diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/metalava/model/ClassItem.kt b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/metalava/model/ClassItem.kt
index a26b71b3448366b400bb3fd6c0f4ea6b59e5a204..0d072fa6103a9faaf16cf3bc35319c1f7f368eff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/metalava/model/ClassItem.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/metalava/model/ClassItem.kt
@@ -670,6 +670,18 @@ interface ClassItem : Item {
                 if (!predicate.test(superClass)) {
                     superClass.filteredInterfaceTypes(predicate, types, true, includeParents, target)
                 } else if (includeSelf && superClass.isInterface()) {
+                    // Special case: Arguably, IInterface should be included in the system API by the
+                    // general rules. However, this was just added to the system API in 28 at the same
+                    // time as metalava, which did not include some hidden super classes in its analysis.
+                    // This is now marked as an incompatible API change, so treat this the same way as in
+                    // API 28 until this is clarified.
+                    if (superClass.simpleName() == "IInterface" &&
+                        (target.qualifiedName() == "android.telephony.mbms.vendor.MbmsDownloadServiceBase" ||
+                            target.qualifiedName() == "android.telephony.mbms.vendor.MbmsStreamingServiceBase")
+                    ) {
+                        return types
+                    }
+
                     types.add(superClassType)
                     if (includeParents) {
                         superClass.filteredInterfaceTypes(predicate, types, true, includeParents, target)