.isEmpty()) {
                 if (mKeyRepeatState.lastKeyEntry) {
                     if (currentTime >= mKeyRepeatState.nextRepeatTime) {
-                        processKeyRepeatLockedInterruptible(currentTime, keyRepeatTimeout);
+                        processKeyRepeatLockedInterruptible(currentTime, keyRepeatDelay);
                         skipPoll = true;
                     } else {
                         if (mKeyRepeatState.nextRepeatTime < nextWakeupTime) {
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@
 }
 
 void InputDispatcher::processKeyRepeatLockedInterruptible(
-        nsecs_t currentTime, nsecs_t keyRepeatTimeout) {
+        nsecs_t currentTime, nsecs_t keyRepeatDelay) {
     KeyEntry* entry = mKeyRepeatState.lastKeyEntry;
 
     // Search the inbound queue for a key up corresponding to this device.
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    // Synthesize a key repeat after the repeat timeout expired.
+    // Synthesize a key repeat.
     // Reuse the repeated key entry if it is otherwise unreferenced.
     uint32_t policyFlags = entry->policyFlags & POLICY_FLAG_RAW_MASK;
     if (entry->refCount == 1) {
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@
         entry->flags |= AKEY_EVENT_FLAG_LONG_PRESS;
     }
 
-    mKeyRepeatState.nextRepeatTime = currentTime + keyRepeatTimeout;
+    mKeyRepeatState.nextRepeatTime = currentTime + keyRepeatDelay;
 
 #if DEBUG_OUTBOUND_EVENT_DETAILS
     LOGD("processKeyRepeat - eventTime=%lld, deviceId=0x%x, source=0x%x, policyFlags=0x%x, "