diff --git a/overlay/frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml b/overlay/frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml
index b6b1679..c3e96ef 100644
--- a/overlay/frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/overlay/frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@
         <item>lte:524288,1048576,8388608,262144,524288,4194304</item>
     </string-array>
 
+   <!-- Whether a software navigation bar should be shown. NOTE: in the future this may be
+         autodetected from the Configuration. -->
+    <bool name="config_showNavigationBar">true</bool>
+
     <!-- Configure wifi tcp buffersizes in the form:
          rmem_min,rmem_def,rmem_max,wmem_min,wmem_def,wmem_max -->
     <string name="config_wifi_tcp_buffers" translatable="false">524288,2097152,8388608,262144,524288,4194304</string>