diff --git a/libs/input/Android.bp b/libs/input/Android.bp
index 8656b26..36a01d3 100644
--- a/libs/input/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/input/Android.bp
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@
     ],
 }
 
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// flags
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////
+aconfig_declarations {
+    name: "aconfig_input_flags",
+    package: "com.android.input.flags",
+    srcs: ["input_flags.aconfig"],
+}
+
+cc_aconfig_library {
+    name: "aconfig_input_flags_c_lib",
+    aconfig_declarations: "aconfig_input_flags",
+    host_supported: true,
+}
+
 aidl_interface {
     name: "inputconstants",
     host_supported: true,
@@ -176,6 +191,7 @@
         "libtinyxml2",
         "libutils",
         "libvintf",
+        "server_configurable_flags",
     ],
 
     ldflags: [
@@ -196,6 +212,7 @@
     ],
 
     whole_static_libs: [
+        "aconfig_input_flags_c_lib",
         "libinput_rust_ffi",
     ],
 
diff --git a/libs/input/InputTransport.cpp b/libs/input/InputTransport.cpp
index bbbebf7..1f14396 100644
--- a/libs/input/InputTransport.cpp
+++ b/libs/input/InputTransport.cpp
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@
 #include <log/log.h>
 #include <utils/Trace.h>
 
+#include <com_android_input_flags.h>
 #include <input/InputTransport.h>
 #include <input/TraceTools.h>
 
+namespace input_flags = com::android::input::flags;
+
 namespace {
 
 /**
@@ -139,7 +142,8 @@
  * Enable this via "adb shell setprop log.tag.InputTransportVerifyEvents DEBUG"
  */
 static bool verifyEvents() {
-    return __android_log_is_loggable(ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG, LOG_TAG "VerifyEvents", ANDROID_LOG_INFO);
+    return input_flags::enable_outbound_event_verification() ||
+            __android_log_is_loggable(ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG, LOG_TAG "VerifyEvents", ANDROID_LOG_INFO);
 }
 
 template<typename T>
diff --git a/libs/input/input_flags.aconfig b/libs/input/input_flags.aconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f29a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/input/input_flags.aconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package: "com.android.input.flags"
+
+flag {
+  name: "enable_outbound_event_verification"
+  namespace: "input"
+  description: "Set to true to enable crashing whenever bad outbound events are detected inside InputTransport"
+  bug: "271455682"
+}
+
+flag {
+  name: "enable_inbound_event_verification"
+  namespace: "input"
+  description: "Set to true to enable crashing whenever bad inbound events are going into InputDispatcher"
+  bug: "271455682"
+}
diff --git a/libs/input/tests/Android.bp b/libs/input/tests/Android.bp
index e7224ff..138898f 100644
--- a/libs/input/tests/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/input/tests/Android.bp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
         "libtinyxml2",
         "libutils",
         "libvintf",
+        "server_configurable_flags",
     ],
     data: [
         "data/*",