diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/services/services.module.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/services/services.module.ts
index ea16f36402c..9f2bb1acc90 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/services/services.module.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/services/services.module.ts
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ const safeProviders: SafeProvider[] = [
       GlobalStateProvider,
       PlatformUtilsServiceAbstraction,
       BillingAccountProfileStateService,
+      DesktopAutotypeDefaultSettingPolicy,
     ],
   }),
   safeProvider({
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/autofill/services/desktop-autotype-policy.service.ts b/apps/desktop/src/autofill/services/desktop-autotype-policy.service.ts
index 76ffc090600..887a30ef6f6 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/autofill/services/desktop-autotype-policy.service.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/autofill/services/desktop-autotype-policy.service.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class DesktopAutotypeDefaultSettingPolicy {
   ) {}
 
   /**
-   * Emits the autotype policy enabled status (true | false | null) when account is unlocked and WindowsDesktopAutotype is enabled.
+   * Emits the autotype policy enabled status when account is unlocked and WindowsDesktopAutotype is enabled.
    * - true: autotype policy exists and is enabled
    * - null: no autotype policy exists for the user's organization
    */
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/autofill/services/desktop-autotype.service.ts b/apps/desktop/src/autofill/services/desktop-autotype.service.ts
index 60e87aa2aa5..b156ffd3597 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/autofill/services/desktop-autotype.service.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/autofill/services/desktop-autotype.service.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ import { CipherService } from "@bitwarden/common/vault/abstractions/cipher.servi
 import { CipherView } from "@bitwarden/common/vault/models/view/cipher.view";
 import { UserId } from "@bitwarden/user-core";
 
-export const AUTOTYPE_ENABLED = new KeyDefinition<boolean>(
+import { DesktopAutotypeDefaultSettingPolicy } from "./desktop-autotype-policy.service";
+
+export const AUTOTYPE_ENABLED = new KeyDefinition<boolean | null>(
   AUTOTYPE_SETTINGS_DISK,
   "autotypeEnabled",
   { deserializer: (b) => b },
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ export class DesktopAutotypeService {
     private globalStateProvider: GlobalStateProvider,
     private platformUtilsService: PlatformUtilsService,
     private billingAccountProfileStateService: BillingAccountProfileStateService,
+    private desktopAutotypePolicy: DesktopAutotypeDefaultSettingPolicy,
   ) {
     ipc.autofill.listenAutotypeRequest(async (windowTitle, callback) => {
       const possibleCiphers = await this.matchCiphersToWindowTitle(windowTitle);
@@ -50,9 +53,32 @@ export class DesktopAutotypeService {
   }
 
   async init() {
-    this.autotypeEnabledUserSetting$ = this.autotypeEnabledState.state$;
-
+    // Currently Autotype is only supported for Windows
     if (this.platformUtilsService.getDevice() === DeviceType.WindowsDesktop) {
+      // If `autotypeDefaultPolicy` is `true` for a user's organization, and the
+      // user has never changed their local autotype setting (`autotypeEnabledState`),
+      // we set their local setting to `true` (once the local user setting is changed
+      // by this policy or the user themselves, the default policy should
+      // never change the user setting again).
+      combineLatest([
+        this.autotypeEnabledState.state$,
+        this.desktopAutotypePolicy.autotypeDefaultSetting$,
+      ])
+        .pipe(
+          map(async ([autotypeEnabledState, autotypeDefaultPolicy]) => {
+            if (autotypeDefaultPolicy === true && autotypeEnabledState === null) {
+              await this.setAutotypeEnabledState(true);
+            }
+          }),
+        )
+        .subscribe();
+
+      // autotypeEnabledUserSetting$ publicly represents the value the
+      // user has set for autotyeEnabled in their local settings.
+      this.autotypeEnabledUserSetting$ = this.autotypeEnabledState.state$;
+
+      // resolvedAutotypeEnabled$ represents the final determination if the Autotype
+      // feature should be on or off.
       this.resolvedAutotypeEnabled$ = combineLatest([
         this.autotypeEnabledState.state$,
         this.configService.getFeatureFlag$(FeatureFlag.WindowsDesktopAutotype),
@@ -76,6 +102,8 @@ export class DesktopAutotypeService {
         ),
       );
 
+      // When the resolvedAutotypeEnabled$ value changes, this might require
+      // hotkey registration / deregistration in the main process.
       this.resolvedAutotypeEnabled$.subscribe((enabled) => {
         ipc.autofill.configureAutotype(enabled);
       });