diff --git a/tests/msgq/1.0/ITestMsgQ.hal b/tests/msgq/1.0/ITestMsgQ.hal
index e000f553bc..3ed1b378fd 100644
--- a/tests/msgq/1.0/ITestMsgQ.hal
+++ b/tests/msgq/1.0/ITestMsgQ.hal
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ interface ITestMsgQ {
      */
     oneway requestBlockingRead(int32_t count);
 
+    /*
+     * This method requests the service to trigger a blocking read using
+     * default Event Flag notification bits defined by the MessageQueue class.
+     *
+     * @param count Number of messages to read.
+     *
+     */
+    oneway requestBlockingReadDefaultEventFlagBits(int32_t count);
+
     /*
      * This method requests the service to repeatedly trigger blocking reads.
      *