diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuColumnarBatchSerializer.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuColumnarBatchSerializer.scala
index 5a639baafec..665fe2bfe7c 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuColumnarBatchSerializer.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/GpuColumnarBatchSerializer.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class SerializedBatchIterator(dIn: DataInputStream, deserTime: GpuMetric)
  * @note The RAPIDS shuffle does not use this code.
  */
 class GpuColumnarBatchSerializer(metrics: Map[String, GpuMetric], dataTypes: Array[DataType],
-    useKudo: Boolean)
+    useKudo: Boolean, kudoMeasureBufferCopy: Boolean)
   extends Serializer with Serializable {
 
   private lazy val kudo = {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class GpuColumnarBatchSerializer(metrics: Map[String, GpuMetric], dataTypes: Arr
 
   override def newInstance(): SerializerInstance = {
     if (useKudo) {
-      new KudoSerializerInstance(metrics, dataTypes, kudo)
+      new KudoSerializerInstance(metrics, dataTypes, kudo, kudoMeasureBufferCopy)
     } else {
       new GpuColumnarBatchSerializerInstance(metrics)
     }
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ object SerializedTableColumn {
 private class KudoSerializerInstance(
     val metrics: Map[String, GpuMetric],
     val dataTypes: Array[DataType],
-    val kudo: Option[KudoSerializer]
+    val kudo: Option[KudoSerializer],
+    val measureBufferCopyTime: Boolean,
 ) extends SerializerInstance {
   private val dataSize = metrics(METRIC_DATA_SIZE)
   private val serTime = metrics(METRIC_SHUFFLE_SER_STREAM_TIME)
@@ -399,8 +400,10 @@ private class KudoSerializerInstance(
 
             dataSize += writeMetric.getWrittenBytes
             serCalcHeaderTime += writeMetric.getCalcHeaderTime
-            serCopyHeaderTime += writeMetric.getCopyHeaderTime
-            serCopyBufferTime += writeMetric.getCopyBufferTime
+            if (measureBufferCopyTime) {
+              serCopyHeaderTime += writeMetric.getCopyHeaderTime
+              serCopyBufferTime += writeMetric.getCopyBufferTime
+            }
           }
         } else {
           withResource(new NvtxRange("Serialize Row Only Batch", NvtxColor.YELLOW)) { _ =>
diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/RapidsConf.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/RapidsConf.scala
index 104b2e808be..f218f866cac 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/RapidsConf.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/RapidsConf.scala
@@ -2025,6 +2025,15 @@ val SHUFFLE_COMPRESSION_LZ4_CHUNK_SIZE = conf("spark.rapids.shuffle.compression.
     .booleanConf
     .createWithDefault(false)
 
+  val SHUFFLE_KUDO_SERIALIZER_MEASURE_BUFFER_COPY_ENABLED =
+    conf("spark.rapids.shuffle.kudo.serializer.measure.buffer.copy.enabled")
+    .doc("Enable or disable measuring buffer copy time when using Kudo serializer for the shuffle.")
+    .internal()
+    .startupOnly()
+    .booleanConf
+    .createWithDefault(false)
+
+
   // USER FACING DEBUG CONFIGS
 
   val SHUFFLE_COMPRESSION_MAX_BATCH_MEMORY =
@@ -3112,6 +3121,9 @@ class RapidsConf(conf: Map[String, String]) extends Logging {
 
   lazy val shuffleKudoSerializerEnabled: Boolean = get(SHUFFLE_KUDO_SERIALIZER_ENABLED)
 
+  lazy val shuffleKudoMeasureBufferCopyEnabled: Boolean =
+    get(SHUFFLE_KUDO_SERIALIZER_MEASURE_BUFFER_COPY_ENABLED)
+
   def isUCXShuffleManagerMode: Boolean =
     RapidsShuffleManagerMode
       .withName(get(SHUFFLE_MANAGER_MODE)) == RapidsShuffleManagerMode.UCX
diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase.scala
index 0e1b857317c..978caaacad2 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/execution/GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ abstract class GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase(
   import GpuMetric._
 
   private lazy val useKudo = RapidsConf.SHUFFLE_KUDO_SERIALIZER_ENABLED.get(child.conf)
+  private lazy val kudoMeasureBufferCopy = RapidsConf
+    .SHUFFLE_KUDO_SERIALIZER_MEASURE_BUFFER_COPY_ENABLED
+    .get(child.conf)
 
   private lazy val useGPUShuffle = {
     gpuOutputPartitioning match {
@@ -223,7 +226,7 @@ abstract class GpuShuffleExchangeExecBase(
   // This value must be lazy because the child's output may not have been resolved
   // yet in all cases.
   private lazy val serializer: Serializer = new GpuColumnarBatchSerializer(
-    allMetrics, sparkTypes, useKudo)
+    allMetrics, sparkTypes, useKudo, kudoMeasureBufferCopy)
 
   @transient lazy val inputBatchRDD: RDD[ColumnarBatch] = child.executeColumnar()
 
diff --git a/tests/src/test/spark321/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/RapidsShuffleThreadedReaderSuite.scala b/tests/src/test/spark321/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/RapidsShuffleThreadedReaderSuite.scala
index c006031da7d..de1e40f43ac 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/spark321/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/RapidsShuffleThreadedReaderSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/src/test/spark321/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/RapidsShuffleThreadedReaderSuite.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class RapidsShuffleThreadedReaderSuite
       val numMaps = 6
       val keyValuePairsPerMap = 10
       val serializer = new GpuColumnarBatchSerializer(Map.empty.withDefaultValue(NoopMetric),
-        Array.empty, false)
+        Array.empty, false, false)
 
       // Make a mock BlockManager that will return RecordingManagedByteBuffers of data, so that we
       // can ensure retain() and release() are properly called.