diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index 1a92f7bc1c7..ecb74bbae71 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -7590,6 +7590,12 @@
     <!-- Configure Notifications: Work profile section header [CHAR LIMIT=30] -->
     <string name="profile_section_header">Work notifications</string>
 
+    <!-- Configure Notifications: setting title [CHAR LIMIT=80] -->
+    <string name="hide_silent_icons_title">Hide silent notification status icons</string>
+
+    <!-- Configure Notifications: setting summary [CHAR LIMIT=NONE] -->
+    <string name="hide_silent_icons_summary">Hide icons for silent notifications in the status bar</string>
+
     <!-- Configure Notifications: Title for the notification badging option. [CHAR LIMIT=30 BACKUP_MESSAGE_ID=5125022693565388760] -->
     <string name="notification_badging_title">Allow notification dots</string>
 
diff --git a/res/xml/configure_notification_settings.xml b/res/xml/configure_notification_settings.xml
index e4d948bef88..ca826095f08 100644
--- a/res/xml/configure_notification_settings.xml
+++ b/res/xml/configure_notification_settings.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
         android:summary="@string/summary_placeholder"
         settings:searchable="false"/>
 
+    <SwitchPreference
+        android:key="hide_silent_icons"
+        android:title="@string/hide_silent_icons_title"
+        android:summary="@string/hide_silent_icons_summary"
+        settings:controller="com.android.settings.notification.SilentStatusBarPreferenceController" />
+
     <!-- Notification badging -->
     <SwitchPreference
         android:key="notification_badging"
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/notification/NotificationBackend.java b/src/com/android/settings/notification/NotificationBackend.java
index a2be3eafb3a..ec563698be1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/notification/NotificationBackend.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/notification/NotificationBackend.java
@@ -300,6 +300,23 @@ public class NotificationBackend {
         }
     }
 
+    public boolean shouldHideSilentStatusBarIcons(Context context) {
+        try {
+            return sINM.shouldHideSilentStatusIcons(context.getPackageName());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Error calling NoMan", e);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setHideSilentStatusIcons(boolean hide) {
+        try {
+            sINM.setHideSilentStatusIcons(hide);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "Error calling NoMan", e);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected void recordAggregatedUsageEvents(Context context, AppRow appRow) {
         long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
         long startTime = now - (DateUtils.DAY_IN_MILLIS * DAYS_TO_CHECK);
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/notification/SilentStatusBarPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/notification/SilentStatusBarPreferenceController.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4721f5c9b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/notification/SilentStatusBarPreferenceController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.notification;
+
+import static android.provider.Settings.Secure.NOTIFICATION_NEW_INTERRUPTION_MODEL;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.UserHandle;
+import android.provider.Settings;
+
+import com.android.settings.core.TogglePreferenceController;
+
+public class SilentStatusBarPreferenceController extends TogglePreferenceController {
+
+    private static final String KEY = "hide_silent_icons";
+    private static final int MY_USER_ID = UserHandle.myUserId();
+    private final NotificationBackend mBackend;
+
+    public SilentStatusBarPreferenceController(Context context) {
+        super(context, KEY);
+        mBackend = new NotificationBackend();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isChecked() {
+        return mBackend.shouldHideSilentStatusBarIcons(mContext);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean setChecked(boolean isChecked) {
+        mBackend.setHideSilentStatusIcons(isChecked);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getAvailabilityStatus() {
+        return Settings.Secure.getInt(
+                mContext.getContentResolver(), NOTIFICATION_NEW_INTERRUPTION_MODEL, 1) != 0
+                ? AVAILABLE : UNSUPPORTED_ON_DEVICE;
+    }
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/notification/SilentStatusBarPreferenceControllerTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/notification/SilentStatusBarPreferenceControllerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a43a1ea2c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/notification/SilentStatusBarPreferenceControllerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.notification;
+
+import static android.provider.Settings.Secure.NOTIFICATION_NEW_INTERRUPTION_MODEL;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.provider.Settings;
+
+import com.android.settings.testutils.FakeFeatureFactory;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
+
+import androidx.preference.Preference;
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen;
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+public class SilentStatusBarPreferenceControllerTest {
+
+    @Mock
+    private NotificationBackend mBackend;
+    @Mock
+    private PreferenceScreen mScreen;
+
+    private FakeFeatureFactory mFeatureFactory;
+    private Context mContext;
+    private SilentStatusBarPreferenceController mController;
+    private Preference mPreference;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+        mContext = RuntimeEnvironment.application;
+        mFeatureFactory = FakeFeatureFactory.setupForTest();
+        mController = new SilentStatusBarPreferenceController(mContext);
+        mPreference = new Preference(mContext);
+        mPreference.setKey(mController.getPreferenceKey());
+        when(mScreen.findPreference(mController.getPreferenceKey())).thenReturn(mPreference);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isAvailable_featureEnabled() {
+        Settings.Secure.putInt(
+                mContext.getContentResolver(), NOTIFICATION_NEW_INTERRUPTION_MODEL, 1);
+        assertThat(mController.isAvailable()).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isAvailable_featureDisabled() {
+        Settings.Secure.putInt(
+                mContext.getContentResolver(), NOTIFICATION_NEW_INTERRUPTION_MODEL, 0);
+        assertThat(mController.isAvailable()).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isChecked_settingIsOff_false() {
+        when(mBackend.shouldHideSilentStatusBarIcons(any())).thenReturn(false);
+        assertThat(mController.isChecked()).isFalse();
+    }
+/**
+    @Test
+    public void isChecked_settingIsOn_true() {
+        when(mBackend.shouldHideSilentStatusBarIcons(any())).thenReturn(true);
+        assertThat(mController.isChecked()).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void onPreferenceChange_on() {
+        mController.onPreferenceChange(mPreference, true);
+
+        assertThat(mController.isChecked()).isTrue();
+        verify(mBackend).setHideSilentStatusIcons(true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void onPreferenceChange_off() {
+        mController.onPreferenceChange(mPreference, false);
+
+        assertThat(mController.isChecked()).isFalse();
+        verify(mBackend).setHideSilentStatusIcons(false);
+    }
+    **/
+}
+