diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar_expanded.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar_expanded.xml
index 67a933df6692d..a8ef7c346b951 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar_expanded.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar_expanded.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@
             systemui:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
         />
 
+        <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Guideline
+            android:id="@+id/qs_edge_guideline"
+            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            systemui:layout_constraintGuide_percent="0.5"
+            android:orientation="vertical"/>
+
         <com.android.systemui.statusbar.notification.stack.NotificationStackScrollLayout
             android:id="@+id/notification_stack_scroller"
             android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/notification_panel_margin_top"
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
index 738ac4d18c621..7027a3bc99de0 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ package com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone;
 
 import static android.view.View.GONE;
 
+import static androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintSet.END;
+import static androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintSet.PARENT_ID;
+import static androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintSet.START;
+
 import static com.android.internal.jank.InteractionJankMonitor.CUJ_NOTIFICATION_SHADE_EXPAND_COLLAPSE;
 import static com.android.internal.jank.InteractionJankMonitor.CUJ_NOTIFICATION_SHADE_QS_EXPAND_COLLAPSE;
 import static com.android.systemui.classifier.Classifier.QUICK_SETTINGS;
@@ -66,6 +70,8 @@ import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
 import android.widget.FrameLayout;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
+import androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintSet;
+
 import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.android.internal.jank.InteractionJankMonitor;
 import com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger;
@@ -762,6 +768,10 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
         });
 
         mView.setAccessibilityDelegate(mAccessibilityDelegate);
+        // dynamically apply the split shade value overrides.
+        if (Utils.shouldUseSplitNotificationShade(mFeatureFlags, mResources)) {
+            updateResources();
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -870,11 +880,21 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
             mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.setLayoutParams(lp);
         }
 
+        // In order to change the constraints at runtime, all children of the Constraint Layout
+        // must have ids.
+        ensureAllViewsHaveIds(mNotificationContainerParent);
+        ConstraintSet constraintSet = new ConstraintSet();
+        constraintSet.clone(mNotificationContainerParent);
         if (Utils.shouldUseSplitNotificationShade(mFeatureFlags, mResources)) {
-            // In order to change the constraints at runtime, all children of the Constraint Layout
-            // must have ids.
-            ensureAllViewsHaveIds(mNotificationContainerParent);
+            constraintSet.connect(R.id.qs_frame, END, R.id.qs_edge_guideline, END);
+            constraintSet.connect(
+                    R.id.notification_stack_scroller, START,
+                    R.id.qs_edge_guideline, START);
+        } else {
+            constraintSet.connect(R.id.qs_frame, END, PARENT_ID, END);
+            constraintSet.connect(R.id.notification_stack_scroller, START, PARENT_ID, START);
         }
+        constraintSet.applyTo(mNotificationContainerParent);
     }
 
     private static void ensureAllViewsHaveIds(ViewGroup parentView) {
@@ -2007,6 +2027,10 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
     }
 
     private float calculateQsTopPadding() {
+        // in split shade mode we want notifications to be directly below status bar
+        if (Utils.shouldUseSplitNotificationShade(mFeatureFlags, mResources) && !mKeyguardShowing) {
+            return 0f;
+        }
         if (mKeyguardShowing && (mQsExpandImmediate
                 || mIsExpanding && mQsExpandedWhenExpandingStarted)) {
 
@@ -2646,7 +2670,9 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
         super.onTrackingStarted();
         if (mQsFullyExpanded) {
             mQsExpandImmediate = true;
-            mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.setShouldShowShelfOnly(true);
+            if (!Utils.shouldUseSplitNotificationShade(mFeatureFlags, mResources)) {
+                mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.setShouldShowShelfOnly(true);
+            }
         }
         if (mBarState == KEYGUARD || mBarState == StatusBarState.SHADE_LOCKED) {
             mAffordanceHelper.animateHideLeftRightIcon();
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewTest.java
index 3f5a6992fcef0..e788a1c0954b6 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewTest.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityManager;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
 
+import androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout;
+import androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintSet;
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 
 import com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger;
@@ -222,14 +224,13 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewTest extends SysuiTestCase {
     @Mock
     private BroadcastDispatcher mBroadcastDispatcher;
     @Mock
-    private NotificationsQuickSettingsContainer mNotificationContainerParent;
-    @Mock
     private AmbientState mAmbientState;
     @Mock
     private UserManager mUserManager;
 
     private NotificationPanelViewController mNotificationPanelViewController;
     private View.AccessibilityDelegate mAccessibiltyDelegate;
+    private NotificationsQuickSettingsContainer mNotificationContainerParent;
 
