diff --git a/java/res/values/attrs.xml b/java/res/values/attrs.xml
index 4c7ed6956..290ab5008 100644
--- a/java/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
         <!-- Size of the text for spacebar language label, in the proportion of key height. -->
         <attr name="languageOnSpacebarTextRatio" format="fraction" />
         <attr name="languageOnSpacebarTextColor" format="color" />
+        <attr name="languageOnSpacebarTextShadowRadius" format="float" />
         <attr name="languageOnSpacebarTextShadowColor" format="color" />
         <!-- Background image for the spacebar. -->
         <attr name="spacebarBackground" format="reference" />
diff --git a/java/res/values/colors.xml b/java/res/values/colors.xml
index dabb4d65e..baa0887bc 100644
--- a/java/res/values/colors.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     <color name="suggested_word_color_ics">#B233B5E5</color>
     <color name="highlight_translucent_color_ics">#9933B5E5</color>
     <color name="key_text_color_holo">@android:color/white</color>
-    <color name="key_text_shadow_color_holo">@android:color/transparent</color>
     <color name="key_text_inactivated_color_holo">#66E0E4E5</color>
     <color name="key_hint_letter_color_holo">#80000000</color>
     <color name="key_hint_label_color_holo">#A0FFFFFF</color>
diff --git a/java/res/values/themes-ics.xml b/java/res/values/themes-ics.xml
index 616dbd82c..d7943eeaf 100644
--- a/java/res/values/themes-ics.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/themes-ics.xml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
         <item name="keyShiftedLetterHintInactivatedColor">@color/key_shifted_letter_hint_inactivated_color_holo</item>
         <item name="keyShiftedLetterHintActivatedColor">@color/key_shifted_letter_hint_activated_color_holo</item>
         <item name="keyPreviewTextColor">@color/key_text_color_holo</item>
-        <item name="keyTextShadowColor">@color/key_text_shadow_color_holo</item>
-        <item name="keyTextShadowRadius">0.0</item>
+        <!-- A negative value to disable key text shadow layer. -->
+        <item name="keyTextShadowRadius">-1.0</item>
     </style>
     <style
         name="MainKeyboardView.ICS"
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
         <item name="autoCorrectionSpacebarLedEnabled">false</item>
         <item name="autoCorrectionSpacebarLedIcon">@drawable/sym_keyboard_space_led_holo</item>
         <item name="languageOnSpacebarTextColor">@color/spacebar_text_color_holo</item>
+        <item name="languageOnSpacebarTextShadowRadius">1.0</item>
         <item name="languageOnSpacebarTextShadowColor">@color/spacebar_text_shadow_color_holo</item>
         <item name="spacebarBackground">@drawable/btn_keyboard_spacebar_ics</item>
     </style>
diff --git a/java/res/values/themes-klp.xml b/java/res/values/themes-klp.xml
index 9bb3d79a7..13500fef2 100644
--- a/java/res/values/themes-klp.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/themes-klp.xml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
         <item name="keyShiftedLetterHintInactivatedColor">@color/key_shifted_letter_hint_inactivated_color_holo</item>
         <item name="keyShiftedLetterHintActivatedColor">@color/key_shifted_letter_hint_activated_color_holo</item>
         <item name="keyPreviewTextColor">@color/key_text_color_holo</item>
-        <item name="keyTextShadowColor">@color/key_text_shadow_color_holo</item>
-        <item name="keyTextShadowRadius">0.0</item>
+        <!-- A negative value to disable key text shadow layer. -->
+        <item name="keyTextShadowRadius">-1.0</item>
     </style>
     <style
         name="MainKeyboardView.KLP"
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
         <item name="autoCorrectionSpacebarLedEnabled">false</item>
         <item name="autoCorrectionSpacebarLedIcon">@drawable/sym_keyboard_space_led_holo</item>
         <item name="languageOnSpacebarTextColor">@color/spacebar_text_color_holo</item>
+        <item name="languageOnSpacebarTextShadowRadius">1.0</item>
