diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
index 8322c3ac1f0b8..7ca5eb91bec4b 100755
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
@@ -1318,6 +1318,7 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/fuchsia/sdk_ext/fuchsia.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/handle.dart
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/handle_disposition.dart
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/handle_waiter.dart
+FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/init.dart
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/system.dart
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/zircon.dart
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/sdk_ext/handle.cc
@@ -1330,6 +1331,9 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/sdk_ext/natives.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/sdk_ext/natives.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/sdk_ext/system.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/sdk_ext/system.h
+FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/clock.cc
+FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/clock.h
+FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/lib/zircon_ffi.dart
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart/compiler.dart
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/builtin_libraries.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/builtin_libraries.h
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/BUILD.gn
index 252203afe43a7..eedfe3495e8a1 100644
--- a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/BUILD.gn
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ source_set("zircon") {
     "$fuchsia_sdk_root/pkg:async-loop-cpp",
     "$fuchsia_sdk_root/pkg:fdio",
     "$fuchsia_sdk_root/pkg:zx",
+    "../zircon_ffi",
     "//flutter/fml",
     "//flutter/third_party/tonic",
   ]
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/init.dart b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/init.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c9cdeb5273ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/init.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+part of zircon;
+
+final _kLibZirconDartPath = '/pkg/lib/libzircon_ffi.so';
+
+class _Bindings {
+  static ZirconFFIBindings? _bindings;
+
+  @pragma('vm:entry-point')
+  static ZirconFFIBindings? get() {
+    // For soft-transition until libzircon_ffi.so rolls into GI.
+    if (!File(_kLibZirconDartPath).existsSync()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (_bindings == null) {
+      final _dylib = DynamicLibrary.open(_kLibZirconDartPath);
+      _bindings = ZirconFFIBindings(_dylib);
+    }
+    return _bindings;
+  }
+}
+
+final ZirconFFIBindings? zirconFFIBindings = _Bindings.get();
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/system.dart b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/system.dart
index 71360ab5126ef..5e9eaf614bc10 100644
--- a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/system.dart
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/src/system.dart
@@ -236,7 +236,15 @@ class System extends NativeFieldWrapperClass1 {
   static MapResult vmoMap(Handle vmo) native 'System_VmoMap';
 
   // Time operations.
-  static int clockGetMonotonic() native 'System_ClockGetMonotonic';
+  static int clockGetMonotonic() {
+    if (zirconFFIBindings == null) {
+      return _nativeClockGetMonotonic();
+    } else {
+      return zirconFFIBindings!.zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic();
+    }
+  }
+
+  static int _nativeClockGetMonotonic() native 'System_ClockGetMonotonic';
 
   // TODO(edcoyne): Remove this, it is required to safely do an API transition across repos.
   static int reboot() { return -2; /*ZX_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED*/ }
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/zircon.dart b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/zircon.dart
index 04db7daf52060..7942d228b2f78 100644
--- a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/zircon.dart
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon/lib/zircon.dart
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@
 library zircon;
 
 import 'dart:convert' show utf8;
+import 'dart:ffi';
+import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:nativewrappers';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
+import 'dart:zircon_ffi';
 
