diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/SettingsService.kt b/src/com/android/settings/SettingsService.kt
index 2cd706b9b14..33385280ed9 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/SettingsService.kt
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/SettingsService.kt
@@ -16,15 +16,31 @@
 
 package com.android.settings
 
+import android.app.Application
 import android.content.Intent
-import android.os.IBinder
 import com.android.settings.flags.Flags
+import com.android.settingslib.graph.PreferenceSetterRequest
+import com.android.settingslib.ipc.ApiPermissionChecker
 import com.android.settingslib.service.PreferenceService
 
 /** Service to expose settings APIs. */
-class SettingsService : PreferenceService({ _, _, _ -> true }) {
+class SettingsService :
+    PreferenceService(
+        graphPermissionChecker = ApiPermissionChecker.alwaysAllow(),
+        setterPermissionChecker = SetterPermissionChecker(),
+    ) {
 
-    override fun onBind(intent: Intent): IBinder? {
-        return if (!Flags.catalystService()) null else super.onBind(intent)
-    }
+    override fun onBind(intent: Intent) =
+        if (Flags.catalystService()) super.onBind(intent) else null
+}
+
+/** Permission checker for external setter API. */
+private class SetterPermissionChecker : ApiPermissionChecker<PreferenceSetterRequest> {
+
+    override fun hasPermission(
+        application: Application,
+        myUid: Int,
+        callingUid: Int,
+        request: PreferenceSetterRequest,
+    ) = true
 }