diff --git a/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/context_gles.cc b/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/context_gles.cc
index 7629eff28e7cd..c4070a5393cce 100644
--- a/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/context_gles.cc
+++ b/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/context_gles.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "impeller/base/validation.h"
 #include "impeller/renderer/backend/gles/command_buffer_gles.h"
 #include "impeller/renderer/backend/gles/gpu_tracer_gles.h"
+#include "impeller/renderer/backend/gles/render_pass_gles.h"
 #include "impeller/renderer/command_queue.h"
 
 namespace impeller {
@@ -145,4 +146,15 @@ std::shared_ptr<CommandQueue> ContextGLES::GetCommandQueue() const {
   return command_queue_;
 }
 
+// |Context|
+void ContextGLES::ResetThreadLocalState() const {
+  if (!IsValid()) {
+    return;
+  }
+  [[maybe_unused]] auto result =
+      reactor_->AddOperation([](const ReactorGLES& reactor) {
+        RenderPassGLES::ResetGLState(reactor.GetProcTable());
+      });
+}
+
 }  // namespace impeller
diff --git a/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/context_gles.h b/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/context_gles.h
index 2a0f09aca39b1..d67747133769b 100644
--- a/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/context_gles.h
+++ b/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/context_gles.h
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ class ContextGLES final : public Context,
   // |Context|
   void Shutdown() override;
 
+  // |Context|
+  void ResetThreadLocalState() const override;
+
   ContextGLES(const ContextGLES&) = delete;
 
   ContextGLES& operator=(const ContextGLES&) = delete;
diff --git a/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/render_pass_gles.cc b/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/render_pass_gles.cc
index f8c1a25fd997d..5ca2f5d47f8a1 100644
--- a/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/render_pass_gles.cc
+++ b/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/render_pass_gles.cc
@@ -172,6 +172,19 @@ static bool BindVertexBuffer(const ProcTableGLES& gl,
   return true;
 }
 
+void RenderPassGLES::ResetGLState(const ProcTableGLES& gl) {
+  gl.Disable(GL_SCISSOR_TEST);
+  gl.Disable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+  gl.Disable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+  gl.Disable(GL_CULL_FACE);
+  gl.Disable(GL_BLEND);
+  gl.Disable(GL_DITHER);
+  gl.ColorMask(GL_TRUE, GL_TRUE, GL_TRUE, GL_TRUE);
+  gl.DepthMask(GL_TRUE);
+  gl.StencilMaskSeparate(GL_FRONT, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+  gl.StencilMaskSeparate(GL_BACK, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+}
+
 [[nodiscard]] bool EncodeCommandsInReactor(
     const RenderPassData& pass_data,
     const std::shared_ptr<Allocator>& transients_allocator,
@@ -267,16 +280,7 @@ static bool BindVertexBuffer(const ProcTableGLES& gl,
     clear_bits |= GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT;
   }
 
-  gl.Disable(GL_SCISSOR_TEST);
-  gl.Disable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
-  gl.Disable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
-  gl.Disable(GL_CULL_FACE);
-  gl.Disable(GL_BLEND);
-  gl.Disable(GL_DITHER);
-  gl.ColorMask(GL_TRUE, GL_TRUE, GL_TRUE, GL_TRUE);
-  gl.DepthMask(GL_TRUE);
-  gl.StencilMaskSeparate(GL_FRONT, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-  gl.StencilMaskSeparate(GL_BACK, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+  RenderPassGLES::ResetGLState(gl);
 
   gl.Clear(clear_bits);
 
diff --git a/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/render_pass_gles.h b/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/render_pass_gles.h
index e753a75eb6922..c0bd9e63e6cef 100644
--- a/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/render_pass_gles.h
+++ b/impeller/renderer/backend/gles/render_pass_gles.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ class RenderPassGLES final
   // |RenderPass|
   ~RenderPassGLES() override;
 
+  static void ResetGLState(const ProcTableGLES& gl);
+
  private:
   friend class CommandBufferGLES;
 
diff --git a/impeller/renderer/context.cc b/impeller/renderer/context.cc
index e23874191a713..e563ac7a2e345 100644
--- a/impeller/renderer/context.cc
+++ b/impeller/renderer/context.cc
@@ -25,4 +25,12 @@ bool Context::FlushCommandBuffers() {
   return true;
 }
 
