diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/inspector/descriptors/ViewGroupDescriptor.java b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/inspector/descriptors/ViewGroupDescriptor.java
index 89fc27bb4..3c1042176 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/inspector/descriptors/ViewGroupDescriptor.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/inspector/descriptors/ViewGroupDescriptor.java
@@ -294,12 +294,31 @@ public class ViewGroupDescriptor extends NodeDescriptor<ViewGroup> {
   }
 
   private static boolean shouldSkip(View view) {
-    Object tag = view.getTag(R.id.flipper_skip_view_traversal);
-    if (!(tag instanceof Boolean)) {
-      return false;
+    if (hasTag(view, R.id.flipper_skip_view_traversal)) {
+      return true;
     }
 
-    return (Boolean) tag;
+    if (view instanceof ViewGroup
+        && hasTag(view, R.id.flipper_skip_empty_view_group_traversal)
+        && !hasVisibleChildren((ViewGroup) view)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  private static boolean hasTag(View view, int id) {
+    Object tag = view.getTag(id);
+    return tag instanceof Boolean && (Boolean) tag;
+  }
+
+  private static boolean hasVisibleChildren(ViewGroup viewGroup) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < viewGroup.getChildCount(); i++) {
+      if (viewGroup.getChildAt(i).getVisibility() == View.VISIBLE) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/android/src/main/res/values/ids.xml b/android/src/main/res/values/ids.xml
index bb4488b57..156cf5207 100644
--- a/android/src/main/res/values/ids.xml
+++ b/android/src/main/res/values/ids.xml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
 
 <resources>
   <item type="id" name="flipper_skip_view_traversal"/>
+  <item type="id" name="flipper_skip_empty_view_group_traversal"/>
 </resources>
diff --git a/docs/setup/layout-plugin.mdx b/docs/setup/layout-plugin.mdx
index 482b91f8d..4a3714594 100644
--- a/docs/setup/layout-plugin.mdx
+++ b/docs/setup/layout-plugin.mdx
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ Add the following tag to your view to skip it from Flipper's view picker. The vi
 view.setTag(R.id.flipper_skip_view_traversal, true);
 ```
 
+### Blocking empty view groups (Android only)
+
+If you have a ViewGroup that only occasionally has visible children, you may find it helpful to block its traversal when it is empty or has no visible children. For example, you might have a FragmentContainerView that currently has no visible fragment.
+
+Add the following tag to your view group to skip it from Flipper's view picker only when it has zero children, or none of its children are currently visible. The views will still be shown in the layout hierarchy, but they will not be selected while using the view picker.
+
+```java
+viewGroup.setTag(R.id.flipper_skip_empty_view_group_traversal, true);
+```
 
 ## iOS