diff --git a/audio/policy/1.0/xml/api/current.txt b/audio/policy/1.0/xml/api/current.txt
index 29a9cd402d..14783810a0 100644
--- a/audio/policy/1.0/xml/api/current.txt
+++ b/audio/policy/1.0/xml/api/current.txt
@@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ package audio.policy.V1_0 {
 
   public class ValueType {
     ctor public ValueType();
+    method public int getAndroid_type();
     method public String getLiteral();
     method public int getNumerical();
+    method public void setAndroid_type(int);
     method public void setLiteral(String);
     method public void setNumerical(int);
   }
diff --git a/audio/policy/1.0/xml/audio_policy_engine_configuration.xsd b/audio/policy/1.0/xml/audio_policy_engine_configuration.xsd
index 842e7246d6..852ea77dac 100644
--- a/audio/policy/1.0/xml/audio_policy_engine_configuration.xsd
+++ b/audio/policy/1.0/xml/audio_policy_engine_configuration.xsd
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
     <xs:complexType name="valueType">
         <xs:attribute name="literal" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
         <xs:attribute name="numerical" type="xs:int" use="required"/>
+        <xs:attribute name="android_type" type="xs:int" use="optional"/>
     </xs:complexType>
 
     <xs:complexType name="attributesRefType">