diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase.java b/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase.java
index 27d4a2b2ef..ce9d9704cd 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase.java
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase.java
@@ -377,18 +377,24 @@ abstract class AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase extends Instrumentation
     private void assertRestrictBackground(String list, int uid, boolean expected) throws Exception {
         final int maxTries = 5;
         boolean actual = false;
+        final String expectedUid = Integer.toString(uid);
+        String uids = "";
         for (int i = 1; i <= maxTries; i++) {
             final String output =
                     executeShellCommand("cmd netpolicy list " + list);
-            actual = output.contains(Integer.toString(uid));
-            if (expected == actual) {
-                return;
+            uids = output.split(":")[1];
+            for (String candidate : uids.split(" ")) {
+                actual = candidate.trim().equals(expectedUid);
+                if (expected == actual) {
+                    return;
+                }
             }
             Log.v(TAG, list + " check for uid " + uid + " doesn't match yet (expected "
                     + expected + ", got " + actual + "); sleeping 1s before polling again");
             Thread.sleep(SECOND_IN_MS);
         }
-        fail(list + " check for uid " + uid + " failed: expected " + expected + ", got " + actual);
+        fail(list + " check for uid " + uid + " failed: expected " + expected + ", got " + actual
+                + ". Full list: " + uids);
     }
 
     protected void assertPowerSaveModeWhitelist(String packageName, boolean expected)
diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/DataSaverModeTest.java b/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/DataSaverModeTest.java
index 62f670ed43..d7604755fe 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/DataSaverModeTest.java
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/DataSaverModeTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ import static android.net.ConnectivityManager.RESTRICT_BACKGROUND_STATUS_WHITELI
  */
 public class DataSaverModeTest extends AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase {
 
+    private static final String[] REQUIRED_WHITELISTED_PACKAGES = {
+        "com.android.providers.downloads"
+    };
+
     @Override
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();
@@ -108,4 +112,24 @@ public class DataSaverModeTest extends AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase
         assertRestrictBackgroundChangedReceived(5);
         assertRestrictBackgroundStatus(RESTRICT_BACKGROUND_STATUS_DISABLED);
     }
+
+    public void testGetRestrictBackgroundStatus_requiredWhitelistedPackages() throws Exception {
+        final StringBuilder error = new StringBuilder();
+        for (String packageName : REQUIRED_WHITELISTED_PACKAGES) {
+            int uid = -1;
+            try {
+                uid = getUid(packageName);
+                assertRestrictBackgroundWhitelist(uid, true);
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                error.append("\nFailed for '").append(packageName).append("'");
+                if (uid > 0) {
+                    error.append(" (uid ").append(uid).append(")");
+                }
+                error.append(": ").append(t).append("\n");
+            }
+        }
+        if (error.length() > 0) {
+            fail(error.toString());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/src/com/android/cts/net/HostsideRestrictBackgroundNetworkTests.java b/tests/cts/hostside/src/com/android/cts/net/HostsideRestrictBackgroundNetworkTests.java
index 15a4e0a84f..ca535bc6d2 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/src/com/android/cts/net/HostsideRestrictBackgroundNetworkTests.java
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/src/com/android/cts/net/HostsideRestrictBackgroundNetworkTests.java
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ public class HostsideRestrictBackgroundNetworkTests extends HostsideNetworkTestC
         assertRestrictBackgroundWhitelist(newUid, false);
     }
 
+    public void testDataSaverMode_requiredWhitelistedPackages() throws Exception {
+        runDeviceTests(TEST_PKG, TEST_PKG + ".DataSaverModeTest",
+                "testGetRestrictBackgroundStatus_requiredWhitelistedPackages");
+    }
+
     public void testBatterySaverMode_disabled() throws Exception {
         runDeviceTests(TEST_PKG, TEST_PKG + ".BatterySaverModeTest",
                 "testBackgroundNetworkAccess_disabled");