diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/config/sysui/SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/config/sysui/SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.java
index 0f64f6da63f75..292a50b77ecce 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/config/sysui/SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/config/sysui/SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.java
@@ -583,6 +583,13 @@ public final class SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags {
      */
     public static final String CLIPBOARD_OVERLAY_SHOW_ACTIONS = "clipboard_overlay_show_actions";
 
+    /**
+     * (boolean) Whether to ignore the source package for determining whether to use remote copy
+     * behavior in the clipboard UI.
+     */
+    public static final String CLIPBOARD_IGNORE_REMOTE_COPY_SOURCE =
+            "clipboard_ignore_remote_copy_source";
+
     /**
      * (boolean) Whether to combine the broadcasts APPWIDGET_ENABLED and APPWIDGET_UPDATE
      */
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/clipboardoverlay/ClipboardOverlayUtils.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/clipboardoverlay/ClipboardOverlayUtils.java
index cece764580d15..c194e66f8e92a 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/clipboardoverlay/ClipboardOverlayUtils.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/clipboardoverlay/ClipboardOverlayUtils.java
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ import android.content.ClipData;
 import android.content.ClipDescription;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.provider.DeviceConfig;
 
+import com.android.internal.config.sysui.SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags;
 import com.android.systemui.R;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -35,6 +38,12 @@ class ClipboardOverlayUtils {
         if (clipData != null && clipData.getDescription().getExtras() != null
                 && clipData.getDescription().getExtras().getBoolean(
                 ClipDescription.EXTRA_IS_REMOTE_DEVICE)) {
+            if (Build.isDebuggable() && DeviceConfig.getBoolean(
+                    DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_SYSTEMUI,
+                    SystemUiDeviceConfigFlags.CLIPBOARD_IGNORE_REMOTE_COPY_SOURCE,
+                    false)) {
+                return true;
+            }
             ComponentName remoteComponent = ComponentName.unflattenFromString(
                     context.getResources().getString(R.string.config_remoteCopyPackage));
             if (remoteComponent != null) {