diff --git a/api/audio/echo_canceller3_config.h b/api/audio/echo_canceller3_config.h
index a142d52dd5..f4ba8e9a8e 100644
--- a/api/audio/echo_canceller3_config.h
+++ b/api/audio/echo_canceller3_config.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct EchoCanceller3Config {
     size_t config_change_duration_blocks = 250;
     float initial_state_seconds = 2.5f;
     bool conservative_initial_phase = false;
+    bool enable_shadow_filter_output_usage = true;
   } filter;
 
   struct Erle {
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/aec3/echo_remover.cc b/modules/audio_processing/aec3/echo_remover.cc
index e52bc62586..9b6677ea4b 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/aec3/echo_remover.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/aec3/echo_remover.cc
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ EchoRemoverImpl::EchoRemoverImpl(const EchoCanceller3Config& config,
           new ApmDataDumper(rtc::AtomicOps::Increment(&instance_count_))),
       optimization_(DetectOptimization()),
       sample_rate_hz_(sample_rate_hz),
-      use_shadow_filter_output_(UseShadowFilterOutput()),
+      use_shadow_filter_output_(
+          UseShadowFilterOutput() &&
+          config_.filter.enable_shadow_filter_output_usage),
       use_smooth_signal_transitions_(UseSmoothSignalTransitions()),
       subtractor_(config, data_dumper_.get(), optimization_),
       suppression_gain_(config_, optimization_, sample_rate_hz),
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/test/audio_processing_simulator.cc b/modules/audio_processing/test/audio_processing_simulator.cc
index 7ea7660de4..5e092ff9c4 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/test/audio_processing_simulator.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/test/audio_processing_simulator.cc
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ class Aec3ParametersParser {
                 &cfg.filter.initial_state_seconds);
       ReadParam(section, "conservative_initial_phase",
                 &cfg.filter.conservative_initial_phase);
+      ReadParam(section, "enable_shadow_filter_output_usage",
+                &cfg.filter.enable_shadow_filter_output_usage);
     }
 
     if (rtc::GetValueFromJsonObject(root, "erle", &section)) {