diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/AddItemActivity.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/AddItemActivity.java
index 55be4a4604..6bd62617fb 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/AddItemActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/AddItemActivity.java
@@ -189,10 +189,18 @@ public class AddItemActivity extends BaseActivity
         if (appWidgetHostView != null) {
             bounds = new Rect();
             appWidgetHostView.getSourceVisualDragBounds(bounds);
-            bounds.offset(appWidgetHostView.getLeft() - (int) mLastTouchPos.x,
-                    appWidgetHostView.getTop() - (int) mLastTouchPos.y);
-            listener = new PinItemDragListener(mRequest, bounds,
-                    appWidgetHostView.getMeasuredWidth(), appWidgetHostView.getMeasuredWidth());
+            float appWidgetHostViewScale = mWidgetCell.getAppWidgetHostViewScale();
+            int xOffset =
+                    appWidgetHostView.getLeft() - (int) (mLastTouchPos.x * appWidgetHostViewScale);
+            int yOffset = appWidgetHostView.getTop()
+                    - (int) (mLastTouchPos.y * mWidgetCell.getAppWidgetHostViewScale());
+            bounds.offset(xOffset, yOffset);
+            listener = new PinItemDragListener(
+                    mRequest,
+                    bounds,
+                    appWidgetHostView.getMeasuredWidth(),
+                    appWidgetHostView.getMeasuredWidth(),
+                    appWidgetHostView.getScaleX());
         } else {
             bounds = img.getBitmapBounds();
             bounds.offset(img.getLeft() - (int) mLastTouchPos.x,
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/PinItemDragListener.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/PinItemDragListener.java
index 2bdf8a085b..af43ae83e2 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/PinItemDragListener.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/dragndrop/PinItemDragListener.java
@@ -48,12 +48,19 @@ public class PinItemDragListener extends BaseItemDragListener {
 
     private final PinItemRequest mRequest;
     private final CancellationSignal mCancelSignal;
+    private final float mPreviewScale;
 
     public PinItemDragListener(PinItemRequest request, Rect previewRect,
             int previewBitmapWidth, int previewViewWidth) {
+        this(request, previewRect, previewBitmapWidth, previewViewWidth, /* previewScale= */ 1f);
+    }
+
+    public PinItemDragListener(PinItemRequest request, Rect previewRect,
+            int previewBitmapWidth, int previewViewWidth, float previewScale) {
         super(previewRect, previewBitmapWidth, previewViewWidth);
         mRequest = request;
         mCancelSignal = new CancellationSignal();
+        mPreviewScale = previewScale;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -98,7 +105,7 @@ public class PinItemDragListener extends BaseItemDragListener {
 
         PendingItemDragHelper dragHelper = new PendingItemDragHelper(view);
         if (mRequest.getRequestType() == PinItemRequest.REQUEST_TYPE_APPWIDGET) {
-            dragHelper.setRemoteViewsPreview(getPreview(mRequest));
+            dragHelper.setRemoteViewsPreview(getPreview(mRequest), mPreviewScale);
         }
         return dragHelper;
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/BaseWidgetSheet.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/BaseWidgetSheet.java
index adc7ba00e2..ee441747ac 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/BaseWidgetSheet.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/BaseWidgetSheet.java
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ public abstract class BaseWidgetSheet extends AbstractSlideInView<Launcher>
         }
 
         PendingItemDragHelper dragHelper = new PendingItemDragHelper(v);
-        dragHelper.setRemoteViewsPreview(v.getRemoteViewsPreview());
+        // RemoteViews are being rendered in AppWidgetHostView in WidgetCell. And thus, the scale of
+        // RemoteViews is equivalent to the AppWidgetHostView scale.
+        dragHelper.setRemoteViewsPreview(v.getRemoteViewsPreview(), v.getAppWidgetHostViewScale());
         dragHelper.setAppWidgetHostViewPreview(v.getAppWidgetHostViewPreview());
 
         if (image.getDrawable() != null) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/PendingItemDragHelper.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/PendingItemDragHelper.java
index cea4de7b37..a4003d4f89 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/PendingItemDragHelper.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/PendingItemDragHelper.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Point;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
+import android.util.Size;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.View.MeasureSpec;
 import android.widget.RemoteViews;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import com.android.launcher3.icons.FastBitmapDrawable;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.LauncherIcons;
 import com.android.launcher3.icons.RoundDrawableWrapper;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.dragndrop.AppWidgetHostViewDragListener;
+import com.android.launcher3.widget.util.WidgetSizes;
 
