diff --git a/app/brave_main_delegate.cc b/app/brave_main_delegate.cc
index 26b6df5ec5b8..41e4f918acbc 100644
--- a/app/brave_main_delegate.cc
+++ b/app/brave_main_delegate.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "base/time/time.h"
 #include "build/build_config.h"
 #include "brave/browser/brave_content_browser_client.h"
+#include "brave/common/brave_switches.h"
 #include "brave/common/resource_bundle_helper.h"
 #include "brave/renderer/brave_content_renderer_client.h"
 #include "brave/utility/brave_content_utility_client.h"
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ bool BraveMainDelegate::BasicStartupComplete(int* exit_code) {
       *base::CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess();
   command_line.AppendSwitch(switches::kEnableTabAudioMuting);
   command_line.AppendSwitch(switches::kDisableDomainReliability);
+  command_line.AppendSwitch(switches::kDisableChromeGoogleURLTrackingClient);
 
   std::stringstream enabled_features;
   enabled_features << features::kEnableEmojiContextMenu.name
diff --git a/chromium_src/chrome/browser/google/chrome_google_url_tracker_client.cc b/chromium_src/chrome/browser/google/chrome_google_url_tracker_client.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ce12fcecbd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chromium_src/chrome/browser/google/chrome_google_url_tracker_client.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+// This include is required here since chrome_google_url_tracker_client.cc
+// incldues it. We don't want replacements to happen though.
+// The header guard will ensure this even know the .cc includes it.
+#include "chrome/common/chrome_switches.h"
+
+// Required to declare kDisableChromeGoogleURLTrackingClient
+#include "brave/common/brave_switches.h"
+
+// The ChromeGooglURLTrackerClient will disable itself when the kDisableBackgroundNetworking
+// switch is set.  Since several other services also disable themeselves when that is set,
+// we rename the switch that is used to something we define.
+#define kDisableBackgroundNetworking kDisableChromeGoogleURLTrackingClient
+#include "../../../../../chrome/browser/google/chrome_google_url_tracker_client.cc"
+#undef kDisableBackgroundNetworking
diff --git a/chromium_src/chrome/browser/google/chrome_google_url_tracker_client_browsertest.cc b/chromium_src/chrome/browser/google/chrome_google_url_tracker_client_browsertest.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..deb8be5628fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chromium_src/chrome/browser/google/chrome_google_url_tracker_client_browsertest.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "brave/common/brave_switches.h"
+#include "chrome/browser/google/chrome_google_url_tracker_client.h"
+#include "chrome/browser/ui/browser.h"
+#include "chrome/test/base/in_process_browser_test.h"
+
+using BraveGoogleURLTrackerClientTest = InProcessBrowserTest;
+
+IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(BraveGoogleURLTrackerClientTest, DisablesGoogleURLTrackerClient) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(base::CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->HasSwitch(
+      switches::kDisableChromeGoogleURLTrackingClient));
+
+  ChromeGoogleURLTrackerClient client(browser()->profile());
+  ASSERT_FALSE(client.IsBackgroundNetworkingEnabled());
+}
diff --git a/common/brave_switches.cc b/common/brave_switches.cc
index b1a0bfe82297..b2c1b8857c3b 100644
--- a/common/brave_switches.cc
+++ b/common/brave_switches.cc
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ const char kDisablePDFJSExtension[] = "disable-pdfjs-extension";
 // This switch disables update module(Sparkle).
 const char kDisableBraveUpdate[] = "disable-brave-update";
 
+// This switch disables the ChromeGoogleURLTrackerClient
+const char kDisableChromeGoogleURLTrackingClient[] = "disable-chrome-google-url-tracking-client";
+
 }  // namespace switches
diff --git a/common/brave_switches.h b/common/brave_switches.h
index 99fc04f77178..3fc8642f0f18 100644
--- a/common/brave_switches.h
+++ b/common/brave_switches.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ extern const char kDisableBraveUpdate[];
 
 extern const char kDisablePDFJSExtension[];
 
+extern const char kDisableChromeGoogleURLTrackingClient[];
+
 }  // namespace switches
 
 #endif  // BRAVE_COMMON_BRAVE_SWITCHES_H_
diff --git a/test/BUILD.gn b/test/BUILD.gn
index 2845e6e95339..d1049f4c2eb5 100644
--- a/test/BUILD.gn
+++ b/test/BUILD.gn
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ static_library("browser_tests_runner") {
 test("brave_browser_tests") {
   sources = [
     "//brave/app/brave_main_delegate_browsertest.cc",
+    "//brave/chromium_src/chrome/browser/google/chrome_google_url_tracker_client_browsertest.cc",
     "//brave/chromium_src/third_party/blink/renderer/modules/battery/navigator_batterytest.cc",
     "//brave/chromium_src/third_party/blink/renderer/modules/bluetooth/navigator_bluetoothtest.cc",
     "//brave/chromium_src/third_party/blink/renderer/modules/credentialmanager/credentials_containertest.cc",