diff --git a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga-internal.h b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga-internal.h
index 291b3ba27b1721..923e5a897744df 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga-internal.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga-internal.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ struct YGConfig {
   bool experimentalFeatures[YGExperimentalFeatureCount + 1];
   bool useWebDefaults;
   bool useLegacyStretchBehaviour;
+  bool shouldDiffLayoutWithoutLegacyStretchBehaviour;
   float pointScaleFactor;
   YGLogger logger;
   YGNodeClonedFunc cloneNodeCallback;
diff --git a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp
index 19e8b4cf124368..63b00c6cc8a586 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static YGConfig gYGConfigDefaults = {
         },
     .useWebDefaults = false,
     .useLegacyStretchBehaviour = false,
+    .shouldDiffLayoutWithoutLegacyStretchBehaviour = false,
     .pointScaleFactor = 1.0f,
 #ifdef ANDROID
     .logger = &YGAndroidLog,
@@ -3613,14 +3614,15 @@ void YGNodeCalculateLayout(const YGNodeRef node,
     }
   }
 
-  bool didUseLegacyFlag = node->didUseLegacyFlag();
-
   // We want to get rid off `useLegacyStretchBehaviour` from YGConfig. But we
   // aren't sure whether client's of yoga have gotten rid off this flag or not.
   // So logging this in YGLayout would help to find out the call sites depending
   // on this flag. This check would be removed once we are sure no one is
-  // dependent on this flag anymore.
-  if (didUseLegacyFlag) {
+  // dependent on this flag anymore. The flag
+  // `shouldDiffLayoutWithoutLegacyStretchBehaviour` in YGConfig will help to
+  // run experiments.
+  if (node->getConfig()->shouldDiffLayoutWithoutLegacyStretchBehaviour &&
+      node->didUseLegacyFlag()) {
     const YGNodeRef originalNode = YGNodeDeepClone(node);
     originalNode->resolveDimension();
     // Recursively mark nodes as dirty