diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/NavbarButtonsViewController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/NavbarButtonsViewController.java
index 650d4ce376..7ab59b8d9b 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/NavbarButtonsViewController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/NavbarButtonsViewController.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public class NavbarButtonsViewController implements TaskbarControllers.LoggableT
 
         boolean isThreeButtonNav = mContext.isThreeButtonNav();
         mIsImeRenderingNavButtons =
-                InputMethodService.canImeRenderGesturalNavButtons() && mContext.isGestureNav();
+                InputMethodService.canImeRenderGesturalNavButtons() && mContext.imeDrawsImeNavBar();
         if (!mIsImeRenderingNavButtons) {
             // IME switcher
             View imeSwitcherButton = addButton(R.drawable.ic_ime_switcher, BUTTON_IME_SWITCH,
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarActivityContext.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarActivityContext.java
index abe8aad277..78e39bb268 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarActivityContext.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarActivityContext.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public class TaskbarActivityContext extends ContextThemeWrapper implements Activ
     private int mLastRequestedNonFullscreenHeight;
 
     private final SysUINavigationMode.Mode mNavMode;
+    private final boolean mImeDrawsImeNavBar;
     private final ViewCache mViewCache = new ViewCache();
 
     private final boolean mIsSafeModeEnabled;
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ public class TaskbarActivityContext extends ContextThemeWrapper implements Activ
         mDeviceProfile = dp;
 
         mNavMode = SysUINavigationMode.getMode(windowContext);
+        mImeDrawsImeNavBar = SysUINavigationMode.getImeDrawsImeNavBar(windowContext);
         mIsSafeModeEnabled = TraceHelper.allowIpcs("isSafeMode",
                 () -> getPackageManager().isSafeMode());
         mIsUserSetupComplete = SettingsCache.INSTANCE.get(this).getValue(
@@ -270,6 +272,10 @@ public class TaskbarActivityContext extends ContextThemeWrapper implements Activ
         return mNavMode == Mode.NO_BUTTON;
     }
 
+    public boolean imeDrawsImeNavBar() {
+        return mImeDrawsImeNavBar;
+    }
+
     public int getLeftCornerRadius() {
         return mLeftCorner == null ? 0 : mLeftCorner.getRadius();
     }
@@ -726,6 +732,8 @@ public class TaskbarActivityContext extends ContextThemeWrapper implements Activ
 
         pw.println(String.format(
                 "%s\tmNavMode=%s", prefix, mNavMode));
+        pw.println(String.format(
+                "%s\tmImeDrawsImeNavBar=%b", prefix, mImeDrawsImeNavBar));
         pw.println(String.format(
                 "%s\tmIsUserSetupComplete=%b", prefix, mIsUserSetupComplete));
         pw.println(String.format(
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/SysUINavigationMode.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/SysUINavigationMode.java
index 53db4cc33a..406414c859 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/SysUINavigationMode.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/SysUINavigationMode.java
@@ -60,17 +60,22 @@ public class SysUINavigationMode {
         return INSTANCE.get(context).getMode();
     }
 
+    public static boolean getImeDrawsImeNavBar(Context context) {
+        return INSTANCE.get(context).getImeDrawsImeNavBar();
+    }
+
     public static final MainThreadInitializedObject<SysUINavigationMode> INSTANCE =
             new MainThreadInitializedObject<>(SysUINavigationMode::new);
 
     private static final String TAG = "SysUINavigationMode";
     private static final String ACTION_OVERLAY_CHANGED = "android.intent.action.OVERLAY_CHANGED";
-    private static final String NAV_BAR_INTERACTION_MODE_RES_NAME =
-            "config_navBarInteractionMode";
+    private static final String NAV_BAR_INTERACTION_MODE_RES_NAME = "config_navBarInteractionMode";
+    private static final String IME_DRAWS_IME_NAV_BAR_RES_NAME = "config_imeDrawsImeNavBar";
     private static final String TARGET_OVERLAY_PACKAGE = "android";
 
     private final Context mContext;
     private Mode mMode;
+    private boolean mImeDrawsImeNavBar;
 
     private int mNavBarGesturalHeight;
     private int mNavBarLargerGesturalHeight;
@@ -135,6 +140,8 @@ public class SysUINavigationMode {
         mNavBarLargerGesturalHeight = ResourceUtils.getDimenByName(
                 ResourceUtils.NAVBAR_BOTTOM_GESTURE_LARGER_SIZE, mContext.getResources(),
                 mNavBarGesturalHeight);
+        mImeDrawsImeNavBar = ResourceUtils.getBoolByName(IME_DRAWS_IME_NAV_BAR_RES_NAME,
+                mContext.getResources(), false);
 
         if (modeInt == INVALID_RESOURCE_HANDLE) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Failed to get system resource ID. Incompatible framework version?");
@@ -167,9 +174,14 @@ public class SysUINavigationMode {
         return mMode;
     }
 
+    public boolean getImeDrawsImeNavBar() {
+        return mImeDrawsImeNavBar;
+    }
+
     public void dump(PrintWriter pw) {
         pw.println("SysUINavigationMode:");
         pw.println("  mode=" + mMode.name());
+        pw.println("  mImeDrawsImeNavBar=:" + mImeDrawsImeNavBar);
         pw.println("  mNavBarGesturalHeight=:" + mNavBarGesturalHeight);
     }