diff --git a/core/java/android/service/textclassifier/TextClassifierService.java b/core/java/android/service/textclassifier/TextClassifierService.java
index 848868a5532f864dda649fcbb83e1523e98e9ef1..3ff6f549e33771cc3141cb9a18bc69c887afbc4d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/service/textclassifier/TextClassifierService.java
+++ b/core/java/android/service/textclassifier/TextClassifierService.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import android.util.Slog;
 import android.view.textclassifier.ConversationActions;
 import android.view.textclassifier.SelectionEvent;
 import android.view.textclassifier.TextClassification;
+import android.view.textclassifier.TextClassificationConstants;
 import android.view.textclassifier.TextClassificationContext;
 import android.view.textclassifier.TextClassificationManager;
 import android.view.textclassifier.TextClassificationSessionId;
@@ -404,22 +405,27 @@ public abstract class TextClassifierService extends Service {
      */
     @NonNull
     public static TextClassifier getDefaultTextClassifierImplementation(@NonNull Context context) {
-        final String defaultTextClassifierPackageName =
-                context.getPackageManager().getDefaultTextClassifierPackageName();
-        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(defaultTextClassifierPackageName)) {
-            return TextClassifier.NO_OP;
-        }
-        if (defaultTextClassifierPackageName.equals(context.getPackageName())) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(
-                    "The default text classifier itself should not call the"
-                            + "getDefaultTextClassifierImplementation() method.");
-        }
         final TextClassificationManager tcm =
                 context.getSystemService(TextClassificationManager.class);
-        if (tcm != null) {
+        if (tcm == null) {
+            return TextClassifier.NO_OP;
+        }
+        TextClassificationConstants settings = new TextClassificationConstants();
+        if (settings.getUseDefaultTextClassifierAsDefaultImplementation()) {
+            final String defaultTextClassifierPackageName =
+                    context.getPackageManager().getDefaultTextClassifierPackageName();
+            if (TextUtils.isEmpty(defaultTextClassifierPackageName)) {
+                return TextClassifier.NO_OP;
+            }
+            if (defaultTextClassifierPackageName.equals(context.getPackageName())) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(
+                        "The default text classifier itself should not call the"
+                                + "getDefaultTextClassifierImplementation() method.");
+            }
             return tcm.getTextClassifier(TextClassifier.DEFAULT_SERVICE);
+        } else {
+            return tcm.getTextClassifier(TextClassifier.LOCAL);
         }
-        return TextClassifier.NO_OP;
     }
 
     /** @hide **/
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/textclassifier/TextClassificationConstants.java b/core/java/android/view/textclassifier/TextClassificationConstants.java
index ed69513b7f696f07af427ca7f023cb78f2d93bae..3d5ac58e770483890005639b06dfc8d06299e4d4 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/textclassifier/TextClassificationConstants.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/textclassifier/TextClassificationConstants.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package android.view.textclassifier;
 
 import android.annotation.Nullable;
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.provider.DeviceConfig;
 
 import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
@@ -167,6 +168,16 @@ public final class TextClassificationConstants {
     static final String TEXT_CLASSIFIER_SERVICE_PACKAGE_OVERRIDE =
             "textclassifier_service_package_override";
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to use the default system text classifier as the default text classifier
+     * implementation. The local text classifier is used if it is {@code false}.
+     *
+     * @see android.service.textclassifier.TextClassifierService#getDefaultTextClassifierImplementation(Context)
+     */
+    // TODO: Once the system health experiment is done, remove this together with local TC.
+    private static final String USE_DEFAULT_SYSTEM_TEXT_CLASSIFIER_AS_DEFAULT_IMPL =
+            "use_default_system_text_classifier_as_default_impl";
+
     private static final String DEFAULT_TEXT_CLASSIFIER_SERVICE_PACKAGE_OVERRIDE = null;
     private static final boolean LOCAL_TEXT_CLASSIFIER_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
     private static final boolean SYSTEM_TEXT_CLASSIFIER_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
@@ -209,7 +220,8 @@ public final class TextClassificationConstants {
     private static final boolean TEMPLATE_INTENT_FACTORY_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
     private static final boolean TRANSLATE_IN_CLASSIFICATION_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
     private static final boolean DETECT_LANGUAGES_FROM_TEXT_ENABLED_DEFAULT = true;
-    private static final float[] LANG_ID_CONTEXT_SETTINGS_DEFAULT = new float[] {20f, 1.0f, 0.4f};
+    private static final float[] LANG_ID_CONTEXT_SETTINGS_DEFAULT = new float[]{20f, 1.0f, 0.4f};
+    private static final boolean USE_DEFAULT_SYSTEM_TEXT_CLASSIFIER_AS_DEFAULT_IMPL_DEFAULT = true;
 
     @Nullable
     public String getTextClassifierServicePackageOverride() {
@@ -331,6 +343,13 @@ public final class TextClassificationConstants {
                 LANG_ID_CONTEXT_SETTINGS, LANG_ID_CONTEXT_SETTINGS_DEFAULT);
     }
 
+    public boolean getUseDefaultTextClassifierAsDefaultImplementation() {
+        return DeviceConfig.getBoolean(
+                DeviceConfig.NAMESPACE_TEXTCLASSIFIER,
+                USE_DEFAULT_SYSTEM_TEXT_CLASSIFIER_AS_DEFAULT_IMPL,
+                USE_DEFAULT_SYSTEM_TEXT_CLASSIFIER_AS_DEFAULT_IMPL_DEFAULT);
+    }
+
     void dump(IndentingPrintWriter pw) {
         pw.println("TextClassificationConstants:");
         pw.increaseIndent();
@@ -378,6 +397,8 @@ public final class TextClassificationConstants {
                 .println();
         pw.printPair("textclassifier_service_package_override",
                 getTextClassifierServicePackageOverride()).println();
+        pw.printPair("use_default_system_text_classifier_as_default_impl",
+                getUseDefaultTextClassifierAsDefaultImplementation()).println();
         pw.decreaseIndent();
     }