diff --git a/services/appmgr/include/app_spawn_client.h b/services/appmgr/include/app_spawn_client.h
index a41f8f75f4f133e41c96e2fd4d646f15a44e396c..9a27064905cfa069d6e7482638824189e0803527 100644
--- a/services/appmgr/include/app_spawn_client.h
+++ b/services/appmgr/include/app_spawn_client.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct AppSpawnStartMsg {
     uint32_t flags;
     uint32_t hapFlags = 0; // whether is pre installed hap
     uint32_t mountPermissionFlags;
+    uint32_t apiTargetVersion = 0;
     uint64_t accessTokenIdEx;
     std::vector<int32_t> gids;
     std::string procName;
diff --git a/services/appmgr/src/app_mgr_service_inner.cpp b/services/appmgr/src/app_mgr_service_inner.cpp
index f2b989ba7f68f5b20ffd5a35fa4c730b012f0c5c..f5736472c9341960f257893900c69e0b9c19570f 100644
--- a/services/appmgr/src/app_mgr_service_inner.cpp
+++ b/services/appmgr/src/app_mgr_service_inner.cpp
@@ -3668,6 +3668,7 @@ void AppMgrServiceInner::SetAppInfo(const BundleInfo &bundleInfo, AppSpawnStartM
     startMsg.apl = bundleInfo.applicationInfo.appPrivilegeLevel;
     startMsg.ownerId = bundleInfo.signatureInfo.appIdentifier;
     startMsg.provisionType = bundleInfo.applicationInfo.appProvisionType;
+    startMsg.apiTargetVersion = bundleInfo.applicationInfo.apiTargetVersion % API_VERSION_MOD;
 #ifdef SUPPORT_CHILD_PROCESS
     if (bundleInfo.applicationInfo.apiTargetVersion % API_VERSION_MOD < API15) {
         startMsg.maxChildProcess = 0;
diff --git a/services/appmgr/src/app_spawn_client.cpp b/services/appmgr/src/app_spawn_client.cpp
index 0705486005e8c067882f56eb5ce1d3ddbe83504e..3ab4b1b3265220f92922f6387f2b75927c5fdbba 100644
--- a/services/appmgr/src/app_spawn_client.cpp
+++ b/services/appmgr/src/app_spawn_client.cpp
@@ -380,6 +380,13 @@ int32_t AppSpawnClient::AppspawnSetExtMsg(const AppSpawnStartMsg &startMsg, AppS
         }
     }
 
+    std::string apiTargetVersionStr = std::to_string(startMsg.apiTargetVersion);
+    ret = AppSpawnReqMsgAddStringInfo(reqHandle, MSG_EXT_NAME_API_TARGET_VERSION, apiTargetVersionStr.c_str());
+    if (ret) {
+        TAG_LOGE(AAFwkTag::APPMGR, "Send apiTargetVersion fail, ret: %{public}d", ret);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
     return AppspawnSetExtMsgMore(startMsg, reqHandle);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/unittest/app_spawn_client_second_test/app_spawn_client_second_test.cpp b/test/unittest/app_spawn_client_second_test/app_spawn_client_second_test.cpp
index 637b1b048e7c87928ea2ad63f3c9cbd8efa182b5..6a6e691ebaf3487e8647a44d68b1ed3452df0f31 100644
--- a/test/unittest/app_spawn_client_second_test/app_spawn_client_second_test.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/app_spawn_client_second_test/app_spawn_client_second_test.cpp
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ HWTEST_F(AppSpawnClientSecondTest, AppspawnSetExtMsg_002, TestSize.Level0)
     startMsg.atomicAccount = "testAtomicAccount";
     startMsg.code = MSG_APP_SPAWN;
     startMsg.procName = "testProcName";
+    startMsg.apiTargetVersion = 1;
     AppSpawnReqMsgHandle reqHandle = nullptr;
     int ret = AppSpawnReqMsgCreate(static_cast<AppSpawnMsgType>(startMsg.code), startMsg.procName.c_str(), &reqHandle);
     EXPECT_EQ(ret, ERR_OK);