diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 488cf9ca7..e9b5d4c35 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -840,6 +840,37 @@ endif
 BUILD_NUMBER_FROM_FILE := $$(cat $(OUT_DIR)/build_number.txt)
 BUILD_DATETIME_FROM_FILE := $$(cat $(OUT_DIR)/build_date.txt)
 
+# SEPolicy versions
+
+# PLATFORM_SEPOLICY_VERSION is a number of the form "NN.m" with "NN" mapping to
+# PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION and "m" as a minor number which allows for SELinux
+# changes independent of PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION.  This value will be set to
+# 10000.0 to represent tip-of-tree development that is inherently unstable and
+# thus designed not to work with any shipping vendor policy.  This is similar in
+# spirit to how DEFAULT_APP_TARGET_SDK is set.
+# The minor version ('m' component) must be updated every time a platform release
+# is made which breaks compatibility with the previous platform sepolicy version,
+# not just on every increase in PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION.  The minor version should
+# be reset to 0 on every bump of the PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION.
+sepolicy_major_vers := 27
+sepolicy_minor_vers := 0
+
+ifneq ($(sepolicy_major_vers), $(PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION))
+$(error sepolicy_major_version does not match PLATFORM_SDK_VERSION, please update.)
+endif
+ifneq (REL,$(PLATFORM_VERSION_CODENAME))
+    sepolicy_major_vers := 10000
+    sepolicy_minor_vers := 0
+endif
+PLATFORM_SEPOLICY_VERSION := $(join $(addsuffix .,$(sepolicy_major_vers)), $(sepolicy_minor_vers))
+sepolicy_major_vers :=
+sepolicy_minor_vers :=
+
+# A list of SEPolicy versions, besides PLATFORM_SEPOLICY_VERSION, that the framework supports.
+PLATFORM_SEPOLICY_COMPAT_VERSIONS := \
+    26.0 \
+    27.0
+
 # ###############################################################
 # Set up final options.
 # ###############################################################