diff --git a/src/com/android/phone/CallFeaturesSetting.java b/src/com/android/phone/CallFeaturesSetting.java
index e59f4fb..7c828f9 100644
--- a/src/com/android/phone/CallFeaturesSetting.java
+++ b/src/com/android/phone/CallFeaturesSetting.java
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
                 EditPhoneNumberPreference.GetDefaultNumberListener {
     private static final String LOG_TAG = "CallFeaturesSetting";
     private static final boolean DBG = (PhoneGlobals.DBG_LEVEL >= 2);
+    // STOPSHIP if true. Flag to override behavior default behavior to hide VT setting.
+    private static final boolean ENABLE_VT_FLAG = false;
 
     /**
      * Intent action to bring up Voicemail Provider settings.
@@ -1677,10 +1679,13 @@
                     BUTTON_VOICEMAIL_NOTIFICATION_VIBRATE_KEY, false));
         }
 
-        mEnableVideoCalling.setChecked(PhoneGlobals.getInstance().phoneMgr.isVideoCallingEnabled());
-        mEnableVideoCalling.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(this);
-        // TODO: Perform checks to determine whether we should remove the preference.
-        prefSet.removePreference(mEnableVideoCalling);
+        if (ImsUtil.isImsEnabled(mPhone.getContext()) && ENABLE_VT_FLAG) {
+            mEnableVideoCalling.setChecked(
+                    PhoneGlobals.getInstance().phoneMgr.isVideoCallingEnabled());
+            mEnableVideoCalling.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(this);
+        } else {
+            prefSet.removePreference(mEnableVideoCalling);
+        }
 
         // Look up the voicemail ringtone name asynchronously and update its preference.
         new Thread(mVoicemailRingtoneLookupRunnable).start();
diff --git a/src/com/android/phone/ImsUtil.java b/src/com/android/phone/ImsUtil.java
index 23ddf7d..48276b7 100644
--- a/src/com/android/phone/ImsUtil.java
+++ b/src/com/android/phone/ImsUtil.java
@@ -19,14 +19,20 @@
 import android.app.PendingIntent;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.provider.Settings.SettingNotFoundException;
+import android.util.Log;
 
+import com.android.internal.telephony.Phone;
 import com.android.phone.PhoneGlobals;
 
 public class ImsUtil {
+
+    private static final String TAG = ImsUtil.class.getSimpleName();
+    private static boolean sImsPhoneSupported = false;
+
     private ImsUtil() {
     }
 
-    private static boolean sImsPhoneSupported = false;
     static {
         PhoneGlobals app = PhoneGlobals.getInstance();
         sImsPhoneSupported = true;
@@ -37,5 +43,32 @@
      */
     static boolean isImsPhoneSupported() {
         return sImsPhoneSupported;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see MobileNetworkSettings#setIMS
+     * @param context The context to get the content resolver from.
+     * @return Whether IMS is turned on by the user system setting.
+     */
+    static boolean isImsEnabled(Context context) {
+        int value = 0;
+        try {
+            value = android.provider.Settings.Global.getInt(
+                    context.getContentResolver(),
+                    android.provider.Settings.Global.VOLTE_VT_ENABLED);
+        } catch (SettingNotFoundException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        switch (value) {
+            case 0:
+                return false;
+            case 1:
+                return true;
+            default:
+                Log.wtf(TAG,"Unexpected value for VOLTE_VT_ENABLED: " + value);
+                return false;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/phone/PhoneInterfaceManager.java b/src/com/android/phone/PhoneInterfaceManager.java
index ffbdebf..c9eeeaf 100644
--- a/src/com/android/phone/PhoneInterfaceManager.java
+++ b/src/com/android/phone/PhoneInterfaceManager.java
@@ -2080,6 +2080,11 @@
     @Override
     public boolean isVideoCallingEnabled() {
         enforceReadPermission();
-        return mTelephonySharedPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_ENABLE_VIDEO_CALLING, true);
+        // Check the user preference and the  system-level IMS setting. Even if the user has
+        // enabled video calling, if IMS is disabled we aren't able to support video calling.
+        // In the long run, we may instead need to check if there exists a connection service
+        // which can support video calling.
+        return mTelephonySharedPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_ENABLE_VIDEO_CALLING, true)
+                && ImsUtil.isImsEnabled(mPhone.getContext());
     }
 }