diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-land/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-land/dimens.xml
index 9d7b01c8d252f..49ef330dcc528 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-land/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-land/dimens.xml
@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@
     <dimen name="large_dialog_width">348dp</dimen>
 
     <dimen name="qs_panel_padding_top">@dimen/qqs_layout_margin_top</dimen>
+    <dimen name="qs_panel_padding_top_combined_headers">@dimen/qs_panel_padding_top</dimen>
 </resources>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml
index 5dcbeb5c85cf2..599bf30a5135c 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values-sw600dp/dimens.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     <dimen name="qs_security_footer_background_inset">0dp</dimen>
 
     <dimen name="qs_panel_padding_top">8dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="qs_panel_padding_top_combined_headers">@dimen/qs_panel_padding_top</dimen>
 
     <!-- The width of large/content heavy dialogs (e.g. Internet, Media output, etc) -->
     <dimen name="large_dialog_width">472dp</dimen>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
index f7019dcd06ee1..b8fabbec6c2b6 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -559,7 +559,8 @@
     <dimen name="qs_dual_tile_padding_horizontal">6dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="qs_panel_elevation">4dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="qs_panel_padding_bottom">@dimen/footer_actions_height</dimen>
-    <dimen name="qs_panel_padding_top">80dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="qs_panel_padding_top">48dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="qs_panel_padding_top_combined_headers">80dp</dimen>
 
     <dimen name="qs_data_usage_text_size">14sp</dimen>
     <dimen name="qs_data_usage_usage_text_size">36sp</dimen>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanel.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanel.java
index 184089f7eef47..6517ff33a49df 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanel.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanel.java
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public class QSPanel extends LinearLayout implements Tunable {
     private final Rect mClippingRect = new Rect();
     private ViewGroup mMediaHostView;
     private boolean mShouldMoveMediaOnExpansion = true;
+    private boolean mUsingCombinedHeaders = false;
 
     public QSPanel(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
         super(context, attrs);
@@ -148,6 +149,10 @@ public class QSPanel extends LinearLayout implements Tunable {
         }
     }
 
+    void setUsingCombinedHeaders(boolean usingCombinedHeaders) {
+        mUsingCombinedHeaders = usingCombinedHeaders;
+    }
+
     protected void setHorizontalContentContainerClipping() {
         mHorizontalContentContainer.setClipChildren(true);
         mHorizontalContentContainer.setClipToPadding(false);
@@ -371,7 +376,9 @@ public class QSPanel extends LinearLayout implements Tunable {
 
     protected void updatePadding() {
         final Resources res = mContext.getResources();
-        int paddingTop = res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.qs_panel_padding_top);
+        int paddingTop = res.getDimensionPixelSize(
+                mUsingCombinedHeaders ? R.dimen.qs_panel_padding_top_combined_headers
+                        : R.dimen.qs_panel_padding_top);
         int paddingBottom = res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.qs_panel_padding_bottom);
         setPaddingRelative(getPaddingStart(),
                 paddingTop,
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelController.java
index 18bd6b7b3c320..f6db775a77490 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelController.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.android.systemui.qs;
 
 import static com.android.systemui.classifier.Classifier.QS_SWIPE_SIDE;
+import static com.android.systemui.flags.Flags.COMBINED_QS_HEADERS;
 import static com.android.systemui.media.dagger.MediaModule.QS_PANEL;
 import static com.android.systemui.qs.QSPanel.QS_SHOW_BRIGHTNESS;
 import static com.android.systemui.qs.dagger.QSFragmentModule.QS_USING_MEDIA_PLAYER;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import android.view.View;
 import com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger;
 import com.android.internal.logging.UiEventLogger;
 import com.android.systemui.dump.DumpManager;
+import com.android.systemui.flags.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.systemui.media.MediaHierarchyManager;
 import com.android.systemui.media.MediaHost;
 import com.android.systemui.media.MediaHostState;
@@ -79,7 +81,8 @@ public class QSPanelController extends QSPanelControllerBase<QSPanel> {
             QSLogger qsLogger, BrightnessController.Factory brightnessControllerFactory,
             BrightnessSliderController.Factory brightnessSliderFactory,
             FalsingManager falsingManager,
-            StatusBarKeyguardViewManager statusBarKeyguardViewManager) {
+            StatusBarKeyguardViewManager statusBarKeyguardViewManager,
+            FeatureFlags featureFlags) {
         super(view, qstileHost, qsCustomizerController, usingMediaPlayer, mediaHost,
                 metricsLogger, uiEventLogger, qsLogger, dumpManager);
         mTunerService = tunerService;
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ public class QSPanelController extends QSPanelControllerBase<QSPanel> {
         mBrightnessController = brightnessControllerFactory.create(mBrightnessSliderController);
         mBrightnessMirrorHandler = new BrightnessMirrorHandler(mBrightnessController);
         mStatusBarKeyguardViewManager = statusBarKeyguardViewManager;
+        mView.setUsingCombinedHeaders(featureFlags.isEnabled(COMBINED_QS_HEADERS));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelControllerTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelControllerTest.kt
index 5eb9a9862340a..e539705d9eded 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelControllerTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelControllerTest.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.android.internal.logging.MetricsLogger
 import com.android.internal.logging.UiEventLogger
 import com.android.systemui.SysuiTestCase
 import com.android.systemui.dump.DumpManager
+import com.android.systemui.flags.FeatureFlags
 import com.android.systemui.media.MediaHost
 import com.android.systemui.media.MediaHostState
 import com.android.systemui.plugins.FalsingManager
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class QSPanelControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
     @Mock private lateinit var tile: QSTile
     @Mock private lateinit var otherTile: QSTile
     @Mock private lateinit var statusBarKeyguardViewManager: StatusBarKeyguardViewManager
+    @Mock private lateinit var featureFlags: FeatureFlags
 
     private lateinit var controller: QSPanelController
 
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ class QSPanelControllerTest : SysuiTestCase() {
             brightnessControllerFactory,
             brightnessSliderFactory,
             falsingManager,
-            statusBarKeyguardViewManager
+            statusBarKeyguardViewManager,
+            featureFlags
         )
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelTest.kt
index 2db58be156656..7c930b196d683 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/qs/QSPanelTest.kt
@@ -158,6 +158,32 @@ class QSPanelTest : SysuiTestCase() {
         assertThat(qsPanel.paddingBottom).isEqualTo(padding)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testTopPadding_notCombinedHeaders() {
+        qsPanel.setUsingCombinedHeaders(false)
+        val padding = 10
+        val paddingCombined = 100
+        context.orCreateTestableResources.addOverride(R.dimen.qs_panel_padding_top, padding)
+        context.orCreateTestableResources.addOverride(
+                R.dimen.qs_panel_padding_top_combined_headers, paddingCombined)
+
+        qsPanel.updatePadding()
+        assertThat(qsPanel.paddingTop).isEqualTo(padding)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testTopPadding_combinedHeaders() {
+        qsPanel.setUsingCombinedHeaders(true)
+        val padding = 10
+        val paddingCombined = 100
+        context.orCreateTestableResources.addOverride(R.dimen.qs_panel_padding_top, padding)
+        context.orCreateTestableResources.addOverride(
+                R.dimen.qs_panel_padding_top_combined_headers, paddingCombined)
+
+        qsPanel.updatePadding()
+        assertThat(qsPanel.paddingTop).isEqualTo(paddingCombined)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun testSetSquishinessFraction_noCrash() {
         qsPanel.addView(qsPanel.mTileLayout as View, 0)