diff --git a/camera/Android.mk b/camera/Android.mk
index 4c4700b..471cb0d 100644
--- a/camera/Android.mk
+++ b/camera/Android.mk
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 	ICameraClient.cpp \
 	ICameraService.cpp \
 	ICameraServiceListener.cpp \
+	ICameraServiceProxy.cpp \
 	ICameraRecordingProxy.cpp \
 	ICameraRecordingProxyListener.cpp \
 	camera2/ICameraDeviceUser.cpp \
diff --git a/camera/ICameraServiceProxy.cpp b/camera/ICameraServiceProxy.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06a5afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camera/ICameraServiceProxy.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "BpCameraServiceProxy"
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <binder/Parcel.h>
+
+#include <camera/ICameraServiceProxy.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+class BpCameraServiceProxy: public BpInterface<ICameraServiceProxy> {
+public:
+    BpCameraServiceProxy(const sp<IBinder>& impl) : BpInterface<ICameraServiceProxy>(impl) {}
+
+    virtual void pingForUserUpdate() {
+        Parcel data, reply;
+        data.writeInterfaceToken(ICameraServiceProxy::getInterfaceDescriptor());
+        remote()->transact(BnCameraServiceProxy::PING_FOR_USER_UPDATE, data, &reply,
+                IBinder::FLAG_ONEWAY);
+    }
+};
+
+
+IMPLEMENT_META_INTERFACE(CameraServiceProxy, "android.hardware.ICameraServiceProxy");
+
+status_t BnCameraServiceProxy::onTransact(uint32_t code, const Parcel& data, Parcel* reply,
+        uint32_t flags) {
+    switch(code) {
+        case PING_FOR_USER_UPDATE: {
+            CHECK_INTERFACE(ICameraServiceProxy, data, reply);
+            pingForUserUpdate();
+            return NO_ERROR;
+        } break;
+        default:
+            return BBinder::onTransact(code, data, reply, flags);
+    }
+}
+}; // namespace android
+
diff --git a/include/camera/ICameraServiceProxy.h b/include/camera/ICameraServiceProxy.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12a555f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/camera/ICameraServiceProxy.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_HARDWARE_ICAMERASERVICEPROXY_H
+#define ANDROID_HARDWARE_ICAMERASERVICEPROXY_H
+
+#include <utils/RefBase.h>
+#include <binder/IInterface.h>
+#include <binder/Parcel.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+class ICameraServiceProxy : public IInterface {
+public:
+    enum {
+        PING_FOR_USER_UPDATE = IBinder::FIRST_CALL_TRANSACTION,
+    };
+
+    DECLARE_META_INTERFACE(CameraServiceProxy);
+
+    virtual void pingForUserUpdate() = 0;
+};
+
+class BnCameraServiceProxy: public BnInterface<ICameraServiceProxy>
+{
+public:
+    virtual status_t    onTransact( uint32_t code,
+                                    const Parcel& data,
+                                    Parcel* reply,
+                                    uint32_t flags = 0);
+};
+
+
+
+}; // namespace android
+
+#endif // ANDROID_HARDWARE_ICAMERASERVICEPROXY_H
+
+
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
index fc9a332..cdf83cb 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <binder/MemoryBase.h>
 #include <binder/MemoryHeapBase.h>
 #include <binder/ProcessInfoService.h>
+#include <camera/ICameraServiceProxy.h>
 #include <cutils/atomic.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
 #include <gui/Surface.h>
@@ -224,6 +225,18 @@
     }
 
     CameraDeviceFactory::registerService(this);
+
+    CameraService::pingCameraServiceProxy();
+}
+
+void CameraService::pingCameraServiceProxy() {
+    sp<IServiceManager> sm = defaultServiceManager();
+    sp<IBinder> binder = sm->getService(String16("media.camera.proxy"));
+    if (binder == nullptr) {
+        return;
+    }
+    sp<ICameraServiceProxy> proxyBinder = interface_cast<ICameraServiceProxy>(binder);
+    proxyBinder->pingForUserUpdate();
 }
 
 CameraService::~CameraService() {
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.h b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.h
index 9b7163a..ce3cb44 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.h
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/CameraService.h
@@ -702,6 +702,8 @@
 
     static String8 toString(std::set<userid_t> intSet);
 
+    static void pingCameraServiceProxy();
+
 };
 
 template<class Func>