 part 'src/handle.dart';
 part 'src/handle_disposition.dart';
 part 'src/handle_waiter.dart';
+part 'src/init.dart';
 part 'src/system.dart';
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/BUILD.gn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f791c8f37070b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/BUILD.gn
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import("//build/fuchsia/sdk.gni")
+
+config("zircon_ffi_config") {
+  include_dirs = [ "." ]
+}
+
+shared_library("zircon_ffi") {
+  public_configs = [ ":zircon_ffi_config" ]
+
+  sources = [
+    "clock.cc",
+    "clock.h",
+  ]
+
+  deps = [
+    "$fuchsia_sdk_root/pkg:zx",
+    "//third_party/dart/runtime:dart_api",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/clock.cc b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/clock.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c396d7763de11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/clock.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "clock.h"
+
+#include <zircon/syscalls.h>
+
+uint64_t zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic() {
+  return zx_clock_get_monotonic();
+}
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/clock.h b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/clock.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..275e6c00eb138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/clock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef FLUTTER_SHELL_PLATFORM_FUCHSIA_DART_PKG_ZIRCON_SDK_FFI_CLOCK_H_
+#define FLUTTER_SHELL_PLATFORM_FUCHSIA_DART_PKG_ZIRCON_SDK_FFI_CLOCK_H_
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#define ZIRCON_FFI_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+ZIRCON_FFI_EXPORT uint64_t zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic();
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif  // FLUTTER_SHELL_PLATFORM_FUCHSIA_DART_PKG_ZIRCON_SDK_FFI_CLOCK_H_
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/lib/zircon_ffi.dart b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/lib/zircon_ffi.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aae2a5a5befb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/lib/zircon_ffi.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// AUTO GENERATED FILE, DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+// Generated by `package:ffigen`.
+import 'dart:ffi' as ffi;
+
+/// Bindings for `dart:zircon_ffi`.
+class ZirconFFIBindings {
+  /// Holds the symbol lookup function.
+  final ffi.Pointer<T> Function<T extends ffi.NativeType>(String symbolName)
+      _lookup;
+
+  /// The symbols are looked up in [dynamicLibrary].
+  ZirconFFIBindings(ffi.DynamicLibrary dynamicLibrary)
+      : _lookup = dynamicLibrary.lookup;
+
+  /// The symbols are looked up with [lookup].
+  ZirconFFIBindings.fromLookup(
+      ffi.Pointer<T> Function<T extends ffi.NativeType>(String symbolName)
+          lookup)
+      : _lookup = lookup;
+
+  int zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic() {
+    return _zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic();
+  }
+
+  late final _zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic_ptr =
+      _lookup<ffi.NativeFunction<_c_zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic>>(
+          'zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic');
+  late final _dart_zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic
+      _zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic = _zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic_ptr
+          .asFunction<_dart_zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic>();
+}
+
+typedef _c_zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic = ffi.Uint64 Function();
+
+typedef _dart_zircon_dart_clock_get_monotonic = int Function();
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/pubspec.yaml b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/pubspec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fac6b53c18886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: zircon_ffi
+
+environment:
+  sdk: '>=2.12.0 <3.0.0'
+
+dependencies:
+  ffi: ^1.0.0
+
+dev_dependencies:
+  ffigen: ^3.0.0
+  lints: ^1.0.1
+
+ffigen:
+  name: ZirconFFIBindings
+  description: Bindings for `dart:zircon_ffi`.
+  output: 'lib/zircon_ffi.dart'
+  headers:
+    entry-points:
+      - 'clock.h'
+  functions:
+    include:
+      - 'zircon_dart_.*'
+  macros:
+    include:
+      - nothing
+  enums:
+    include:
+      - nothing
+  unnamed-enums:
+    include:
+      - nothing
+  globals:
+    include:
+      - nothing
+  structs:
+    include:
+      - nothing
+    dependency-only: opaque
+  compiler-opts:
+    - '-I../../../../../../../third_party/dart/runtime'
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/BUILD.gn
index 6e08b011a84dd..2e9f835b5085e 100644
--- a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/BUILD.gn
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ import("//flutter/tools/fuchsia/dart.gni")
 import("//flutter/tools/fuchsia/fuchsia_archive.gni")
 import("//flutter/tools/fuchsia/fuchsia_libs.gni")
 
+# Loaded via FFI
+_common_runner_libs = common_libs + [
+                        {
+                          name = "libzircon_ffi.so"
+                          path = rebase_path("$root_out_dir")
+                        },
+                      ]
+
 template("runner") {
   assert(defined(invoker.product), "The parameter 'product' must be defined")
   assert(defined(invoker.output_name),
@@ -40,6 +48,9 @@ template("runner") {
 
     defines = extra_defines
 
+    # For `libzircon_ffi` see _common_runner_libs.
+    public_deps = [ "../dart-pkg/zircon_ffi:zircon_ffi" ]
+
     dart_deps = []
     if (!invoker.product) {
       dart_deps += [
@@ -151,7 +162,7 @@ template("aot_runner_package") {
 
     cmx_file = rebase_path("meta/dart_aot${product_suffix}_runner.cmx")
 
-    libraries = common_libs
+    libraries = _common_runner_libs
 
     resources = []
     if (!invoker.product) {
@@ -212,7 +223,7 @@ template("jit_runner_package") {
     cmx_file = rebase_path("meta/dart_jit${product_suffix}_runner.cmx")
     cml_file = rebase_path("meta/dart_jit${product_suffix}_runner.cml")
 
-    libraries = common_libs
+    libraries = _common_runner_libs
 
     resources = [
       {
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/kernel/libraries.json b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/kernel/libraries.json
index 7cd220be9bf73..e385f595778b5 100644
--- a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/kernel/libraries.json
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/kernel/libraries.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "comment:0": "NOTE: THIS FILE IS GENERATED. DO NOT EDIT.",
-  "comment:1": "Instead modify 'shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/kernel/libraries.yaml' and follow the instructions therein.",
+  "comment:1": "Instead modify './flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/kernel/libraries.yaml' and follow the instructions therein.",
   "dart_runner": {
     "libraries": {
       "_builtin": {
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@
       "zircon": {
         "uri": "../../dart-pkg/zircon/lib/zircon.dart"
       },
+      "zircon_ffi": {
+        "uri": "../../dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/lib/zircon_ffi.dart"
+      },
       "fuchsia": {
         "uri": "../../dart-pkg/fuchsia/lib/fuchsia.dart"
       },
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/kernel/libraries.yaml b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/kernel/libraries.yaml
index cc930a10b3ca6..74af3bdb3c7d1 100644
--- a/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/kernel/libraries.yaml
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/dart_runner/kernel/libraries.yaml
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ dart_runner:
     zircon:
       uri: "../../dart-pkg/zircon/lib/zircon.dart"
 
