diff --git a/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/ComponentContextUtils.java b/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/ComponentContextUtils.java
index e7d476e5a1a..c1ffc785679 100644
--- a/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/ComponentContextUtils.java
+++ b/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/ComponentContextUtils.java
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ private static LithoConfiguration mergeConfigurationWithNewLogTagAndLogger(
         logger != null ? logger : lithoConfiguration.logger,
         lithoConfiguration.renderUnitIdGenerator,
         lithoConfiguration.visibilityBoundsTransformer,
-        lithoConfiguration.debugEventListener);
+        lithoConfiguration.debugEventListener,
+        lithoConfiguration.isSpecsDuplicateStateUpdateDetectionEnabled);
   }
 
   public static LithoConfiguration buildDefaultLithoConfiguration(
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ public static LithoConfiguration buildDefaultLithoConfiguration(
         loggerToUse,
         null,
         transformer,
-        null);
+        null,
+        ComponentsConfiguration.defaultInstance.specsApiStateUpdateDuplicateDetectionEnabled);
   }
 }
diff --git a/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/ComponentTree.java b/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/ComponentTree.java
index b9c081e86ed..799ffd8d65d 100644
--- a/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/ComponentTree.java
+++ b/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/ComponentTree.java
@@ -506,7 +506,8 @@ protected ComponentTree(Builder builder) {
             logger,
             renderUnitIdGenerator,
             builder.visibilityBoundsTransformer,
-            builder.componentTreeDebugEventListener);
+            builder.componentTreeDebugEventListener,
+            builder.config.specsApiStateUpdateDuplicateDetectionEnabled);
 
     if (ComponentsConfiguration.enableFixForNestedComponentTree) {
       mContext =
@@ -1138,6 +1139,10 @@ public LithoConfiguration getLithoConfiguration() {
     return mContext.mLithoConfiguration;
   }
 
+  private boolean isSpecsDuplicateStateUpdateDetectionEnabled() {
+    return mContext.mLithoConfiguration.isSpecsDuplicateStateUpdateDetectionEnabled;
+  }
+
   /** Returns whether incremental mount is enabled or not in this component. */
   public boolean isIncrementalMountEnabled() {
     return mContext.mLithoConfiguration.incrementalMountEnabled;
@@ -1308,7 +1313,12 @@ public void updateStateSync(
 
       if (mTreeState != null) {
         isStateEnqueued =
-            mTreeState.queueStateUpdate(componentKey, stateUpdate, false, isLayoutState);
+            mTreeState.queueStateUpdate(
+                componentKey,
+                stateUpdate,
+                false,
+                isLayoutState,
+                !isSpecsDuplicateStateUpdateDetectionEnabled());
       }
     }
 
@@ -1342,7 +1352,12 @@ public void updateStateAsync(
 
       if (mTreeState != null) {
         isStateUpdateEnqueued =
-            mTreeState.queueStateUpdate(componentKey, stateUpdate, false, isLayoutState);
+            mTreeState.queueStateUpdate(
+                componentKey,
+                stateUpdate,
+                false,
+                isLayoutState,
+                !isSpecsDuplicateStateUpdateDetectionEnabled());
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/LithoConfiguration.kt b/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/LithoConfiguration.kt
index 522351f033b..c6fae548432 100644
--- a/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/LithoConfiguration.kt
+++ b/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/LithoConfiguration.kt
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ data class LithoConfiguration(
     @JvmField val logger: ComponentsLogger? = null,
     @JvmField val renderUnitIdGenerator: RenderUnitIdGenerator?,
     @JvmField val visibilityBoundsTransformer: VisibilityBoundsTransformer?,
-    @JvmField val debugEventListener: ComponentTreeDebugEventListener?
+    @JvmField val debugEventListener: ComponentTreeDebugEventListener?,
+    @JvmField val isSpecsDuplicateStateUpdateDetectionEnabled: Boolean
 ) {}
diff --git a/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/config/ComponentsConfiguration.kt b/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/config/ComponentsConfiguration.kt
index d3f5d02826e..9ccbb2801ec 100644
--- a/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/config/ComponentsConfiguration.kt
+++ b/litho-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/config/ComponentsConfiguration.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ import com.facebook.rendercore.incrementalmount.IncrementalMountExtensionConfigs
  */
 data class ComponentsConfiguration
 internal constructor(
+    /**
+     * This determines if the [ComponentTree] attached to this configuration, will attempt to detect
+     * and ignore duplicate state updates coming from usages in the Specs API.
+     */
+    @JvmField val specsApiStateUpdateDuplicateDetectionEnabled: Boolean = false,
     val useCancellableLayoutFutures: Boolean = true,
     val useInterruptibleResolution: Boolean = true,
     val shouldCacheLayouts: Boolean = true,
diff --git a/litho-testing/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/testing/testrunner/LithoTestRunner.java b/litho-testing/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/testing/testrunner/LithoTestRunner.java
index 5067a5ea2c4..5cc3bfefaac 100644
--- a/litho-testing/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/testing/testrunner/LithoTestRunner.java
+++ b/litho-testing/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/testing/testrunner/LithoTestRunner.java
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ private List<? extends Class<? extends LithoTestRunConfiguration>> getGlobalConf
     return Arrays.asList(
         LayoutCachingTestRunConfiguration.class,
         SkipRootCheckingTestRunConfiguration.class,
-        CustomBindersTestRunConfiguration.class);
+        CustomBindersTestRunConfiguration.class,
+        SpecsStateUpdateDetectionConfiguration.class);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/litho-testing/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/testing/testrunner/SpecsStateUpdateDetectionConfiguration.kt b/litho-testing/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/testing/testrunner/SpecsStateUpdateDetectionConfiguration.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c009b6b7d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litho-testing/src/main/java/com/facebook/litho/testing/testrunner/SpecsStateUpdateDetectionConfiguration.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * 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.facebook.litho.testing.testrunner
+
+import com.facebook.litho.config.ComponentsConfiguration
+import org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod
+
+class SpecsStateUpdateDetectionConfiguration : LithoTestRunConfiguration {
+
+  private val defaultInstance = ComponentsConfiguration.defaultInstance
+
+  override fun beforeTest(method: FrameworkMethod) {
+    ComponentsConfiguration.defaultInstance =
+        defaultInstance.copy(specsApiStateUpdateDuplicateDetectionEnabled = true)
+  }
+
+  override fun afterTest(method: FrameworkMethod) {
+    ComponentsConfiguration.defaultInstance = defaultInstance
+  }
+}