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 c8d5ef0ba1d65..e3c420ac2143f 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/NotificationPanelViewController.java
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.os.UserManager;
 import android.os.VibrationEffect;
 import android.provider.Settings;
+import android.transition.ChangeBounds;
+import android.transition.TransitionManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.MathUtils;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
@@ -615,6 +617,8 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
 
     private KeyguardMediaController mKeyguardMediaController;
 
+    private boolean mStatusViewCentered = false;
+
     private View.AccessibilityDelegate mAccessibilityDelegate = new View.AccessibilityDelegate() {
         @Override
         public void onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(View host, AccessibilityNodeInfo info) {
@@ -1022,16 +1026,16 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
             constraintSet.connect(
                     R.id.notification_stack_scroller, START,
                     R.id.qs_edge_guideline, START);
-            constraintSet.connect(R.id.keyguard_status_view, END, R.id.qs_edge_guideline, END);
         } else {
             constraintSet.connect(R.id.qs_frame, END, PARENT_ID, END);
             constraintSet.connect(R.id.notification_stack_scroller, START, PARENT_ID, START);
-            constraintSet.connect(R.id.keyguard_status_view, END, PARENT_ID, END);
         }
         constraintSet.getConstraint(R.id.notification_stack_scroller).layout.mWidth = panelWidth;
         constraintSet.getConstraint(R.id.qs_frame).layout.mWidth = qsWidth;
         constraintSet.applyTo(mNotificationContainerParent);
 
+        updateKeyguardStatusViewAlignment(false /* animate */);
+
         mKeyguardMediaController.refreshMediaPosition();
     }
 
@@ -1282,6 +1286,7 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
         } else {
             mKeyguardStatusViewController.displayClock(LARGE);
         }
+        updateKeyguardStatusViewAlignment(true /* animate */);
         int userIconHeight = mKeyguardQsUserSwitchController != null
                 ? mKeyguardQsUserSwitchController.getUserIconHeight() : 0;
         float expandedFraction =
@@ -1325,6 +1330,26 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewController extends PanelViewController {
         updateClock();
     }
 
+    private void updateKeyguardStatusViewAlignment(boolean animate) {
+        boolean hasVisibleNotifications = mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController
+                .getVisibleNotificationCount() != 0 || mMediaDataManager.hasActiveMedia();
+        boolean shouldBeCentered = !mShouldUseSplitNotificationShade || !hasVisibleNotifications;
+        if (mStatusViewCentered != shouldBeCentered) {
+            mStatusViewCentered = shouldBeCentered;
+            ConstraintSet constraintSet = new ConstraintSet();
+            constraintSet.clone(mNotificationContainerParent);
+            int statusConstraint = shouldBeCentered ? PARENT_ID : R.id.qs_edge_guideline;
+            constraintSet.connect(R.id.keyguard_status_view, END, statusConstraint, END);
+            if (animate) {
+                ChangeBounds transition = new ChangeBounds();
+                transition.setInterpolator(Interpolators.FAST_OUT_SLOW_IN);
+                transition.setDuration(StackStateAnimator.ANIMATION_DURATION_STANDARD);
+                TransitionManager.beginDelayedTransition(mNotificationContainerParent, transition);
+            }
+            constraintSet.applyTo(mNotificationContainerParent);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the padding of the stackscroller when unlocked
      */
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 c8e027c96d6ac..1540b14e172e7 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
@@ -576,17 +576,19 @@ public class NotificationPanelViewTest extends SysuiTestCase {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testKeyguardStatusView_isAlignedToGuidelineInSplitShadeMode() {
-        mNotificationPanelViewController.updateResources();
-
-        assertThat(getConstraintSetLayout(R.id.keyguard_status_view).endToEnd)
-                .isEqualTo(ConstraintSet.PARENT_ID);
-
+    public void testKeyguardStatusViewInSplitShade_changesConstraintsDependingOnNotifications() {
+        mStatusBarStateController.setState(KEYGUARD);
         enableSplitShade();
-        mNotificationPanelViewController.updateResources();
 
+        when(mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.getVisibleNotificationCount()).thenReturn(2);
+        mNotificationPanelViewController.updateResources();
         assertThat(getConstraintSetLayout(R.id.keyguard_status_view).endToEnd)
                 .isEqualTo(R.id.qs_edge_guideline);
+
+        when(mNotificationStackScrollLayoutController.getVisibleNotificationCount()).thenReturn(0);
+        mNotificationPanelViewController.updateResources();
+        assertThat(getConstraintSetLayout(R.id.keyguard_status_view).endToEnd)
+                .isEqualTo(ConstraintSet.PARENT_ID);
     }
 
     @Test