+    zircon_ffi:
+      uri: "../../dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/lib/zircon_ffi.dart"
+
     fuchsia:
       uri: "../../dart-pkg/fuchsia/lib/fuchsia.dart"
 
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/BUILD.gn
index 5c4efcaba3cd5..bed2393d1384e 100644
--- a/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/BUILD.gn
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ runner_sources("flutter_runner_sources_product") {
   product = true
 }
 
+# Loaded via FFI
+_common_runner_libs = common_libs + [
+                        {
+                          name = "libzircon_ffi.so"
+                          path = rebase_path("$root_out_dir")
+                        },
+                      ]
+
 # Things that explicitly being excluded:
 # 1. Kernel snapshot framework mode.
 # 2. Profiler symbols.
@@ -195,6 +203,9 @@ template("flutter_runner") {
              "$fuchsia_sdk_root/pkg:trace-provider-so",
            ] + extra_deps
 
+    # For `libzircon_ffi` see _common_runner_libs.
+    public_deps = [ "../dart-pkg/zircon_ffi:zircon_ffi" ]
+
     # The flags below are needed so that Dart's CPU profiler can walk the
     # C++ stack.
     cflags = [ "-fno-omit-frame-pointer" ]
@@ -331,7 +342,7 @@ template("jit_runner") {
     ]
 
     _vulkan_icds = []
-    _libs = common_libs
+    _libs = _common_runner_libs
     if (enable_vulkan_validation_layers) {
       _libs += vulkan_validation_libs
       _vulkan_icds += vulkan_icds
@@ -389,7 +400,7 @@ template("aot_runner") {
     }
 
     _vulkan_icds = []
-    _libs = common_libs
+    _libs = _common_runner_libs
     if (enable_vulkan_validation_layers) {
       _libs += vulkan_validation_libs
       _vulkan_icds += vulkan_icds
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/kernel/libraries.json b/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/kernel/libraries.json
index c770f3b1e2455..77ea8972e26c9 100644
--- a/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/kernel/libraries.json
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/kernel/libraries.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "comment:0": "NOTE: THIS FILE IS GENERATED. DO NOT EDIT.",
-  "comment:1": "Instead modify 'shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/kernel/libraries.yaml' and follow the instructions therein.",
+  "comment:1": "Instead modify './flutter/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/kernel/libraries.yaml' and follow the instructions therein.",
   "flutter_runner": {
     "libraries": {
       "_builtin": {
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@
       "zircon": {
         "uri": "../../dart-pkg/zircon/lib/zircon.dart"
       },
+      "zircon_ffi": {
+        "uri": "../../dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/lib/zircon_ffi.dart"
+      },
       "fuchsia": {
         "uri": "../../dart-pkg/fuchsia/lib/fuchsia.dart"
       },
diff --git a/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/kernel/libraries.yaml b/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/kernel/libraries.yaml
index a6c85a970abcd..37f480d71da68 100644
--- a/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/kernel/libraries.yaml
+++ b/shell/platform/fuchsia/flutter/kernel/libraries.yaml
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ flutter_runner:
     zircon:
       uri: "../../dart-pkg/zircon/lib/zircon.dart"
 
+    zircon_ffi:
+      uri: "../../dart-pkg/zircon_ffi/lib/zircon_ffi.dart"
+
     fuchsia:
       uri: "../../dart-pkg/fuchsia/lib/fuchsia.dart"
 
diff --git a/tools/fuchsia/build_fuchsia_artifacts.py b/tools/fuchsia/build_fuchsia_artifacts.py
index 42bbe2639726e..a954230bc4c27 100755
--- a/tools/fuchsia/build_fuchsia_artifacts.py
+++ b/tools/fuchsia/build_fuchsia_artifacts.py
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ def CopyFlutterTesterBinIfExists(source, destination):
   destination_base = os.path.join(destination, 'flutter_binaries')
   FindFileAndCopyTo('flutter_tester', source_root, destination_base)
 
+def CopyZirconFFILibIfExists(source, destination):
+  source_root = os.path.join(_out_dir, source)
+  destination_base = os.path.join(destination, 'flutter_binaries')
+  FindFileAndCopyTo('libzircon_ffi.so', source_root, destination_base)
 
 def CopyToBucketWithMode(source, destination, aot, product, runner_type):
   mode = 'aot' if aot else 'jit'
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@ def CopyToBucketWithMode(source, destination, aot, product, runner_type):
     CopyPath(patched_sdk_dir, dest_sdk_path)
   CopyGenSnapshotIfExists(source_root, destination)
   CopyFlutterTesterBinIfExists(source_root, destination)
+  CopyZirconFFILibIfExists(source_root, destination)
 
 
 def CopyToBucket(src, dst, product=False):