diff --git a/examples/glfw/main.dart b/examples/glfw/main.dart
index 557d020a1d6f6..ceb5eda137751 100644
--- a/examples/glfw/main.dart
+++ b/examples/glfw/main.dart
@@ -2,11 +2,22 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
+import 'package:flutter_gpu/gpu.dart' as gpu;
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart'
     show debugDefaultTargetPlatformOverride;
 
 void main() {
+  // Ensure Flutter GPU symbols are available by forcing the GPU context to instantiate.
+  try {
+    // ignore: unnecessary_statements
+    gpu.gpuContext; // Force the context to instantiate.
+  } catch (e) {
+    // If impeller is not enabled, make sure the exception isn't about symbols missing.
+    assert(e.toString().contains(
+        'Flutter GPU requires the Impeller rendering backend to be enabled.'));
+  }
+
   // This is a hack to make Flutter think you are running on Google Fuchsia,
   // otherwise you will get an error about running from an unsupported platform.
   debugDefaultTargetPlatformOverride = TargetPlatform.fuchsia;
diff --git a/examples/glfw/run.sh b/examples/glfw/run.sh
index 6d32ae0f5d44e..a756aa595733b 100755
--- a/examples/glfw/run.sh
+++ b/examples/glfw/run.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ if [ ! -d myapp ]; then
 fi
 
 cd myapp
+flutter pub add flutter_gpu --sdk=flutter
 cp ../../main.dart lib/main.dart
 flutter build bundle \
         --local-engine-src-path ../../../../../ \
diff --git a/shell/platform/embedder/embedder_exports.lst b/shell/platform/embedder/embedder_exports.lst
index ccaf84b2ea5d8..d5755ed5c5724 100644
--- a/shell/platform/embedder/embedder_exports.lst
+++ b/shell/platform/embedder/embedder_exports.lst
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     kDartIsolateSnapshotInstructions;
     kDartVmSnapshotData;
     kDartVmSnapshotInstructions;
+    InternalFlutterGpu*;
+    kInternalFlutterGpu*;
   local:
     *;
 };