diff --git a/libmetricslogger/Android.bp b/libmetricslogger/Android.bp
index ad0c23853..6549b8d56 100644
--- a/libmetricslogger/Android.bp
+++ b/libmetricslogger/Android.bp
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ cc_defaults {
         "-Wall",
         "-Wextra",
         "-Werror",
-
-        // The following define maps the sysui_multi_action logtag ID as represented by:
-        //   frameworks/base/core/java/com/android/internal/logging/EventLogTags.logtags
-        //
-        // TODO(jhawkins): Query this value at runtime.
-        "-DMULTI_ACTION_LOG_TAG=524292",
     ],
 }
 
diff --git a/libmetricslogger/metrics_logger.cpp b/libmetricslogger/metrics_logger.cpp
index 0ca024d73..fdc44071b 100644
--- a/libmetricslogger/metrics_logger.cpp
+++ b/libmetricslogger/metrics_logger.cpp
@@ -18,28 +18,37 @@
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 
+#include <log/event_tag_map.h>
 #include <log/log_event_list.h>
 
+namespace {
+
+EventTagMap* kEventTagMap = android_openEventTagMap(nullptr);
+const int kSysuiMultiActionTag = android_lookupEventTagNum(
+    kEventTagMap, "sysui_multi_action", "(content|4)", ANDROID_LOG_UNKNOWN);
+
+}  // namespace
+
 namespace android {
 namespace metricslogger {
 
 // Mirror com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger#histogram().
 void LogHistogram(const std::string& event, int32_t data) {
-    android_log_event_list log(MULTI_ACTION_LOG_TAG);
+    android_log_event_list log(kSysuiMultiActionTag);
     log << LOGBUILDER_CATEGORY << LOGBUILDER_HISTOGRAM << LOGBUILDER_NAME << event
         << LOGBUILDER_BUCKET << data << LOGBUILDER_VALUE << 1 << LOG_ID_EVENTS;
 }
 
 // Mirror com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger#count().
 void LogCounter(const std::string& name, int32_t val) {
-    android_log_event_list log(MULTI_ACTION_LOG_TAG);
+    android_log_event_list log(kSysuiMultiActionTag);
     log << LOGBUILDER_CATEGORY << LOGBUILDER_COUNTER << LOGBUILDER_NAME << name << LOGBUILDER_VALUE
         << val << LOG_ID_EVENTS;
 }
 
 // Mirror com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger#action().
 void LogMultiAction(int32_t category, int32_t field, const std::string& value) {
-    android_log_event_list log(MULTI_ACTION_LOG_TAG);
+    android_log_event_list log(kSysuiMultiActionTag);
     log << LOGBUILDER_CATEGORY << category << LOGBUILDER_TYPE << TYPE_ACTION
         << field << value << LOG_ID_EVENTS;
 }