         <item name="languageOnSpacebarTextShadowColor">@color/spacebar_text_shadow_color_holo</item>
         <item name="spacebarBackground">@drawable/btn_keyboard_spacebar_klp</item>
     </style>
diff --git a/java/res/values/themes-lmp.xml b/java/res/values/themes-lmp.xml
index 773da196d..41c4d09d5 100644
--- a/java/res/values/themes-lmp.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/themes-lmp.xml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
         <item name="keyShiftedLetterHintInactivatedColor">@color/key_shifted_letter_hint_inactivated_color_holo</item>
         <item name="keyShiftedLetterHintActivatedColor">@color/key_shifted_letter_hint_activated_color_holo</item>
         <item name="keyPreviewTextColor">@color/key_text_color_holo</item>
-        <item name="keyTextShadowColor">@color/key_text_shadow_color_holo</item>
-        <item name="keyTextShadowRadius">0.0</item>
+        <!-- A negative value to disable key text shadow layer. -->
+        <item name="keyTextShadowRadius">-1.0</item>
     </style>
     <style
         name="MainKeyboardView.LMP"
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
         <item name="autoCorrectionSpacebarLedEnabled">false</item>
         <item name="autoCorrectionSpacebarLedIcon">@drawable/sym_keyboard_space_led_holo</item>
         <item name="languageOnSpacebarTextColor">@color/spacebar_text_color_holo</item>
+        <item name="languageOnSpacebarTextShadowRadius">1.0</item>
         <item name="languageOnSpacebarTextShadowColor">@color/spacebar_text_shadow_color_holo</item>
         <item name="spacebarBackground">@drawable/btn_keyboard_spacebar_lmp</item>
     </style>
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
index 8ca00b005..4450a4474 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/KeyboardView.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public class KeyboardView extends View {
     private final float mVerticalCorrection;
     private final Drawable mKeyBackground;
     private final Rect mKeyBackgroundPadding = new Rect();
+    private static final float KET_TEXT_SHADOW_RADIUS_DISABLED = -1.0f;
 
     // HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS "...", character for popup hint.
     private static final String POPUP_HINT_CHAR = "\u2026";
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ public class KeyboardView extends View {
         mKeyShiftedLetterHintPadding = keyboardViewAttr.getDimension(
                 R.styleable.KeyboardView_keyShiftedLetterHintPadding, 0.0f);
         mKeyTextShadowRadius = keyboardViewAttr.getFloat(
-                R.styleable.KeyboardView_keyTextShadowRadius, 0.0f);
+                R.styleable.KeyboardView_keyTextShadowRadius, KET_TEXT_SHADOW_RADIUS_DISABLED);
         mVerticalCorrection = keyboardViewAttr.getDimension(
                 R.styleable.KeyboardView_verticalCorrection, 0.0f);
         keyboardViewAttr.recycle();
@@ -414,18 +415,23 @@ public class KeyboardView extends View {
                 }
             }
 
-            paint.setColor(key.selectTextColor(params));
             if (key.isEnabled()) {
-                // Set a drop shadow for the text
-                paint.setShadowLayer(mKeyTextShadowRadius, 0.0f, 0.0f, params.mTextShadowColor);
+                paint.setColor(key.selectTextColor(params));
+                // Set a drop shadow for the text if the shadow radius is positive value.
+                if (mKeyTextShadowRadius > 0.0f) {
+                    paint.setShadowLayer(mKeyTextShadowRadius, 0.0f, 0.0f, params.mTextShadowColor);
+                } else {
+                    paint.clearShadowLayer();
+                }
             } else {
                 // Make label invisible
                 paint.setColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
+                paint.clearShadowLayer();
             }
             blendAlpha(paint, params.mAnimAlpha);
             canvas.drawText(label, 0, label.length(), positionX, baseline, paint);
             // Turn off drop shadow and reset x-scale.
