diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/complication/ComplicationHostViewController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/complication/ComplicationHostViewController.java
index a2e11b21ea595..24e90f0666226 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/complication/ComplicationHostViewController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/complication/ComplicationHostViewController.java
@@ -22,14 +22,18 @@ import static com.android.systemui.dreams.complication.dagger.ComplicationModule
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.Region;
 import android.os.Debug;
+import android.os.UserHandle;
+import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
 
 import androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout;
 import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner;
 
+import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.android.systemui.dreams.DreamOverlayStateController;
 import com.android.systemui.util.ViewController;
+import com.android.systemui.util.settings.SecureSettings;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@ public class ComplicationHostViewController extends ViewController<ConstraintLay
     private final LifecycleOwner mLifecycleOwner;
     private final ComplicationCollectionViewModel mComplicationCollectionViewModel;
     private final HashMap<ComplicationId, Complication.ViewHolder> mComplications = new HashMap<>();
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    boolean mIsAnimationEnabled;
 
     // Whether dream entry animations are finished.
     private boolean mEntryAnimationsFinished = false;
@@ -64,7 +70,8 @@ public class ComplicationHostViewController extends ViewController<ConstraintLay
             ComplicationLayoutEngine layoutEngine,
             DreamOverlayStateController dreamOverlayStateController,
             LifecycleOwner lifecycleOwner,
-            @Named(SCOPED_COMPLICATIONS_MODEL) ComplicationCollectionViewModel viewModel) {
+            @Named(SCOPED_COMPLICATIONS_MODEL) ComplicationCollectionViewModel viewModel,
+            SecureSettings secureSettings) {
         super(view);
         mLayoutEngine = layoutEngine;
         mLifecycleOwner = lifecycleOwner;
@@ -78,6 +85,10 @@ public class ComplicationHostViewController extends ViewController<ConstraintLay
                         mDreamOverlayStateController.areEntryAnimationsFinished();
             }
         });
+
+        // Whether animations are enabled.
+        mIsAnimationEnabled = secureSettings.getFloatForUser(
+                Settings.Global.ANIMATOR_DURATION_SCALE, 1.0f, UserHandle.USER_CURRENT) != 0.0f;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -148,7 +159,7 @@ public class ComplicationHostViewController extends ViewController<ConstraintLay
 
                     // Complications to be added before dream entry animations are finished are set
                     // to invisible and are animated in.
-                    if (!mEntryAnimationsFinished) {
+                    if (!mEntryAnimationsFinished && mIsAnimationEnabled) {
                         view.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
                     }
                     mComplications.put(id, viewHolder);
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/complication/ComplicationHostViewControllerTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/complication/ComplicationHostViewControllerTest.java
index dcd8736711f6a..068852de7a43b 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/complication/ComplicationHostViewControllerTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/complication/ComplicationHostViewControllerTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import android.os.UserHandle;
+import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.testing.AndroidTestingRunner;
 import android.view.View;
 
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 
 import com.android.systemui.SysuiTestCase;
 import com.android.systemui.dreams.DreamOverlayStateController;
+import com.android.systemui.util.settings.FakeSettings;
+import com.android.systemui.util.settings.SecureSettings;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -96,6 +100,10 @@ public class ComplicationHostViewControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
 
     private ComplicationHostViewController mController;
 
+    private SecureSettings mSecureSettings;
+
+    private static final int CURRENT_USER_ID = UserHandle.USER_SYSTEM;
+
     @Before
     public void setup() {
         MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
@@ -108,12 +116,17 @@ public class ComplicationHostViewControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         when(mViewHolder.getLayoutParams()).thenReturn(mComplicationLayoutParams);
         when(mComplicationView.getParent()).thenReturn(mComplicationHostView);
 
+        mSecureSettings = new FakeSettings();
+        mSecureSettings.putFloatForUser(
+                        Settings.Global.ANIMATOR_DURATION_SCALE, 1.0f, CURRENT_USER_ID);
+
         mController = new ComplicationHostViewController(
                 mComplicationHostView,
                 mLayoutEngine,
                 mDreamOverlayStateController,
                 mLifecycleOwner,
-                mViewModel);
+                mViewModel,
+                mSecureSettings);
 
         mController.init();
     }
@@ -188,6 +201,23 @@ public class ComplicationHostViewControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
         verify(mComplicationView, never()).setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testAnimationsDisabled_ComplicationsNeverSetToInvisible() {
+        //Disable animations
+        mController.mIsAnimationEnabled = false;
+
+        final Observer<Collection<ComplicationViewModel>> observer =
+                captureComplicationViewModelsObserver();
+
+        // Add a complication before entry animations are finished.
+        final HashSet<ComplicationViewModel> complications = new HashSet<>(
+                Collections.singletonList(mComplicationViewModel));
+        observer.onChanged(complications);
+
+        // The complication view should not be set to invisible.
+        verify(mComplicationView, never()).setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
+    }
+
     private Observer<Collection<ComplicationViewModel>> captureComplicationViewModelsObserver() {
         verify(mComplicationViewModelLiveData).observe(eq(mLifecycleOwner),
                 mObserverCaptor.capture());