diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/java_classes/org/electrum/qr/SimpleScannerActivity.java b/electrum/gui/qml/java_classes/org/electrum/qr/SimpleScannerActivity.java
index 476c375c42ed..8f809efaf5aa 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/java_classes/org/electrum/qr/SimpleScannerActivity.java
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/java_classes/org/electrum/qr/SimpleScannerActivity.java
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.view.Window;
 import android.view.WindowInsets;
+import android.view.WindowManager;
 import android.widget.Button;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import android.widget.Toast;
@@ -48,6 +50,10 @@ public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         TextView hintTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.hint);
         hintTextView.setText(text);
 
+        // secure this window
+        boolean secure = !intent.getBooleanExtra("allow_screenshots", false);
+        setSecureWindow(secure);
+
         // bind "paste" button
         Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.paste_btn);
         btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@@ -209,4 +215,43 @@ private void setupEdgeToEdge() {
             return insets;
         });
     }
+
+    public void setSecureWindow(boolean secure) {
+        runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
+            private Activity mActivity;
+            private boolean mEnable;
+
+            public Runnable _initialize(Activity activity, boolean enable) {
+                this.mActivity = activity;
+                this.mEnable = enable;
+                return this;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                Window window = this.mActivity.getWindow();
+
+                if ( !((window.getAttributes().flags & WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE) != 0) ^ mEnable)
+                    return; // no change needed
+
+                if (mEnable) {
+                    Log.v(TAG, "Setting Secure Window");
+                    window.setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE);
+                } else {
+                    Log.v(TAG, "UnSetting Secure Window");
+                    window.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE);
+                    // The below forces a redraw of the window/view, which is needed on some phones
+                    // to actually clear the flag. However on some other phones, it crashes the app...
+                    // see https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/8522
+                    /*if (ViewCompat.isAttachedToWindow(window.getDecorView())) {
+                        WindowManager wm = this.mActivity.getWindowManager();
+                        wm.removeViewImmediate(window.getDecorView());
+                        wm.addView(window.getDecorView(), window.getAttributes());
+                    }*/
+                }
+            }
+        }._initialize(this, secure));
+    }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qeqrscanner.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qeqrscanner.py
index be93bbf1f288..01b65324a58b 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qeqrscanner.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qeqrscanner.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from PyQt6.QtCore import pyqtProperty, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot, QObject, Qt
 from PyQt6.QtGui import QGuiApplication
 
+from electrum.gui.qml.qeconfig import QEConfig
 from electrum.gui.qml.qetypes import QEBytes
 from electrum.util import send_exception_to_crash_reporter
 from electrum.logging import get_logger
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ def open(self):
         jSimpleScannerActivity = autoclass("org.electrum.qr.SimpleScannerActivity")
         intent = jIntent(jpythonActivity, jSimpleScannerActivity)
         intent.putExtra(jIntent.EXTRA_TEXT, jString(self._hint))
+        intent.putExtra('allow_screenshots', QEConfig.instance.config.GUI_QML_ALWAYS_ALLOW_SCREENSHOTS)
 
         activity.bind(on_activity_result=self.on_qr_activity_result)
         jpythonActivity.startActivityForResult(intent, self.REQUEST_CODE_SIMPLE_SCANNER_ACTIVITY)