diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/ArraysCompatUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/ArraysCompatUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f6afbcfe250b98e5738acd77283f726c9d59e5e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/ArraysCompatUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.compat;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class ArraysCompatUtils {
+    private static final Method METHOD_Arrays_binarySearch = CompatUtils
+            .getMethod(Arrays.class, "binarySearch", int[].class, int.class, int.class, int.class);
+
+    public static int binarySearch(int[] array, int startIndex, int endIndex, int value) {
+        if (METHOD_Arrays_binarySearch != null) {
+            final Object index = CompatUtils.invoke(null, 0, METHOD_Arrays_binarySearch,
+                    array, startIndex, endIndex, value);
+            return (Integer)index;
+        } else {
+            return compatBinarySearch(array, startIndex, endIndex, value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* package */ static int compatBinarySearch(int[] array, int startIndex, int endIndex,
+            int value) {
+        if (startIndex > endIndex) throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        if (startIndex < 0 || endIndex > array.length) throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+        final int work[] = new int[endIndex - startIndex];
+        System.arraycopy(array, startIndex, work, 0, work.length);
+        final int index = Arrays.binarySearch(work, value);
+        if (index >= 0) {
+            return index + startIndex;
+        } else {
+            return ~(~index + startIndex);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/SpellChecker.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/SpellChecker.java
index e3407a26968abd8551067ae68b53817c94ef49fa..63c6d69d74f4386de981fdfddb9a50ce1cee9449 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/SpellChecker.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/spellcheck/SpellChecker.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.android.inputmethod.latin.spellcheck;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.compat.ArraysCompatUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Dictionary;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Dictionary.DataType;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Dictionary.WordCallback;
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ import com.android.inputmethod.latin.DictionaryFactory;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Utils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.WordComposer;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -64,13 +64,14 @@ public class SpellChecker {
         private int[] mScores = new int[DEFAULT_SUGGESTION_LENGTH];
         private int mLength = 0;
 
+        @Override
         synchronized public boolean addWord(char[] word, int wordOffset, int wordLength, int score,
                 int dicTypeId, DataType dataType) {
             if (mLength >= mScores.length) {
                 final int newLength = mScores.length * 2;
                 mScores = new int[newLength];
             }
-            final int positionIndex = Arrays.binarySearch(mScores, 0, mLength, score);
+            final int positionIndex = ArraysCompatUtils.binarySearch(mScores, 0, mLength, score);
             // binarySearch returns the index if the element exists, and -<insertion index> - 1
             // if it doesn't. See documentation for binarySearch.
             final int insertionIndex = positionIndex >= 0 ? positionIndex : -positionIndex - 1;
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/ArraysCompatUtilsTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/ArraysCompatUtilsTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..93681b6169d8fa1cc7cfb2f14777bc2d64a9d516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/compat/ArraysCompatUtilsTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.compat;
+
+import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
+
+public class ArraysCompatUtilsTests extends AndroidTestCase {
+    // See {@link tests.api.java.util.ArraysTest}.
+    private static final int ARRAY_SIZE = 100;
+    private final int[] mIntArray = new int[ARRAY_SIZE];
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+        for (int counter = 0; counter < ARRAY_SIZE; counter++) {
+            mIntArray[counter] = counter;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testEmptyArray() {
+        final int index = ArraysCompatUtils.binarySearch(mIntArray, 0, 0, 0);
+        assertEquals("empty", ~0, index);
+        final int compat = ArraysCompatUtils.compatBinarySearch(mIntArray, 0, 0, 0);
+        assertEquals("empty compat", ~0, compat);
+    }
+
+    public void testEmptyRangeArray() {
+        final int mid = ARRAY_SIZE / 3;
+        final int index = ArraysCompatUtils.binarySearch(mIntArray, mid, mid, 1);
+        assertEquals("empty", ~mid, index);
+        final int compat = ArraysCompatUtils.compatBinarySearch(mIntArray, mid, mid, 1);
+        assertEquals("empty compat", ~mid, compat);
+    }
+
+    public void testFind() {
+        for (int counter = 0; counter < ARRAY_SIZE; counter++) {
+            final int index = ArraysCompatUtils.binarySearch(mIntArray, 0, ARRAY_SIZE, counter);
+            assertEquals("found", counter, index);
+        }
+        for (int counter = 0; counter < ARRAY_SIZE; counter++) {
+            final int compat = ArraysCompatUtils.compatBinarySearch(
+                    mIntArray, 0, ARRAY_SIZE, counter);
+            assertEquals("found compat", counter, compat);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testFindNegative() {
+        final int offset = ARRAY_SIZE / 2;
+        for (int counter = 0; counter < ARRAY_SIZE; counter++) {
+            mIntArray[counter] -= offset;
+        }
+        for (int counter = 0; counter < ARRAY_SIZE; counter++) {
+            final int index = ArraysCompatUtils.binarySearch(
+                    mIntArray, 0, ARRAY_SIZE, counter - offset);
+            assertEquals("found", counter, index);
+        }
+        for (int counter = 0; counter < ARRAY_SIZE; counter++) {
+            final int compat = ArraysCompatUtils.compatBinarySearch(
+                    mIntArray, 0, ARRAY_SIZE, counter - offset);
+            assertEquals("found compat", counter, compat);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testNotFountAtTop() {
+        final int index = ArraysCompatUtils.binarySearch(mIntArray, 0, ARRAY_SIZE, -1);
+        assertEquals("not found top", ~0, index);
+        final int compat = ArraysCompatUtils.compatBinarySearch(
+                    mIntArray, 0, ARRAY_SIZE, -1);
+        assertEquals("not found top compat", ~0, compat);
+    }
+
+    public void testNotFountAtEnd() {
+        final int index = ArraysCompatUtils.binarySearch(mIntArray, 0, ARRAY_SIZE, ARRAY_SIZE);
+        assertEquals("not found end", ~ARRAY_SIZE, index);
+        final int compat = ArraysCompatUtils.compatBinarySearch(
+                    mIntArray, 0, ARRAY_SIZE, ARRAY_SIZE);
+        assertEquals("not found end compat", ~ARRAY_SIZE, compat);
+    }
+
+    public void testNotFountAtMid() {
+        final int mid = ARRAY_SIZE / 3;
+        mIntArray[mid] = mIntArray[mid + 1];
+        final int index = ArraysCompatUtils.binarySearch(mIntArray, 0, ARRAY_SIZE, mid);
+        assertEquals("not found mid", ~mid, index);
+        final int compat = ArraysCompatUtils.compatBinarySearch(
+                    mIntArray, 0, ARRAY_SIZE, mid);
+        assertEquals("not found mid compat", ~mid, compat);
+    }
+}