diff --git a/impeller/display_list/canvas_unittests.cc b/impeller/display_list/canvas_unittests.cc
index fc04272715977..2185c955d1ae6 100644
--- a/impeller/display_list/canvas_unittests.cc
+++ b/impeller/display_list/canvas_unittests.cc
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 
+#include "display_list/dl_color.h"
 #include "display_list/dl_tile_mode.h"
+#include "display_list/effects/dl_color_filter.h"
+#include "display_list/effects/dl_color_source.h"
 #include "display_list/effects/dl_image_filter.h"
 #include "display_list/geometry/dl_geometry_types.h"
 #include "flutter/testing/testing.h"
@@ -13,6 +16,8 @@
 #include "impeller/core/texture_descriptor.h"
 #include "impeller/display_list/aiks_unittests.h"
 #include "impeller/display_list/canvas.h"
+#include "impeller/display_list/dl_dispatcher.h"
+#include "impeller/geometry/color.h"
 #include "impeller/geometry/geometry_asserts.h"
 #include "impeller/renderer/render_target.h"
 
@@ -276,5 +281,80 @@ TEST_P(AiksTest, BackdropCountDownWithNestedSaveLayers) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(canvas->RequiresReadback());
 }
 
+TEST_P(AiksTest, PaintOpacityPeephole) {
+  {
+    Paint paint;
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Paint::CanApplyOpacityPeephole(paint));
+  }
+
+  {
+    Paint paint;
+    paint.blend_mode = BlendMode::kColorBurn;
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(Paint::CanApplyOpacityPeephole(paint));
+  }
+
+  {
+    Paint paint;
+    paint.mask_blur_descriptor = Paint::MaskBlurDescriptor{
+        .sigma = Sigma(4),
+        .respect_ctm = true,
+    };
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(Paint::CanApplyOpacityPeephole(paint));
+  }
+
+  {
+    auto image_filter =
+        flutter::DlBlurImageFilter::Make(1, 1, flutter::DlTileMode::kClamp);
+    Paint paint;
+    paint.image_filter = image_filter.get();
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(Paint::CanApplyOpacityPeephole(paint));
+  }
+
+  {
+    auto color_filter = flutter::DlBlendColorFilter::Make(
+        flutter::DlColor::kRed(), flutter::DlBlendMode::kDarken);
+    Paint paint;
+    paint.color_filter = color_filter.get();
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(Paint::CanApplyOpacityPeephole(paint));
+  }
+
+  {
+    std::vector<flutter::DlColor> colors = {flutter::DlColor::kRed(),
+                                            flutter::DlColor::kBlack()};
+    std::vector<flutter::DlScalar> stops = {0, 1};
+    auto color_source = flutter::DlColorSource::MakeLinear(
+        SkPoint{0, 0}, SkPoint{100, 100}, 2, colors.data(), stops.data(),
+        flutter::DlTileMode::kClamp);
+    Paint paint;
+    paint.color_source = color_source.get();
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(Paint::CanApplyOpacityPeephole(paint));
+  }
+
+  {
+    auto runtime_stages =
+        OpenAssetAsRuntimeStage("runtime_stage_simple.frag.iplr");
+
+    auto runtime_stage =
+        runtime_stages[PlaygroundBackendToRuntimeStageBackend(GetBackend())];
+    ASSERT_TRUE(runtime_stage);
+
+    auto runtime_effect = flutter::DlRuntimeEffect::MakeImpeller(runtime_stage);
+    auto uniform_data = std::make_shared<std::vector<uint8_t>>();
+    auto color_source = flutter::DlColorSource::MakeRuntimeEffect(
+        runtime_effect, {}, uniform_data);
+
+    Paint paint;
+    paint.color_source = color_source.get();
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(Paint::CanApplyOpacityPeephole(paint));
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace testing
 }  // namespace impeller
diff --git a/impeller/display_list/paint.cc b/impeller/display_list/paint.cc
index 13bd681fe30fb..5e5a51e6ddb9e 100644
--- a/impeller/display_list/paint.cc
+++ b/impeller/display_list/paint.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "display_list/geometry/dl_path.h"
 #include "fml/logging.h"
 #include "impeller/display_list/color_filter.h"
+#include "impeller/display_list/image_filter.h"
 #include "impeller/display_list/skia_conversions.h"
 #include "impeller/entity/contents/color_source_contents.h"
 #include "impeller/entity/contents/conical_gradient_contents.h"
@@ -34,6 +35,22 @@ using DlRect = flutter::DlRect;
 using DlIRect = flutter::DlIRect;
 using DlPath = flutter::DlPath;
 
+// static
+bool Paint::CanApplyOpacityPeephole(const Paint& paint) {
+  if (paint.blend_mode != BlendMode::kSourceOver) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (paint.invert_colors || paint.mask_blur_descriptor.has_value() ||
+      paint.image_filter || paint.color_filter) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (paint.color_source && paint.color_source->type() ==
+                                flutter::DlColorSourceType::kRuntimeEffect) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 std::shared_ptr<ColorSourceContents> Paint::CreateContents() const {
   if (color_source == nullptr) {
     auto contents = std::make_shared<SolidColorContents>();
diff --git a/impeller/display_list/paint.h b/impeller/display_list/paint.h
index 830b72673bac7..3beb387633649 100644
--- a/impeller/display_list/paint.h
+++ b/impeller/display_list/paint.h
@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@
 #include "display_list/effects/dl_color_filter.h"
 #include "display_list/effects/dl_color_source.h"
 #include "display_list/effects/dl_image_filter.h"
-#include "impeller/display_list/color_filter.h"
-#include "impeller/display_list/image_filter.h"
 #include "impeller/entity/contents/color_source_contents.h"
 #include "impeller/entity/contents/contents.h"
 #include "impeller/entity/contents/filters/color_filter_contents.h"
 #include "impeller/entity/contents/filters/filter_contents.h"
 #include "impeller/entity/contents/texture_contents.h"
 #include "impeller/entity/entity.h"
-#include "impeller/entity/geometry/geometry.h"
 #include "impeller/geometry/color.h"
 
 namespace impeller {
@@ -36,12 +33,7 @@ struct Paint {
 
   /// @brief Whether or not a save layer with the provided paint can perform the
   ///        opacity peephole optimization.
-  static bool CanApplyOpacityPeephole(const Paint& paint) {
-    return paint.blend_mode == BlendMode::kSourceOver &&
-           paint.invert_colors == false &&
-           !paint.mask_blur_descriptor.has_value() &&
-           paint.image_filter == nullptr && paint.color_filter == nullptr;
-  }
+  static bool CanApplyOpacityPeephole(const Paint& paint);
 
   enum class Style {
     kFill,