diff --git a/build/soong/Android.bp b/build/soong/Android.bp
index bee2c6423..7cca44be0 100755
--- a/build/soong/Android.bp
+++ b/build/soong/Android.bp
@@ -611,3 +611,19 @@ no_camera_smooth_apis {
         },
     },
 }
+soong_config_module_type {
+    name: "inputdispatcher_skip_event_key",
+    module_type: "cc_defaults",
+    config_namespace: "stagGlobalVars",
+    value_variables: ["target_inputdispatcher_skip_event_key"],
+    properties: ["cppflags"],
+}
+
+inputdispatcher_skip_event_key {
+    name: "inputdispatcher_skip_event_key_defaults",
+    soong_config_variables: {
+        target_inputdispatcher_skip_event_key: {
+            cppflags: ["-DINPUTDISPATCHER_SKIP_EVENT_KEY=%s"],
+        },
+    },
+}
diff --git a/config/BoardConfigSoong.mk b/config/BoardConfigSoong.mk
index b2237b25f..264494b2f 100755
--- a/config/BoardConfigSoong.mk
+++ b/config/BoardConfigSoong.mk
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ SOONG_CONFIG_stagGlobalVars += \
     needs_netd_direct_connect_rule \
     camera_needs_client_info \
     target_init_vendor_lib \
+    target_inputdispatcher_skip_event_key \
     target_ld_shim_libs \
     target_process_sdk_version_override \
     target_uses_prebuilt_dynamic_partitions \
@@ -109,15 +110,18 @@ TARGET_ADDITIONAL_GRALLOC_10_USAGE_BITS ?= 0
 TARGET_INIT_VENDOR_LIB ?= vendor_init
 TARGET_SPECIFIC_CAMERA_PARAMETER_LIBRARY ?= libcamera_parameters
 TARGET_SURFACEFLINGER_UDFPS_LIB ?= surfaceflinger_udfps_lib
+TARGET_INPUTDISPATCHER_SKIP_EVENT_KEY ?= 0
 
 # Soong value variables
 SOONG_CONFIG_stagGlobalVars_additional_gralloc_10_usage_bits := $(TARGET_ADDITIONAL_GRALLOC_10_USAGE_BITS)
 SOONG_CONFIG_stagGlobalVars_bootloader_message_offset := $(BOOTLOADER_MESSAGE_OFFSET)
 SOONG_CONFIG_stagGlobalVars_target_init_vendor_lib := $(TARGET_INIT_VENDOR_LIB)
+SOONG_CONFIG_stagGlobalVars_target_inputdispatcher_skip_event_key := $(TARGET_INPUTDISPATCHER_SKIP_EVENT_KEY)
 SOONG_CONFIG_stagGlobalVars_target_ld_shim_libs := $(subst $(space),:,$(TARGET_LD_SHIM_LIBS))
 SOONG_CONFIG_stagGlobalVars_target_process_sdk_version_override := $(TARGET_PROCESS_SDK_VERSION_OVERRIDE)
 SOONG_CONFIG_stagGlobalVars_target_surfaceflinger_udfps_lib := $(TARGET_SURFACEFLINGER_UDFPS_LIB)
 SOONG_CONFIG_stagGlobalVars_uses_camera_parameter_lib := $(TARGET_SPECIFIC_CAMERA_PARAMETER_LIBRARY)
+
 ifneq ($(filter $(QSSI_SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS),$(TARGET_BOARD_PLATFORM)),)
 SOONG_CONFIG_stagQcomVars_qcom_display_headers_namespace := vendor/qcom/opensource/commonsys-intf/display
 else