diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
index bdd522bd2a60ad..e8afaa93574538 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup implements
     ReactInterceptingViewGroup, ReactClippingViewGroup, ReactPointerEventsView, ReactHitSlopView,
     ReactZIndexedViewGroup {
 
+  /**
+   * Kill switch to make overflow hidden by default. This flag will eventually be removed.
+   */
+  public static boolean sDefaultOverflowHidden;
+
   private static final int ARRAY_CAPACITY_INCREMENT = 12;
   private static final int DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_COLOR = Color.TRANSPARENT;
   private static final LayoutParams sDefaultLayoutParam = new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(0, 0);
@@ -113,7 +118,10 @@ public void onLayoutChange(
 
   public ReactViewGroup(Context context) {
     super(context);
-    setClipChildren(false);
+    // TODO: Remove this check after a couple public releases.
+    if (!sDefaultOverflowHidden) {
+      setClipChildren(false);
+    }
     mDrawingOrderHelper = new ViewGroupDrawingOrderHelper(this);
   }