diff --git a/init/property_service.cpp b/init/property_service.cpp
index d3cdd437f..cd5933d23 100644
--- a/init/property_service.cpp
+++ b/init/property_service.cpp
@@ -974,6 +974,17 @@ static std::string ConstructBuildFingerprint(bool legacy) {
     std::string build_fingerprint = GetProperty("ro.product.brand", UNKNOWN);
     build_fingerprint += '/';
     build_fingerprint += GetProperty("ro.product.name", UNKNOWN);
+
+    // should be set in /product/etc/build.prop
+    // when we have a dev option device, and we've switched the kernel to 16kb mode
+    // we use the same system image, but we've switched out the kernel, so make it
+    // visible at a high level
+    bool has16KbDevOption =
+            android::base::GetBoolProperty("ro.product.build.16k_page.enabled", false);
+    if (has16KbDevOption && getpagesize() == 16384) {
+        build_fingerprint += "_16kb";
+    }
+
     build_fingerprint += '/';
     build_fingerprint += GetProperty("ro.product.device", UNKNOWN);
     build_fingerprint += ':';