diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index ea791a5..0861e710 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -971,6 +971,23 @@
                 android:description="@string/permdesc_manageOwnCalls"
                 android:protectionLevel="normal" />
 
+    <!-- Allows a calling app to continue a call which was started in another app.  An example is a
+         video calling app that wants to continue a voice call on the user's mobile network.<p>
+         When the handover of a call from one app to another takes place, there are two devices
+         which are involved in the handover; the initiating and receiving devices.  The initiating
+         device is where the request to handover the call was started, and the receiving device is
+         where the handover request is confirmed by the other party.<p>
+         This permission protects access to the
+         {@link android.telecom.TelecomManager#acceptHandover(Uri, int, PhoneAccountHandle)} which
+         the receiving side of the handover uses to accept a handover.
+         <p>Protection level: dangerous
+    -->
+    <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCEPT_HANDOVER"
+                android:permissionGroup="android.permission-group.PHONE"
+                android.label="@string/permlab_acceptHandover"
+                android:description="@string/permdesc_acceptHandovers"
+                android:protectionLevel="dangerous" />
+
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- Permissions for accessing the device microphone                        -->
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/strings.xml b/core/res/res/values/strings.xml
index 71e963a..d83db87 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1133,6 +1133,17 @@
     <string name="permdesc_manageOwnCalls">Allows the app to route its calls through the system in
         order to improve the calling experience.</string>
 
+    <!-- Title of an application permission.  When granted the user is giving access to a third
+         party app to continue a call which originated in another app.  For example, the user
+         could be in a voice call over their carrier's mobile network, and a third party video
+         calling app wants to continue that voice call as a video call. -->
+    <string name="permlab_acceptHandover">continue a call from another app</string>
+    <!-- Description of an application permission.  When granted the user is giving access to a
+         third party app to continue a call which originated in another app.  For example, the user
+         could be in a voice call over their carrier's mobile network, and a third party video
+         calling app wants to continue that voice call as a video call -->
+    <string name="permdesc_acceptHandovers">Allows the app to continue a call which was started in another app.</string>
+
     <!-- Title of an application permission, listed so the user can choose whether they want to allow the application to do this. -->
     <string name="permlab_readPhoneNumbers">read phone numbers</string>
     <!-- Description of an application permission, listed so the user can choose whether they want to allow the application to do this. -->