-            paint.setShadowLayer(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, Color.TRANSPARENT);
+            paint.clearShadowLayer();
             paint.setTextScaleX(1.0f);
 
             if (icon != null) {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/MainKeyboardView.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/MainKeyboardView.java
index 8f79a9128..1a8e4b7e9 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/MainKeyboardView.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/keyboard/MainKeyboardView.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import java.util.WeakHashMap;
  * @attr ref R.styleable#MainKeyboardView_autoCorrectionSpacebarLedIcon
  * @attr ref R.styleable#MainKeyboardView_languageOnSpacebarTextRatio
  * @attr ref R.styleable#MainKeyboardView_languageOnSpacebarTextColor
+ * @attr ref R.styleable#MainKeyboardView_languageOnSpacebarTextShadowRadius
  * @attr ref R.styleable#MainKeyboardView_languageOnSpacebarTextShadowColor
  * @attr ref R.styleable#MainKeyboardView_spacebarBackground
  * @attr ref R.styleable#MainKeyboardView_languageOnSpacebarFinalAlpha
@@ -129,7 +130,9 @@ public final class MainKeyboardView extends KeyboardView implements PointerTrack
     private final float mLanguageOnSpacebarTextRatio;
     private float mLanguageOnSpacebarTextSize;
     private final int mLanguageOnSpacebarTextColor;
+    private final float mLanguageOnSpacebarTextShadowRadius;
     private final int mLanguageOnSpacebarTextShadowColor;
+    private static final float LANGUAGE_ON_SPACEBAR_TEXT_SHADOW_RADIUS_DISABLED = -1.0f;
     // The minimum x-scale to fit the language name on spacebar.
     private static final float MINIMUM_XSCALE_OF_LANGUAGE_NAME = 0.8f;
     // Stuff to draw auto correction LED on spacebar.
@@ -231,6 +234,9 @@ public final class MainKeyboardView extends KeyboardView implements PointerTrack
                 R.styleable.MainKeyboardView_languageOnSpacebarTextRatio, 1, 1, 1.0f);
         mLanguageOnSpacebarTextColor = mainKeyboardViewAttr.getColor(
                 R.styleable.MainKeyboardView_languageOnSpacebarTextColor, 0);
+        mLanguageOnSpacebarTextShadowRadius = mainKeyboardViewAttr.getFloat(
+                R.styleable.MainKeyboardView_languageOnSpacebarTextShadowRadius,
+                LANGUAGE_ON_SPACEBAR_TEXT_SHADOW_RADIUS_DISABLED);
         mLanguageOnSpacebarTextShadowColor = mainKeyboardViewAttr.getColor(
                 R.styleable.MainKeyboardView_languageOnSpacebarTextShadowColor, 0);
         mLanguageOnSpacebarFinalAlpha = mainKeyboardViewAttr.getInt(
@@ -948,12 +954,17 @@ public final class MainKeyboardView extends KeyboardView implements PointerTrack
             final float descent = paint.descent();
             final float textHeight = -paint.ascent() + descent;
             final float baseline = height / 2 + textHeight / 2;
-            paint.setColor(mLanguageOnSpacebarTextShadowColor);
-            paint.setAlpha(mLanguageOnSpacebarAnimAlpha);
-            canvas.drawText(language, width / 2, baseline - descent - 1, paint);
+            if (mLanguageOnSpacebarTextShadowRadius > 0.0f) {
+                paint.setShadowLayer(mLanguageOnSpacebarTextShadowRadius, 0, 0,
+                        mLanguageOnSpacebarTextShadowColor);
+            } else {
+                paint.clearShadowLayer();
+            }
             paint.setColor(mLanguageOnSpacebarTextColor);
             paint.setAlpha(mLanguageOnSpacebarAnimAlpha);
             canvas.drawText(language, width / 2, baseline - descent, paint);
+            paint.clearShadowLayer();
+            paint.setTextScaleX(1.0f);
         }
 
         // Draw the spacebar icon at the bottom