+std::shared_ptr<const IdleWaiter> Context::GetIdleWaiter() const {
+  return nullptr;
+}
+
+void Context::ResetThreadLocalState() const {
+  // Nothing to do.
+}
+
 }  // namespace impeller
diff --git a/impeller/renderer/context.h b/impeller/renderer/context.h
index 657083c04bf87..2735ac2a67a59 100644
--- a/impeller/renderer/context.h
+++ b/impeller/renderer/context.h
@@ -222,9 +222,17 @@ class Context {
   /// rendering a 2D workload.
   [[nodiscard]] virtual bool FlushCommandBuffers();
 
-  virtual std::shared_ptr<const IdleWaiter> GetIdleWaiter() const {
-    return nullptr;
-  }
+  virtual std::shared_ptr<const IdleWaiter> GetIdleWaiter() const;
+
+  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  /// Resets any thread local state that may interfere with embedders.
+  ///
+  /// Today, only the OpenGL backend can trample on thread local state that the
+  /// embedder can access. This call puts the GL state in a sane "clean" state.
+  ///
+  /// Impeller itself is resilient to a dirty thread local state table.
+  ///
+  virtual void ResetThreadLocalState() const;
 
  protected:
   Context();
diff --git a/impeller/toolkit/interop/impeller_unittests.cc b/impeller/toolkit/interop/impeller_unittests.cc
index e45389eb502e6..e2c90dd35f3f4 100644
--- a/impeller/toolkit/interop/impeller_unittests.cc
+++ b/impeller/toolkit/interop/impeller_unittests.cc
@@ -192,6 +192,44 @@ TEST_P(InteropPlaygroundTest, CanCreateOpenGLImage) {
       }));
 }
 
+TEST_P(InteropPlaygroundTest, ClearsOpenGLStancilStateAfterTransition) {
+  auto context = GetInteropContext();
+  auto impeller_context = context->GetContext();
+  if (impeller_context->GetBackendType() !=
+      impeller::Context::BackendType::kOpenGLES) {
+    GTEST_SKIP() << "This test works with OpenGL handles is only suitable for "
+                    "that backend.";
+    return;
+  }
+  const auto& gl_context = ContextGLES::Cast(*impeller_context);
+  const auto& gl = gl_context.GetReactor()->GetProcTable();
+  auto builder =
+      Adopt<DisplayListBuilder>(ImpellerDisplayListBuilderNew(nullptr));
+  auto paint = Adopt<Paint>(ImpellerPaintNew());
+  ImpellerColor color = {0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0};
+  ImpellerPaintSetColor(paint.GetC(), &color);
+  ImpellerRect rect = {10, 20, 100, 200};
+  ImpellerDisplayListBuilderDrawRect(builder.GetC(), &rect, paint.GetC());
+  color = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
+  ImpellerPaintSetColor(paint.GetC(), &color);
+  ImpellerDisplayListBuilderTranslate(builder.GetC(), 110, 210);
+  ImpellerDisplayListBuilderClipRect(builder.GetC(), &rect,
+                                     kImpellerClipOperationDifference);
+  ImpellerDisplayListBuilderDrawRect(builder.GetC(), &rect, paint.GetC());
+  auto dl = Adopt<DisplayList>(
+      ImpellerDisplayListBuilderCreateDisplayListNew(builder.GetC()));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(dl);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(
+      OpenPlaygroundHere([&](const auto& context, const auto& surface) -> bool {
+        ImpellerSurfaceDrawDisplayList(surface.GetC(), dl.GetC());
+        // OpenGL state is reset even though the operations above enable a
+        // stencil check.
+        GLboolean stencil_enabled = true;
+        gl.GetBooleanv(GL_STENCIL_TEST, &stencil_enabled);
+        return stencil_enabled == GL_FALSE;
+      }));
+}
+
 TEST_P(InteropPlaygroundTest, CanCreateParagraphs) {
   // Create a typography context.
   auto type_context = Adopt<TypographyContext>(ImpellerTypographyContextNew());
diff --git a/impeller/toolkit/interop/surface.cc b/impeller/toolkit/interop/surface.cc
index 11e6def21ef5d..b5e7f7282439f 100644
--- a/impeller/toolkit/interop/surface.cc
+++ b/impeller/toolkit/interop/surface.cc
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ bool Surface::DrawDisplayList(const DisplayList& dl) const {
   auto skia_cull_rect =
       SkIRect::MakeWH(cull_rect.GetWidth(), cull_rect.GetHeight());
 
-  return RenderToOnscreen(content_context, render_target, display_list,
-                          skia_cull_rect, /*reset_host_buffer=*/true);
+  auto result = RenderToOnscreen(content_context, render_target, display_list,
+                                 skia_cull_rect, /*reset_host_buffer=*/true);
+  context_->GetContext()->ResetThreadLocalState();
+  return result;
 }
 
 }  // namespace impeller::interop