 /**
  * Extension of {@link DragPreviewProvider} with logic specific to pending widgets/shortcuts
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ public class PendingItemDragHelper extends DragPreviewProvider {
     private int[] mEstimatedCellSize;
 
     @Nullable private RemoteViews mRemoteViewsPreview;
+    private float mRemoteViewsPreviewScale = 1f;
     @Nullable private NavigableAppWidgetHostView mAppWidgetHostViewPreview;
     private final float mEnforcedRoundedCornersForWidget;
 
@@ -68,8 +71,10 @@ public class PendingItemDragHelper extends DragPreviewProvider {
      * Sets a {@link RemoteViews} which shows an app widget preview provided by app developers in
      * the pin widget flow.
      */
-    public void setRemoteViewsPreview(@Nullable RemoteViews remoteViewsPreview) {
+    public void setRemoteViewsPreview(@Nullable RemoteViews remoteViewsPreview,
+            float previewScale) {
         mRemoteViewsPreview = remoteViewsPreview;
+        mRemoteViewsPreviewScale = previewScale;
     }
 
     /** Sets a {@link NavigableAppWidgetHostView} which shows a preview layout of an app widget. */
@@ -120,13 +125,14 @@ public class PendingItemDragHelper extends DragPreviewProvider {
                 mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setPadding(padding.left, padding.top, padding.right,
                         padding.bottom);
                 mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.updateAppWidget(/* remoteViews= */ mRemoteViewsPreview);
-                int width =
-                        deviceProfile.cellWidthPx * mAddInfo.spanX + padding.left + padding.right;
-                int height =
-                        deviceProfile.cellHeightPx * mAddInfo.spanY + padding.top + padding.bottom;
+                Size widgetSizes = WidgetSizes.getWidgetPaddedSizePx(launcher,
+                        mAddInfo.componentName, deviceProfile, mAddInfo.spanX, mAddInfo.spanY);
                 mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.measure(
-                        MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(width, MeasureSpec.EXACTLY),
-                        MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(height, MeasureSpec.EXACTLY));
+                        MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(widgetSizes.getWidth(), MeasureSpec.EXACTLY),
+                        MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(widgetSizes.getHeight(), MeasureSpec.EXACTLY));
+                mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setClipChildren(false);
+                mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setClipToPadding(false);
+                mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setScaleToFit(mRemoteViewsPreviewScale);
             }
             if (mAppWidgetHostViewPreview != null) {
                 previewSizeBeforeScale[0] = mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.getMeasuredWidth();
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetCell.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetCell.java
index edcab4e5c6..be8fddfdfb 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetCell.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/WidgetCell.java
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ public class WidgetCell extends LinearLayout implements OnLayoutChangeListener {
 
     private RemoteViews mRemoteViewsPreview;
     private NavigableAppWidgetHostView mAppWidgetHostViewPreview;
+    private float mAppWidgetHostViewScale = 1f;
     private int mSourceContainer = CONTAINER_WIDGETS_TRAY;
 
     public WidgetCell(Context context) {
@@ -177,6 +178,11 @@ public class WidgetCell extends LinearLayout implements OnLayoutChangeListener {
         return mRemoteViewsPreview;
     }
 
+    /** Returns the app widget host view scale, which is a value between [0f, 1f]. */
+    public float getAppWidgetHostViewScale() {
+        return mAppWidgetHostViewScale;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Called to clear the view and free attached resources. (e.g., {@link Bitmap}
      */
@@ -202,6 +208,7 @@ public class WidgetCell extends LinearLayout implements OnLayoutChangeListener {
             mWidgetImageContainer.removeView(mAppWidgetHostViewPreview);
         }
         mAppWidgetHostViewPreview = null;
+        mAppWidgetHostViewScale = 1f;
         mItem = null;
     }
 
@@ -364,8 +371,8 @@ public class WidgetCell extends LinearLayout implements OnLayoutChangeListener {
                 if (shouldScale) {
                     setNoClip(mWidgetImageContainer);
                     setNoClip(mAppWidgetHostViewPreview);
-                    float previewLayoutScale = computeWidgetPreviewScale();
-                    mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setScaleToFit(previewLayoutScale);
+                    mAppWidgetHostViewScale = computeWidgetPreviewScale();
+                    mAppWidgetHostViewPreview.setScaleToFit(mAppWidgetHostViewScale);
                 }
             }
             FrameLayout.LayoutParams params = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(