diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/experimental/ruy/context.cc b/tensorflow/lite/experimental/ruy/context.cc
index aea42cdf501..f85a5cc5fa7 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/experimental/ruy/context.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/experimental/ruy/context.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ Path Context::GetRuntimeEnabledPaths() {
   // Need to resolve now. Start by considering all paths enabled.
   runtime_enabled_paths_ = kAllPaths;
 
+  // This mechanism is intended to be used for testing and benchmarking. For
+  // example, one can set RUY_FORCE_DISABLE_PATHS to Path::kAvx512 in order to
+  // evaluate AVX2 performance on an AVX-512 machine.
+#ifdef RUY_FORCE_DISABLE_PATHS
+  runtime_enabled_paths_ = runtime_enabled_paths_ & ~(RUY_FORCE_DISABLE_PATHS);
+#endif
+
 #if RUY_PLATFORM(ARM)
   // Now selectively disable paths that aren't supported on this machine.
   if ((runtime_enabled_paths_ & Path::kNeonDotprod) != Path::kNone) {