diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/communal/CommunalHostViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/communal/CommunalHostViewController.java
index 07f765b010276..ba6373c5bd20c 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/communal/CommunalHostViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/communal/CommunalHostViewController.java
@@ -160,6 +160,21 @@ public class CommunalHostViewController extends ViewController<CommunalHostView>
                 statusBarState, keyguardFadingAway, goingToFullShade, oldStatusBarState);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set keyguard status view alpha.
+     */
+    public void setAlpha(float alpha) {
+        if (!mKeyguardVisibilityHelper.isVisibilityAnimating()) {
+            mView.setAlpha(alpha);
+
+            // Some communal view implementations, such as SurfaceViews, do not behave correctly
+            // inheriting the alpha of their parent. Directly set child alpha here to work around
+            // this.
+            for (int i = mView.getChildCount() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+                mView.getChildAt(i).setAlpha(alpha);
+            }
+        }
+    }
     @Override
     public void init() {
         super.init();
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/communal/service/CommunalSurfaceViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/communal/service/CommunalSurfaceViewController.java
index 89239cfd13491..231a91f6bf7f6 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/communal/service/CommunalSurfaceViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/communal/service/CommunalSurfaceViewController.java
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ public class CommunalSurfaceViewController extends ViewController<SurfaceView> {
                     if (surfacePackage != null) {
                         mView.setChildSurfacePackage(surfacePackage);
                         mView.setZOrderOnTop(true);
+                        mView.setUseAlpha();
                         mView.postInvalidate();
                         mCommunalStateController.setCommunalViewShowing(true);
                     } else {
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 0faf520103dee..b3c24c9f1b927 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
@@ -1574,6 +1574,12 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
         return true;
     }
 
+    private void updateCommunal() {
+        if (mCommunalViewController != null) {
+            mCommunalViewController.setAlpha(mKeyguardOnlyContentAlpha);
+        }
+    }
+
     private void updateClock() {
         float alpha = mClockPositionResult.clockAlpha * mKeyguardOnlyContentAlpha;
         mKeyguardStatusViewController.setAlpha(alpha);
@@ -2675,6 +2681,7 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
             updateKeyguardBottomAreaAlpha();
         }
         updateClock();
+        updateCommunal();
     }
 
     private void trackMovement(MotionEvent event) {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/communal/CommunalHostViewControllerTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/communal/CommunalHostViewControllerTest.java
index b7128325a6407..3b750e7c1c2d4 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/communal/CommunalHostViewControllerTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/communal/CommunalHostViewControllerTest.java
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ public class CommunalHostViewControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
     @Mock
     private CommunalSource mCommunalSource;
 
+    @Mock
+    private View mChildView;
+
     @Before
     public void setup() {
         MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
@@ -211,4 +214,16 @@ public class CommunalHostViewControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         // Verify state controller is notified communal view is hidden.
         verify(mCommunalStateController).setCommunalViewShowing(false);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAlphaPropagation() {
+        final float alpha = 0.8f;
+
+        // Ensure alpha setting is propagated to children.
+        when(mCommunalView.getChildCount()).thenReturn(1);
+        when(mCommunalView.getChildAt(0)).thenReturn(mChildView);
+        mController.setAlpha(alpha);
+        verify(mChildView).setAlpha(alpha);
+        verify(mCommunalView).setAlpha(alpha);
+    }
 }
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 dc220362c086d..38341b83446ab 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
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyFloat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeast;
@@ -901,6 +902,14 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewTest extends SysuiTestCase {
                 anyBoolean(), anyBoolean(), anyInt());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCommunalAlphaUpdate() {
+        // Verify keyguard content alpha changes are propagate. Note the actual value set is not
+        // checked since an interpolation is applied to the incoming value.
+        mNotificationPanelViewController.setKeyguardOnlyContentAlpha(0.8f);
+        verify(mCommunalHostViewController).setAlpha(anyFloat());
+    }
+
     private void triggerPositionClockAndNotifications() {
         mNotificationPanelViewController.closeQs();
     }