diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/aconfig/systemui.aconfig b/packages/SystemUI/aconfig/systemui.aconfig
index f5c4843..2c81370 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/aconfig/systemui.aconfig
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/aconfig/systemui.aconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@
 }
 
 flag {
+   name: "notification_view_flipper_pausing"
+   namespace: "systemui"
+   description: "Pause ViewFlippers inside Notification custom layouts when the shade is closed."
+   bug: "309146176"
+   metadata {
+        purpose: PURPOSE_BUGFIX
+   }
+}
+
+flag {
     name: "notification_async_group_header_inflation"
     namespace: "systemui"
     description: "Inflates the notification group summary header views from the background thread."