diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/statehandlers/DesktopVisibilityController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/statehandlers/DesktopVisibilityController.java
index 0c8952d705..a205d19f3c 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/statehandlers/DesktopVisibilityController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/statehandlers/DesktopVisibilityController.java
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ public class DesktopVisibilityController {
      * Whether desktop mode is supported.
      */
     private boolean isDesktopModeSupported() {
-        return SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode", false);
+        return SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode", false)
+            || SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode_2", false);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskShortcutFactory.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskShortcutFactory.java
index eae79dfa19..663525d0c5 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskShortcutFactory.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TaskShortcutFactory.java
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ public interface TaskShortcutFactory {
 
         private boolean isAvailable(BaseDraggingActivity activity, int displayId) {
             return ActivityManagerWrapper.getInstance().supportsFreeformMultiWindow(activity)
-                    && !SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode", false);
+                    && !SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode", false)
+                    && !SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode_2", false);
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.java
index 8c43fd108f..308249cb1e 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.java
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 // TODO(b/249371338): TaskView needs to be refactored to have better support for N tasks.
 public class DesktopTaskView extends TaskView {
 
-    /** Flag to indicate whether desktop mode is available on the device */
-    public static final boolean DESKTOP_MODE_SUPPORTED = SystemProperties.getBoolean(
-            "persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode", false);
+    /** Flags to indicate whether desktop mode is available on the device */
+    public static final boolean DESKTOP_MODE_SUPPORTED =
+            SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode", false)
+                    || SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.desktop_mode_2", false);
 
     private static final String TAG = DesktopTaskView.class.getSimpleName();