diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/ViewHierarchyAnimator.kt b/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/ViewHierarchyAnimator.kt
index 8e79e3c..38b99cc 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/ViewHierarchyAnimator.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/animation/src/com/android/systemui/animation/ViewHierarchyAnimator.kt
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
          * If a new layout change happens while an animation is already in progress, the animation
          * is updated to continue from the current values to the new end state.
          *
+         * A set of [excludedViews] can be passed. If any dependent view from [rootView] matches an
+         * entry in this set, changes to that view will not be animated.
+         *
          * The animator continues to respond to layout changes until [stopAnimating] is called.
          *
          * Successive calls to this method override the previous settings ([interpolator] and
@@ -82,9 +85,16 @@
         fun animate(
             rootView: View,
             interpolator: Interpolator = DEFAULT_INTERPOLATOR,
-            duration: Long = DEFAULT_DURATION
+            duration: Long = DEFAULT_DURATION,
+            excludedViews: Set<View> = emptySet()
         ): Boolean {
-            return animate(rootView, interpolator, duration, ephemeral = false)
+            return animate(
+                rootView,
+                interpolator,
+                duration,
+                ephemeral = false,
+                excludedViews = excludedViews
+            )
         }
 
         /**
@@ -95,16 +105,24 @@
         fun animateNextUpdate(
             rootView: View,
             interpolator: Interpolator = DEFAULT_INTERPOLATOR,
-            duration: Long = DEFAULT_DURATION
+            duration: Long = DEFAULT_DURATION,
+            excludedViews: Set<View> = emptySet()
         ): Boolean {
-            return animate(rootView, interpolator, duration, ephemeral = true)
+            return animate(
+                rootView,
+                interpolator,
+                duration,
+                ephemeral = true,
+                excludedViews = excludedViews
+            )
         }
 
         private fun animate(
             rootView: View,
             interpolator: Interpolator,
             duration: Long,
-            ephemeral: Boolean
+            ephemeral: Boolean,
+            excludedViews: Set<View> = emptySet()
         ): Boolean {
             if (
                 !occupiesSpace(
@@ -119,7 +137,7 @@
             }
 
             val listener = createUpdateListener(interpolator, duration, ephemeral)
-            addListener(rootView, listener, recursive = true)
+            addListener(rootView, listener, recursive = true, excludedViews = excludedViews)
             return true
         }
 
@@ -921,8 +939,11 @@
         private fun addListener(
             view: View,
             listener: View.OnLayoutChangeListener,
-            recursive: Boolean = false
+            recursive: Boolean = false,
+            excludedViews: Set<View> = emptySet()
         ) {
+            if (excludedViews.contains(view)) return
+
             // Make sure that only one listener is active at a time.
             val previousListener = view.getTag(R.id.tag_layout_listener)
             if (previousListener != null && previousListener is View.OnLayoutChangeListener) {
@@ -933,7 +954,12 @@
             view.setTag(R.id.tag_layout_listener, listener)
             if (view is ViewGroup && recursive) {
                 for (i in 0 until view.childCount) {
-                    addListener(view.getChildAt(i), listener, recursive = true)
+                    addListener(
+                        view.getChildAt(i),
+                        listener,
+                        recursive = true,
+                        excludedViews = excludedViews
+                    )
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/ViewHierarchyAnimatorTest.kt b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/ViewHierarchyAnimatorTest.kt
index da9ceb4..212dad7 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/ViewHierarchyAnimatorTest.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/animation/ViewHierarchyAnimatorTest.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import android.widget.LinearLayout
 import android.widget.RelativeLayout
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest
+import com.android.app.animation.Interpolators
 import com.android.systemui.SysuiTestCase
 import com.android.systemui.util.children
 import junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import com.android.app.animation.Interpolators
 
 @SmallTest
 @RunWith(AndroidTestingRunner::class)
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun animatesRootAndChildren() {
+    fun animatesRootAndChildren_withoutExcludedViews() {
         setUpRootWithChildren()
 
         val success = ViewHierarchyAnimator.animate(rootView)
@@ -208,6 +208,40 @@
     }
 
     @Test
+    fun animatesRootAndChildren_withExcludedViews() {
+        setUpRootWithChildren()
+
+        val success = ViewHierarchyAnimator.animate(
+            rootView,
+            excludedViews = setOf(rootView.getChildAt(0))
+        )
+        // Change all bounds.
+        rootView.measure(
+                View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(180, View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY),
+                View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(100, View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY)
+        )
+        rootView.layout(10 /* l */, 20 /* t */, 200 /* r */, 120 /* b */)
+
+        assertTrue(success)
+        assertNotNull(rootView.getTag(R.id.tag_animator))
+        assertNull(rootView.getChildAt(0).getTag(R.id.tag_animator))
+        assertNotNull(rootView.getChildAt(1).getTag(R.id.tag_animator))
+        // The initial values for the affected views should be those of the previous layout, while
+        // the excluded view should be at the final values from the beginning.
+        checkBounds(rootView, l = 0, t = 0, r = 200, b = 100)
+        checkBounds(rootView.getChildAt(0), l = 0, t = 0, r = 90, b = 100)
+        checkBounds(rootView.getChildAt(1), l = 100, t = 0, r = 200, b = 100)
+        endAnimation(rootView)
+        assertNull(rootView.getTag(R.id.tag_animator))
+        assertNull(rootView.getChildAt(0).getTag(R.id.tag_animator))
+        assertNull(rootView.getChildAt(1).getTag(R.id.tag_animator))
+        // The end values should be those of the latest layout.
+        checkBounds(rootView, l = 10, t = 20, r = 200, b = 120)
+        checkBounds(rootView.getChildAt(0), l = 0, t = 0, r = 90, b = 100)
+        checkBounds(rootView.getChildAt(1), l = 90, t = 0, r = 180, b = 100)
+    }
+
+    @Test
     fun animatesInvisibleViews() {
         rootView.layout(10 /* l */, 10 /* t */, 50 /* r */, 50 /* b */)
         rootView.visibility = View.INVISIBLE