diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AccountAddressBookHelper.java b/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AccountAddressBookHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c75b26252bed3e5937834ab0bfcd25f7fee7245d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AccountAddressBookHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.android.settings.accounts;
+
+class AccountAddressBookHelper {
+
+    /*
+     By convention all address book account types has "address_book" postfix
+     e.g. "foundation.e.accountmanager.address_book"
+     */
+    public static final String ADDRESS_BOOK_ACCOUNT_TYPE = "address_book";
+
+    public static boolean isAccountAddressBookType(String account_type) {
+        if (account_type != null) {
+            return account_type.contains(ADDRESS_BOOK_ACCOUNT_TYPE);
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AccountPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AccountPreferenceController.java
index 1309cc2bb55c516d6493266a30f8a717eab8ac19..8b03c63d01fb23a6f20c8e9760b49f09f49e9439 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AccountPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/accounts/AccountPreferenceController.java
@@ -482,10 +482,9 @@ public class AccountPreferenceController extends AbstractPreferenceController
 
         for (int i = 0; i < accountTypes.length; i++) {
             final String accountType = accountTypes[i];
-            // Skip showing any account that does not have any of the requested authorities
-            if (!accountTypeHasAnyRequestedAuthorities(helper, accountType)) {
+            // Skip displaying address book accounts
+            if (AccountAddressBookHelper.isAccountAddressBookType(accountType))
                 continue;
-            }
             final CharSequence label = helper.getLabelForType(mContext, accountType);
             if (label == null) {
                 continue;
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/accounts/ChooseAccountPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/accounts/ChooseAccountPreferenceController.java
index a217f017f99c0f4aec8b2823f0d5242e2b6eea41..c0973ba6655e878de302da43e451d469e574a6a1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/accounts/ChooseAccountPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/accounts/ChooseAccountPreferenceController.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public class ChooseAccountPreferenceController extends BasePreferenceController
 
         mProviderList = new ArrayList<>();
         mTypeToAuthDescription = new HashMap<>();
+
     }
 
     public void initialize(String[] authorities, String[] accountTypesFilter, UserHandle userHandle,
@@ -150,8 +151,9 @@ public class ChooseAccountPreferenceController extends BasePreferenceController
                     }
                 }
             }
-            if (addAccountPref && mAccountTypesFilter != null
-                    && !mAccountTypesFilter.contains(accountType)) {
+            if (addAccountPref && ((mAccountTypesFilter != null
+                    && !mAccountTypesFilter.contains(accountType))
+            || AccountAddressBookHelper.isAccountAddressBookType(accountType))) {
                 addAccountPref = false;
             }
             if (addAccountPref) {