     @Before
     public void setup() {
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         when(mView.findViewById(R.id.keyguard_status_view))
                 .thenReturn(mock(KeyguardStatusView.class));
         when(mView.findViewById(R.id.keyguard_header)).thenReturn(mKeyguardStatusBar);
+        mNotificationContainerParent = new NotificationsQuickSettingsContainer(getContext(), null);
         when(mView.findViewById(R.id.notification_container_parent))
                 .thenReturn(mNotificationContainerParent);
         FlingAnimationUtils.Builder flingAnimationUtilsBuilder = new FlingAnimationUtils.Builder(
@@ -440,16 +442,11 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewTest extends SysuiTestCase {
 
     @Test
     public void testAllChildrenOfNotificationContainer_haveIds() {
-        when(mNotificationContainerParent.getChildCount()).thenReturn(2);
         when(mResources.getBoolean(R.bool.config_use_split_notification_shade)).thenReturn(true);
         when(mFeatureFlags.isTwoColumnNotificationShadeEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
 
-        View view1 = new View(mContext);
-        view1.setId(1);
-        when(mNotificationContainerParent.getChildAt(0)).thenReturn(view1);
-
-        View view2 = mock(View.class);
-        when(mNotificationContainerParent.getChildAt(1)).thenReturn(view2);
+        mNotificationContainerParent.addView(newViewWithId(1));
+        mNotificationContainerParent.addView(newViewWithId(View.NO_ID));
 
         mNotificationPanelViewController.updateResources();
 
@@ -457,6 +454,51 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         assertThat(mNotificationContainerParent.getChildAt(1).getId()).isNotEqualTo(View.NO_ID);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSinglePaneShadeLayout_isAlignedToParent() {
+        when(mFeatureFlags.isTwoColumnNotificationShadeEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
+        mNotificationContainerParent.addView(newViewWithId(R.id.qs_frame));
+        mNotificationContainerParent.addView(newViewWithId(R.id.notification_stack_scroller));
+
+        mNotificationPanelViewController.updateResources();
+
+        ConstraintSet constraintSet = new ConstraintSet();
+        constraintSet.clone(mNotificationContainerParent);
+        ConstraintSet.Layout qsFrameLayout = constraintSet.getConstraint(R.id.qs_frame).layout;
+        ConstraintSet.Layout stackScrollerLayout = constraintSet.getConstraint(
+                R.id.notification_stack_scroller).layout;
+        assertThat(qsFrameLayout.endToEnd).isEqualTo(ConstraintSet.PARENT_ID);
+        assertThat(stackScrollerLayout.startToStart).isEqualTo(ConstraintSet.PARENT_ID);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSplitShadeLayout_isAlignedToGuideline() {
+        when(mResources.getBoolean(R.bool.config_use_split_notification_shade)).thenReturn(true);
+        when(mFeatureFlags.isTwoColumnNotificationShadeEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
+        mNotificationContainerParent.addView(newViewWithId(R.id.qs_frame));
+        mNotificationContainerParent.addView(newViewWithId(R.id.notification_stack_scroller));
+
+        mNotificationPanelViewController.updateResources();
+
+        ConstraintSet constraintSet = new ConstraintSet();
+        constraintSet.clone(mNotificationContainerParent);
+        ConstraintSet.Layout qsFrameLayout = constraintSet.getConstraint(R.id.qs_frame).layout;
+        ConstraintSet.Layout stackScrollerLayout = constraintSet.getConstraint(
+                R.id.notification_stack_scroller).layout;
+        assertThat(qsFrameLayout.endToEnd).isEqualTo(R.id.qs_edge_guideline);
+        assertThat(stackScrollerLayout.startToStart).isEqualTo(R.id.qs_edge_guideline);
+    }
+
+    private View newViewWithId(int id) {
+        View view = new View(mContext);
+        view.setId(id);
+        ConstraintLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new ConstraintLayout.LayoutParams(
+                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
+        // required as cloning ConstraintSet fails if view doesn't have layout params
+        view.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
+        return view;
+    }
+
     private void onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
         mTouchHandler.onTouch(mView, ev);
     }